I Forged the Myth of the Ancient Overlords
Chapter 614 - 614 613. Ten Years_1

Chapter 614: 613. Ten Years_1 Chapter 614: 613. Ten Years_1 Hearing Stone’s words, Lu Ban’s heart unexpectedly did not stir much.

In the Silent Lands, death was quite normal.

Apart from those bizarre and unpredictable monsters and the pollution of the Ancient Overlord, the sanity of the Chosen by Gods diminished with each mission, and their end was inevitably death on some mission.

Even for the Chosen by Gods, a direct death was considered rather fortunate, falling into insanity, becoming monsters, degenerating into the Clan of the Evil God, each was more terrifying than death.

Not only Cui Siter, but even Shia, who was by his side, might die in some future mission and he would never be able to contact her again; Lu Ban had been well aware of this since he obtained the “Dancer’s Smile”.

However, what made Lu Ban curious was that since their departure from the Abandoned Capital, ten years had already strangely passed, which was an excessively long time.

Lu Ban was well aware that the flow of time in Foreign Domains was not consistent, but he had initially thought that such a time flow would be based on a fixed ratio, like two days passing in the Abandoned Capital while one day passed in his own world.

When he had previously come to the Abandoned Capital, he could sense that time was eroding Cui Siter and Stone much faster than in his own world.

But unexpectedly, years had flown by, and ten years had passed.

And Cui Siter, perhaps, had encountered misfortune in the one or two missions after they separated.

This meant that even the Abandoned Capital and Lu Ban’s world were not operating on the same temporal basis, his “present” and Cui Siter’s “present” were not the same “present”.

He glanced at Shia.

The “present” that Shia was in the Night Country might be “past” from Lu Ban’s perspective. If Lu Ban could quickly endure the Pollution and Sublimate into a higher being, able to see all time, he might discover that the Night Country’s present was already annihilated, and Shia was nothing but a projection from the past, merely existing because she had not yet been observed and had not entered into fate’s closed loop.

“Mr. Cui Siter mentioned you before. He said that you were among the few true friends he had. In fact, it was not until I became a Chosen by the Gods that I finally understood his words. To the Chosen by Gods, it is the companions who journey with them that they can truly rely on.”

Stone said, his voice somber.

Time had left its mark upon him.

He was no longer that clever and cunning youth who struggled in the Gang wars, trying to create a stable society.

He had grown up, donned Cui Siter’s hunting cap, inherited his identity, became active in the Abandoned Capital. Although he was still smooth, he clearly had some convictions and principles.

Just as after Batman’s death, Robin put on his mask and became a warrior of the night.

The “Glass Flower” incident, though Stone and his pet did indeed kill many Gang members, he was also used, and besides, since Cui Siter had accepted him and the Silent Lands had accepted him, Lu Ban naturally had no need to reject him.

“Did Old Cui ever tell you anything about his missions?”

Lu Ban asked.

Cui Siter was secretive, still, there was the big weapon “Mimic Solar Flare”. If he encountered any fatal danger, then this thing would certainly be very troublesome for Lu Ban as well.

Hearing Lu Ban’s words, Stone went silent for a moment as if recalling something. After a brief period of silence, he took a deep breath from his pipe and then spoke.

“I am not sure if it was about his mission because at that time I faintly sensed the existence of the Silent Lands. Mr. Cui Siter sometimes spoke to me about things unrelated to knowledge of the Foreign Domains. In the last mission, just before he disappeared, he said a few words to me.”

Stone looked at Lu Ban.

“He said that if I could see you in the future, I should deliver a message to you, or to Miss Shia.”

“What is it?”

Lu Ban suddenly felt a strange palpitation, he could almost guess what Stone was about to say.

“He said, Mr. Cui Siter said, a tribute to the dead from those who have passed.”

Stone said solemnly.

Hearing Stone’s words, Shia frowned. She didn’t understand what this meant and looked at Lu Ban curiously.

When Lu Ban heard this phrase, it was as though a heavy bell rang in his mind, connecting all the clues.

He now knew the final destination of Cui Siter’s last mission.

Cui Siter came to the Foreign Domain, faced with the Ancient Overlord sealed and the invading forces from the Foreign Domain wanting to break the Seal. After a battle, he discovered the Seal was weakened, and if it failed, not only would the mission be doomed, but the Foreign Domain itself would be inescapable from disaster.

So, just like what happened in the Abandoned Capital, Cui Siter transformed himself into the shackles binding the Ancient Overlord; the price was his own life.

And, Cui Siter passed down that technique in the Foreign Domain, spreading it among the people so that years later, they still remembered such a legacy.

Until Lu Ban arrived there on a mission and in that cave, he saw a corpse and the same writing.

A tribute to the dead from those who have passed.

Yes, Cui Siter was the Mysterious Monarch, and the Mysterious Monarch was Cui Siter.

Lu Ban didn’t know whether Cui Siter was aware that he was saving his own world, but regardless, Cui Siter chose to sacrifice himself.

And he hoped that Lu Ban would continue the Seal, wishing that the future generations would maintain it.

Cui Siter, a man who had died, was now, across the span of distant time, paying homage to those like Lu Ban who were about to die.

No wonder Lu Ban felt a familiar sensation from the remains in that cave.

He didn’t know what Cui Siter’s will might think after seeing himself.

But Lu Ban knew that the very thing Cui Siter wanted to protect had indeed been protected.

At the same time, Lu Ban also sensed a subtle connection of fate. “Xuan Jun’s Seven Chapter Secret Scriptures” obtained by the foreigner was absorbed and rewritten into “Nine Chapters of the Crane’s Cry Secret Scripture,” brought to the Abandoned Capital. And now, due to Taoist Crane Cry’s affair, Lu Ban came to the Abandoned Capital, thus completing the cycle.

Lu Ban even wondered if the “Seven Secret Scriptures of the Mysterious Lord” created by Cui Siter was the result of paring down and editing after getting “The Secret Canon of Crane Cries in Nine Chapters,” allowing this knowledge to circle indefinitely through the corridors of time, completing the cycle.

“We need to investigate Taoist Crane Cry’s matter carefully. According to the information Mr. Cui Siter and I gathered, this Storm Villa is not just the residence of Taoist Crane Cry.”

Seeing that Lu Ban and Shia remained silent, Stone spoke again.

“It’s possible that Taoist Crane Cry is still alive here.”

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