fanmtl Chapter 1748 - 1181: What Belongs to Oneself
Chapter 1748 - 1181: What Belongs to Oneself
In the temple, there is a secluded rear courtyard rarely visited by anyone.
The rear courtyard is not spacious, but it connects to a tall artificial mountain, resembling a paradise hidden beneath a cliff of a high mountain.
The scenery here is pleasant, with gardens and pavilions, yet few come here on a regular day.
Not for any special reason, just because it is far from where the temple staff usually gather, making it somewhat desolate.
But on this day, led by the High Priest, an outsider was brought here.
"This is it."
The High Priest pointed at the artificial mountain connected to the rear courtyard and spoke to Reiger.
"The ancestral relics are said to be hidden within this artificial mountain."
Hearing this, Reiger immediately activated the transparent world to peer into the artificial mountain ahead.
However, the transparent world was unable to penetrate the mountain, revealing nothing within.
"There is a seal here, set by the High Priest and the Priests of that era. Even if your strength surpasses mine, you won’t be able to see inside," the High Priest chuckled, seemingly aware of Reiger’s actions. "Since the ancestors placed this artificial mountain here, for over ten thousand years, no one has been able to break the seal and enter the mountain."
"Even I tried to break it in my younger days, and I failed."
If even the High Priest failed, Reiger naturally had little chance of success.
Although his strength far exceeded a typical Lv.9, the High Priest was roughly equivalent to Lv.9 and weaker than him, but both the High Priest and Morgan were pure Magic users, and in terms of magic mastery, they undoubtedly surpassed Reiger.
Unless Reiger planned to forcefully break it through sheer power, it was quite unlikely to break the seal using pure magic mastery.
Of course, considering a seal was set here, even if someone attempted to forcefully break it, the seal’s mechanisms could preemptively initiate a counter, either destroying itself or activating a transfer spell to send the sealed item away.
Reiger didn’t feel any regret or frustration over this, but instead noticed something else.
"Did you say this seal was set by the High Priest and the Priests of that era?"
Reiger was somewhat surprised.
He knew the people the High Priest referred to were not the initial High Priests and Priests born after the temple was established in this Hidden Land, but rather those who witnessed the battle against Yuloli and the "King of Calamity" in the temple in holy Lance, and post-battle decided to stand with the Queen, resisting the "King of Calamity" together.
In the Northern Polar Regions of the continent, it was those people who performed the ancient magical ritual that engulfed the areas around the Kassafegel Mountains in an intense blizzard.
Back then, the Hidden Land was merely a sanctuary, with no initial establishment of a temple, High Priest, or Priests.
So, those who set the seal, as mentioned by the High Priest now, could only be the last High Priest and Priests of the ancient magical civilization’s temple.
Indeed...
"You’ve crossed that blizzard, right?" The High Priest smiled and said, "If that’s the case, you should know that the High Priest and Priests of that era also came to the Northern Polar Regions, and it was they who escorted our ancestral pioneers to this sanctuary."
"The sanctuary was initially discovered by the temple’s Priests, who used large-scale magic to open a path. The teleportation array in the Kassafegel Mountains and the one in the temple that could transport to the outside world were also left by those Priests."
"The Priests escorted the pioneers here, set a seal here, sealing that relic, and then they left."
"Afterwards..."
Afterward, the Priests performed a large-scale magical ritual in the outside world as well, summoning a powerful blizzard, transforming the Northern Polar Regions into a Life Forbidden Zone, hindering the advance of the creatures towards this place, and then hurriedly returned to the Queen’s side to jointly resist the calamity that swept across the continent.
After the disaster ended, the temple’s Priests also perished, and Yuloli exhausted herself to death as well. The entire ancient magical civilization was wiped out, with only some survivors from the Tistis family, who served Reinnaier since ancient times, left behind. They buried her body in the ruins of the Neutral Zone, following the Queen’s will.
As for those Priests...
Perhaps they were buried elsewhere, or maybe their bodies weren’t even left behind.
It can only be said, they were all great pioneers and heroes, making Reiger silently pay them some respect in his heart.
"You said you have the key, right?" The High Priest shifted his tone, addressing Reiger: "Then, I’ll leave the rest to you."
After saying this, the High Priest surprisingly took a step back.
"You’re not coming in with me?"
Reiger felt surprised once more.
"Of course not," the High Priest said calmly. "Although I’m curious about what’s inside, since the ancestors didn’t leave the key here but left it in the outside world, it proves they thought we shouldn’t access that relic."
"You managed to obtain that key, and with your deep connection to the last surviving royal family, perhaps it’s the ancestors’ will guiding you here."