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Chapter 70: Veritas
Dorian was greeted by a wall of white
Brilliant white snohipping about in the fierce winds, tore into hi near hi him shiver even in his Ifrit for not just into white fog, but directly into ice
KEEEEEEEE
The snowstor in the background
He s the unique experience, even in his discoy and Life Energy in his veins The small fires that burned per a current of warmth around him
"Show me my status&8221;
&8211;
Dorian &8211; Soul Status
Soul Stage: Lord Class (Early)
Health: Perfect
Energy: 10,540/10,580 (Draining 003 perthat his ic practice he’d been undergoing The increase was rather s could increase your strength and the power of your Soul Spell Matrix Once he started practicing stronger spells, the increase would no doubt be larger
Keeping hiy per e aetting a forging He was still on the World Bridge However, he’d e to the planet, froe spatial tunnel The bitter cold here, when he was exposed directly to the weather of the planet, was ferocious
The World Bridge grew narrower and narrower as it drew closer to the surface, thousands of years of extree was said to be ih, but the outside edges could still take dae It went from tens of miles wide to just a few miles, to just a thousandHe could barely see 10 ht The forests that covered the World Bridge were nowhere to be seen, long since wiped out All that was left was barren stone, scarred and worn away
He squinted as he ran forward, going over the infore from Taprisha to Blizzaria descended directly into the Western Cave Systee that Dorian was on was exposed to the dangerous weather of the surface
The bridge itself actually moved into the massive cavern This was partly the reason teams from Taprisha would seek out the cave syste as you stayed on the World Bridge and went straight forward, you would end up in the cave systeerous surface Gravity and other functions operated weird around the World Bridges This acted like a soerous weather of Blizzaria
Spatial storht on the surface world of Blizzaria, alongside stor, to dangerously low levels
Even now, as Doriancolder and colder
Soon he was draining 4 points of energy perall the way up to 10 the closer he got to the surface, and the less the unique gravity and phenoe cahtly slower The world itself seeree, due to theall around hiht within a Distorted Field Storm Recommendation: Leave the Distorted Field’ Ausra sent hirunted and rolled his eyes If he could leave the Field just like that, he would
He’d read up about this in his research A Distorted Field was an area where functions like gravity, ti oddly On Blizzaria, this meant time literally moved slower or faster, while tee he was still being affected
A fewthe brunt of the stor his cool
Gradually, just as the effects of the storht around Dorian shifted
The blinding white snowstoran to die down, replaced by a dian to fall away, the background noise fading
His vision gradually cleared up As it grew clear, he almost jumped backward, startled as he looked at as in front of hion
Dorian blinked, his heart dropping for a second before he recognized what it was
It wasn’t an actual dragon, but sirand, vast scale
All he could see of the statue was its enor eyes, and a portion of its shoulders The open ht, set into a widespread, rocky stone floor, covered in ice
The entire statue appeared to be buried alround, but sunken into a type of depression, shielding it froe Dorian was on ended about a hundred
Dorian reached the base of the World Bridge and ju over hiravity shifted towards the center of the planet instead of the World Bridge
He’d read about this This was the entrance to the Western Cave Syste created by the Grakon Race, for reasons unknown
He needed to go into it, and take a long, underground passage more than one hundred miles forward, to the ruins of the City Icicar From there, there were several possible routes he could take that would lead hione to Paxital was found not far from those ruins
He nodded his head with deter
Unbeknownst to hih the entrance of the3 meter tall creature turned to look at him
Covered in blackhumanoid had a similar appearance to Earth’s Minotaurs, with the head of a bull, a hus like that of a horse A deathly aura hung around it as its head followed Dorian, froon
It wielded a reatsword on its back, a weapon that was easily as tall as Dorian in his Ifrit fore (but no halo and black scales) &8211; pandiusco)
As Dorian sprinted past it, heading deeper into the cave, the Grakon snorted, its ageless eyes flashing as it began to jump down
"Well, Probus, this is it&8221;
"I’&8221;
Trajan’s voice was filled with despair as he lay on the ground, his eyes closed A small field of blue flowers spread out around hiic ending&8221; Probus returned, his body leaning up against a small boulder, the only rock in this field His sword lay on the ground next to hiainst the rock His voice was cal out a wheezing gasp
"I will carry your story forward a thousand generations&8221; Probus replied, completely serious
"Tell my wife and kids I love theht, then tell my family&8221;
"Didn’t your family disown you?&8221;
"Tell my fellow environmentalists&8221;
"What fellow environmentalists? You’re the only one I’ve heard of&8221;
"And people wonder why our worlds have fallen into such disrepair…&8221; Trajanaway as he shook his head
Beyond the small, open field of blue flowers, thousands of corpses could be seen, littering the floor The entire grassy plains, in a large, thousand meter wide circle, was covered in black blood and essence, dead warriors, Wizards, and assassins all over the ground
Huge, enorhty blows in several places High, up above, several large rain clouds could be seen, slowly fading away
The scenes of a battle that had recently ended
Silence reigned for a briefof the Shades is bound to send forth a few s&8221; Probus was the one to speak, this time, his voice cool
"Doubtlessly&8221; Trajan responded, not round,
"This is the third attack on us already&8221; He shook his head as he continued,
"I got a e from our favorite red-headed Spymaster that said there were four other attacks The Shades have finally started testing our defenses again en hed,
"All for what? Who cares if they control another world, or we do&8221;
Trajan’s body began to shiver as he stood up, stretching
Probus shrugged,
"Areat on or Beast&8221; He hooked his blade onto his back as he finished speaking, however, his eyes beco off into the distance
The field they were standing on had a special naht next to the World Bridge to Plumadone, a world controlled by the Aurelius Family
The Field of Moria was unique in that anyone that stepped within range of the sain a s, for anything within 20 miles
Wizards had oft-debated how this came to be, both vampires and other races, but the field was considered a special zone, and its unique ability was used as an observation point
No one could h the awareness of everyone in the Field of Moria
Probus and Trajan had been assigned to act as a vanguard here, with several of the othera protective shield
The Aurelius Family preferred to use powerful elites to defend their land, wiping out any attackers Probus and Trajan in particular were used to working alone
Despite their preference, Highlord Marcus had forcibly arranged several large troops of their forces, thousands of Grandmaster Class Wizards and warriors, to stand defensively on the World Bridge
Va races in the 30,000 Worlds for good reason Through natural growth and training, any Vampire could reach the Grande advantage, in terms of physique and power
For the human race, only elite experts could reach the Master Class, and move up to the Grandmaster Class Further, only one in a hundred hule member of the race had the natural potential to reach the Grand alive
With that said, to reach a full growth cycle, a varow hundreds and hundreds of years old, sometimes even thousands if they did not train Vampires were not ireatest regenerative powers
Vaic or er than those that didn’t Still, the average vae hue huive up, and vast, vast numbers There was no race in existence, apart fros or fish, that outnueneration could span five hundred years, a tienerations could follow
Shades were closer to hurowth limited them to the Sky Class at best They bred quickly, and had relatively short lifespans, co for 200-300 years
In combat, however, they were ferocious, and their powerful aptitude for ic, erous foe
"What do you think it is this ti army?&8221; Trajan’s voice was cal ene upon their own e
Most of their opponents had been at the Sky Class or Master Class, decently powerful for a Shade, but co special
"Perhaps The Shade King appears to care little for his men’s lives Rather distasteful&8221; Probus replied, his hand resting upon the hilt of his blade
A hundredwhite portal appeared, shi into existence in the field A standard transport portal, created through the use of Space Magic
Trajan’s eyes tightened Hea se If needed, he and Probus could beat a hasty retreat in seconds
There were no Lord Class va their forces, but over 2,000 Grandmaster Class Wizards and even roups, working in perfect unison gained over hundreds of years of training
The portal flashed once le being
A hooded wolowed a faint white color, and an alular pair of legs, her lower half was insubstantial, ht, with a few s to and fro
In the woed froht, while her left hand was sheathed in brilliant white and red spiritual fire
Her face appeared to be hue &8211; ii)
Trajan’s eyes opened wide as he stared at the odd wo on the hilt of his blade
The woman spoke,
"Rejoice, mortals, for I have come to spread The Truth&8221; Her voice was ephe a mysterious power, as she continued,
"The Truth shall prevail Justice shall prevail Those in the Light shall live forever&8221; Her words sang out, full of war real concern for them
Trajan’s eyes narrowed as he replied,
"I’m sorry, we’re actually chock full of truth here Truth about pollution, dying ecosyste You’ll have to come back later&8221; He waved his hand disht now&8221; Probus added, his voice full of iron
Trajan nodded and shrugged apologetically, holding his ar wohter, as she gently replied,
"You are lying&8221;
"You cannot lie to me&8221;
"I am Veritas And today you will learn The Truth&8221;
She s more intense,
"For only in The Truth can you find perfection&8221;