Chapter 1178: Chapter 927 City of the Prophet
"You know already?" Selena was very surprised. Elsa was clearly no longer within the Imperial City, yet how could the news still reach her so promptly?
"Teleportation Arrays of the Okaman have appeared in my city. It would be impossible not to know," Elsa replied, still smiling.
"Then why come here? Father is planning to use the Okaman to kill you!" Selena had no doubts about this outcome.
"Why are you so certain?" Elsa asked in return.
"Because I have sought Father many times. Every time I mention your name, his expression becomes extremely crazy and fierce. Now he keeps Sajia in his Imperial Palace every day, letting him read some books that I can’t understand at all. Sajia has hinted to me several times that our father is planning something very dangerous, so perilous that even Sajia doesn’t know the specifics!" Selena said urgently.
"Is there a sensation as if a prophecy is about to be fulfilled?" Elsa suddenly asked with a smile.
"Yes, truly so, but I never expected that the person who is about to plunge the Celestial Clan into turmoil isn’t you, but rather our father!" Selena said.
"There is nothing strange about that. After all, he has gone mad. It is normal for him to do anything. Moreover, he is just trying to prove himself right," Elsa said.
"Prove himself right?" Selena didn’t understand.
"Initially, he believed the prophecy and tried to destroy me, but he failed. Many years later, the girl destined to destroy the Celestial Clan in the prophecy has returned, but instead of destroying the Celestial Clan, she has become its savior. Doesn’t this mean he failed back then? So, what he wants to do now is to launch a battle against me, dragging the entire Heaven Realm into the flames of war. In this way, when I defeat him, the Celestial Clan will have nearly been destroyed, thereby proving from another angle that he was right," Elsa elaborated.
"How could this happen!" Selena was stunned.
"Didn’t you say he had gone mad?" Elsa burst into laughter.
Selena was speechless for a moment. Even in such a time, Elsa could still maintain such good spirits. Looking at Elsa, she asked, "Leaving that aside, what do you want from me by coming here?"
Elsa said, "I need you to activate the Plane Teleportation Gate and send me to a place."
"Where?"
"Eye of the Ancestor."
"You’re going to find the prophet from back then!"
"Hmm, it seems everyone knows about this affair," Elsa mused.
"So you didn’t know before?"
"Indeed, if not for what’s happened this time, I wouldn’t have cared," Elsa admitted.
Selena was at a loss for words. Elsa could actually be so indifferent?
"Although I can send you there, if you wish to return, you’ll have to rely on yourself," Selena said.
"I know, but some things, if not clarified personally, will really keep me uneasy," Elsa said, her smile fading as she spoke earnestly.
"Sigh! Let’s go! While they are unaware and somewhere else, my privileges should still work," Selena said.
"They are now in my casino, disguised as gamblers. However, they can’t change the fluctuations in their souls. The Ghost Spirits already detected them the moment they arrived at the casino; it’s unfortunate they don’t know it," Elsa said.
"..." Selena shook her head, increasingly worried, feeling that things were developing in an unpredictable direction.
The Plane Teleportation Center was located beneath the Imperial Palace, a vast area heavily guarded every day. The Celestial Clan considered the Teleportation Gate as the lifeblood of their lineage. For successive emperors, the gate signified economic movement and also rapid deployment of troops, of utmost importance.
When Selena arrived, she found the number of soldiers had doubled. The guards responsible for the area looked troubled upon seeing Selena.
"Princess Selena, the Emperor has given orders that no one is to set foot in this place, save for his personal attendance," the captain of the guards said nervously. He was merely a captain with limited power and did not wish to be dragged into the maelstrom of a royal family conflict. The soldiers behind the captain felt the same, not even intending to raise their weapons; they were indeed caught in a tricky situation.
"Don’t worry, I’ll help you find an excuse," Elsa said.
At that moment, Elsa was in disguise, so the guard captain didn’t recognize her, but he was not foolish. At this time, the person who could arrive in tandem with Princess Selena was definitely one of a few, and this unfamiliar girl was very likely...
"Ahem, listen, guards before me, I now have Princess Selena as a hostage in my hands. Quickly clear the way, or else I’ll start killing the princess," Elsa read out the script with very poor acting.
The captain of the guards was momentarily stunned before shouting, "Disaster! She has Princess Selena as a hostage! No one is to act rashly! Make way immediately!"
The surrounding guards became very tense and cleared the path, while Selena raised her hands, "Ah... I am a hostage, I am so scared."
With a furious look, the guard captain said, "Although we must obey the Emperor’s command, when it comes to Princess Selena, we really cannot make any combative move. I believe the great Emperor will understand our predicament!"
"Don’t worry, this utterly vicious criminal will surely help you find some excuse," Elsa replied sarcastically.
Speaking of which, Elsa suddenly raised her hand, and a massive surge of mana erupted, causing a group of guards to immediately faint to the ground.
And just before fainting, the captain of the guards finally felt at ease.
Having fainted, the matter now had nothing to do with him at all.
"Let’s go," Selena said, grabbing Elsa by the hand and heading straight for the suitable Teleportation Gate.
The Imperial City of the Celestial Clan was known as the City of Ten Thousand Gates, because the Celestial Clan had constructed countless Teleportation Gates there, leading to various planets of different planes. And underneath the Imperial Palace, these Teleportation Gates led to various planes.
Each Teleportation Gate corresponded to a different plane, and Selena brought Elsa in front of one such gate.
This Teleportation Gate looked like it hadn’t been used in a long time—in fact, ever since Elsa had been cast into the Human Realm, this gate had not been activated again.
Elsa stood on the Teleportation Gate as Selena immediately set the array in motion. Huge currents of energy flowed, and the runes on the array were continuously filled in.
"My sister, I believe you can make the right decision," Selena said, looking into Elsa’s eyes.
At that moment, Elsa extended her hand to Selena’s chest: "For a long time now, you have proven to me the meaning of being an elder sister. So, I think, I should be able to entrust my Celestial heart to you completely."
As she spoke, an inexplicable power was infused into Selena’s chest.
Selena looked at Elsa in utter amazement. Could it be that the soothed Celestial heart hadn’t yet unleashed all its power?
"You will soon know just how powerful the energy contained within my Celestial heart really is."
The Teleportation Gate had already been activated, and Elsa soon vanished in a burst of light, while Selena was overwhelmed by the heat and sharp pain in her chest. She curled up in agony, unable even to cry out.
And just at that moment, the Emperor and Crown Prince Sajia appeared on the scene. In fact, as soon as Selena turned up at the Teleportation Gate, the Emperor and Sajia, who were far away in the City of Ghost Spirits, had already received the information. They used magic to teleport back immediately and arrived at the location swiftly. The first thing they saw was all the guards lying unconscious on the ground, and then, they saw Selena curled up on the ground in pain.
The Emperor frowned slightly because, in his eyes, Selena should have been in league with Elsa. But why was it, after Elsa had left, that Selena was lying here instead? Could it be that Elsa had turned against Selena?
"Someone! Take the Princess to the hospital!"
The Emperor commanded.
The warriors who had followed the Emperor rushed forward, several of them using magic to lift Selena. Meanwhile, the Emperor looked at the Teleportation Gate that had just been operational with furrowed brows.
"They went to the Eye of the Ancestor," Sajia said.
"Yes, he seeks to find the answers," the Emperor said.
"Aren’t we going to stop her?" Sajia asked.
"Which of us can stop him?" the Emperor shot back.
"So what do we do?" Sajia asked.
"She chose a very clever time to leave. Our agreement with the Okaman people has not yet been finalized, and we cannot take the opportunity to launch an attack. However, it doesn’t matter. Once the Okaman people come to an agreement with us, whether she is here or not will be meaningless to her."
Through the Teleportation Gate, Elsa had come to the center of a desert, where a severely weathered rock structure protected the array. Every so often, it would clear all the sand blown in from the surroundings, but it seemed the cleaning magic had not yet been activated, and thick layers of yellow sand accumulated there.
It seemed destitute of life.
Just as she was pondering this, lights illuminated from around the building, and the piled sand vanished, revealing a humanoid figure beneath the yellow sand.
The figure had yellow skin covered with tiny scales and no hair—it was evidently a Lizardman, and quite an aged one at that.
Elsa only glanced before she intended to leave, but then the old Lizardman suddenly opened his mouth and uttered a strange sound.
"Still alive?" Elsa was taken aback; it looked like the old Lizardman had been buried in the yellow sand for a long time, yet he was still not dead.
Elsa took out a flask of water from her personal space and helped the old Lizardman up, bringing the rim of the cup close to his lips. At that moment, the old Lizardman suddenly opened his eyes, grasped the cup in his hands, and bit down on it, gulping down every drop of water without a trace left.
After a while, the old Lizardman finally opened his eyes, his cloudy pupils slowly turning clear.
"Water! Is there more water?" The old Lizardman asked with an unclear universal tongue.
Elsa also had the habit she acquired from Long Yi of always carrying various essential supplies with her. She then conjured a ball of water from her personal space using magic, which made the old Lizardman go crazy. He opened his mouth wide and sucked the entire large ball of water in. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it on Qidian. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please read on m.qidian.com.)
