Free Web NovelChapter 462: Chapter 270: Where Did the Polluted Soldiers Go?
Alexander walked up to the stone gate, took out a token, and fitted it into an indentation on the gate’s surface.
A layer of white light appeared on the stone gate. Alexander took a deep breath and made a peculiar gesture with his left hand.
Fang Zhen watched. It seemed to be a special kind of Curse Seal.
Fang Zhen didn’t know what this Curse Seal was, but he could feel a power flowing from Alexander’s hand into the stone gate.
A dazzling white light burst from the stone gate, so brilliant that it was like looking at the sun. Fang Zhen had to turn his head away.
The white light gradually dimmed. When Fang Zhen looked back, he was surprised to see a white Light Gate had appeared in front of the stone gate.
This Light Gate looked very similar to the ones from the game "Dungeon Life."
Alexander turned back to Fang Zhen and said, "This is a vital location for the Whig Society. Only three people are permitted to enter. To open this Light Gate, you need this token as well as a special Curse Seal."
"I’ll go in with you. I want to show you the secret inside."
Fang Zhen was actually a little nervous at that moment.
He had seen his fair share of intense situations, but he couldn’t help but feel a little uneasy.
’He seems like an upright and honest man,’ he thought, ’but the human heart is hard to fathom. Who really knows the truth?’
’Maybe a person’s character can change. What if Alexander is some master of deception, a truly evil person in hiding? Would he ambush me once we’re inside?’
But on second thought, Fang Zhen calmed down.
’An ambush only works if you’re caught off guard, and I’m already on my guard.’
He was ready to react at a moment’s notice. Besides, he had the peripheral wristband that could return him to the real world.
Even in the worst-case scenario where he was trapped inside, he could use the wristband to return to the real world.
All things considered, even if Alexander did have some ill intentions, he had no way of trapping Fang Zhen permanently.
Having thought it through, Fang Zhen’s resolve hardened, and he no longer hesitated.
Alexander took a step forward and walked into the Light Gate. It rippled, and Alexander vanished before Fang Zhen’s eyes.
’The Light Gate is so similar to the ones in my "Dungeon Life" game,’ Fang Zhen thought. ’I wonder if there’s a connection.’
Time was short, so he also stepped through the Light Gate.
He was immediately hit by a wave of slight dizziness. When he came to his senses, he found himself with Alexander in a space that was neither large nor small.
The area was about 200 square meters and looked like a spacious, empty cavern.
In the center of the space, a strange stone was emitting a white glow.
Curious, Fang Zhen walked forward with Alexander. The two of them came to a stop before the white stone.
Fang Zhen examined the white stone carefully.
The stone was as tall as a person. It was white and shaped like one half of a yin-yang symbol. It pulsed with a white light, as if it were breathing.
Fang Zhen had a strange sensation. The various powers within his body began to "breathe" in sync with the stone’s pulsing light, entering a strange rhythm. The rhythm was very comfortable, and he could feel his powers slowly growing.
Fang Zhen looked at Alexander and asked, "This is...?"
"This is the foundation of our Whig Society," Alexander said. "Originally, there were no Curse Sealers in our world, only some aspirants who sought to push the limits of human physique and Spirit."
"But at some unknown time, this stone descended upon our Kingdom from the Outer World. It was discovered by those aspirants, and by studying and comprehending this Extraterrestrial Exotic Stone, someone perceived the nature of Curse Seals. From then on, the Kingdom had Curse Sealers."
Hearing this, Fang Zhen stared at the white stone for a while longer. He asked, "That doesn’t sound like a secret that must be hidden. Why keep it so quiet?"
Alexander also gazed at the white stone before them. "Actually, there were two stones that came from the sky."
"Hmm? Two of them?" This piqued Fang Zhen’s interest.
Alexander nodded. "There are two exotic stones. One is this white stone. The power it grants allows people to unlock their own potential. As long as you are near the Extraordinary Realm and meditate before the stone long enough, you can sense the source of another kind of power from within it."
"There is also a black stone. The energy of that black stone is far more chaotic, filled with a tyrannical and bizarrely mutative power."
"The two stones feel like they form a seal. This white stone restrains the power of the black one."
Alexander turned his head to look at Fang Zhen. "Do you want to know where the black stone is now?"
An answer had already begun to form in Fang Zhen’s mind.
He didn’t answer directly, instead saying, "Please, tell me."
"The black exotic stone is in the hands of the President of the Eternal Night Council."
Upon hearing this, Fang Zhen’s eyebrows shot up, and a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. freёwebnovel.com
Alexander let out a long sigh. "The President of the Eternal Night Council was once a Curse Sealer himself."
"And he was one of the Kingdom’s top Curse Sealers, or rather, one of its top aspirants."
"He had already touched the upper limit of power this world can contain for a human."
Fang Zhen raised an eyebrow.
He had vaguely guessed as much, but hearing it confirmed was still somewhat shocking.
Alexander continued, "Aberrations existed in that era. The existence of Aberrations predates the exotic stones."
"The President of the Eternal Night Council touched the upper limit of human potential. He was a Curse Sealer, but he didn’t agree with the philosophy that Curse Sealers should do no evil. In his pursuit of greater power and eternal life, he took the black stone, causing a schism among the Curse Sealers."
"He later found a way to become an Aberration and gradually rose to become the President of the Eternal Night Council. This all happened long ago. Very few people know that the President of the Eternal Night Council was once a Curse Sealer."
