Chapter 76: Manifest Destinies (2/2)
"Youroom? I mean, I noticed it at first but I couldn't really arded it" I let out an aard laugh, scratching my head
"Every one of the three Royal Palaces has a painting siifting us with the tool to overcome the mana beasts and put an end to the Beast Era" I couldn't tell how Virion was feeling as he said all this, his expression still a mixture of various emotions
No matter how ridiculous this sounded toas he said this, so I stayed quiet and let him continue
"This deity appeared in front of three people, and they were the forefathers of what are now the three royal families He bestowed our ancestors with six artifacts, which were distributed equally ast the three ancestors that were chosen by the deity to becos For the humans, the head of the Glayder family at that time received two; the dwarves, the head of the Greysunders family received two; and lastly, for the elves, the ancestor of my Eralith family also received two" Virion couldn't help but s at my expression
"Huh? Why would this so-called 'deity' just give the three races these treasures?" I sputtered incredulously, not able to hold it in
"Let et to that, brat," he repries before I was born This knowledge is passed down frouess is that inforerated or skewed in certain directions along the way, but this is what I've been taught The three kings weren't meant to use the three pairs of artifacts bestowed by the deity themselves, but were instead meant to bestow them onto their two h a sort of knighting cereest warriors, the three races were meant to use the power of the artifacts to protect the the mana beasts and other ancient monsters of the ti three races super powerful artifacts just begs for chaos and war, rather than protection I'm not so sure about the elves, but if you at least look at so," I chortled, shaking my head
"Well, funny you say that because that's what happened The artifacts did indeed allow the elves, hu that period to further expand their area of dominance A lot of the mana beasts were either killed or driven off to what is non as the Beast Glades, putting an end to the Beast Era However, shortly after, greed did get ahold of the three kings and their subjects Besides the incredible power the artifacts gave to its wielders, it gave they that makes up the world, whichcall ht it to those who they deees Drunk on power, the concept of harreed," Virion looked at
"The three pairs of artifacts bestowed had different attributes and were divided between the hu us all even further The distinct features in specialization between the three races we have today are supposedly due to the artifacts The dwarves, who reasoned that because they were the beings closest to the earth, believed that they should naturally be the rulers of the continent We elves reasoned that because ere the closest to all living things, we should be the rulers of the continent, while the humans, ere able to train and utilize all of the four major elements, believed that the deity naturally wanted to make them the rulers of the continent" Virion looked back at Tess to make sure she was still asleep
"The first hich lasted longer than the time they drove the ation of the three races as well as the fordoms The second hich you're more faoing back to the question of where the Six Lances cauess?" he tested
"Wait… so those six artifacts that were bestowed upon your ancestors by the so-called deity were given to the Six Lances?" y an to fit "And the artifacts are the reason why they were able to rise past the silver core stage and becoes, as well as the reason why they aren't able to go against the Council since they are soul-bound, just like the previous users ere tied to the first kings," I exclai clicked
"The Lances were ht up closely by the royal family of their respective race, and after they were dee with the soul oath that bound their lives to the kings," I continued
"Exactly They were secretly raised as candidates to each wield an artifact However, it wasn't until the discovery of another continent that the three races decided that they needed to unify" Grandpa Virion had a distant look on his face as he explained
"One last question So were the artifacts given to figures in the past as well? How co up by this point, thoroughly focused on the conversation and leaning forward as if it were possible to receive information faster this way
"Yes, but this is the first time they were publicized In the past, wielders of the artifacts were always protecting the king and his family from the shadows It is only now, after the unification of the continent that we decided to publicize the wielders Of course, no one else knows that they got their strength through the power of the artifacts If that secret were to be let out, it would reed of nues desperate to surpass their limits is not to be looked down upon Who knows to what extent so the entire royal bloodline in hopes to be the newto stare at Sylvie again
"I iine your bond has the capability to beco that would take and if we'd be even alive when that happens, but Arthur, you need to get stronger Call itto happen soon… enor" This was the first time I'd seen Grandpa Virion have such a worried look on his face
My e that Sylvia had left withinain when I reached the stage past white core I was beginning to think that maybe these so-called deities weren't as fictional as I believed the on the ground?"