Chapter 1480: Chapter 924: Sunrise Dawn (Part 2): Mission_2
This is not the Eastern Continent where the initial players descended, but rather the still perilous Western Continent.
Moreover, this is the heartland of the Western Continent, the center of the former Western Continent Empire, the Ferola Plain, which is now the region most ravaged by fallen creatures.
The old man is named Ados, the two human warriors are called Bols and Ramsis, and the female Mage is named Mire.
Among them, the old man’s strength is at Black Iron Upper Peak, while the other three are all at Black Iron Middle Rank.
The four are survivors from the Ferola Region after the Great Catastrophe.
The Great Catastrophe, as recorded in the "Elf Kingdom" history, refers to the event when the Eternal Lord Yiteo fell, and the creator’s power contaminated the plane worlds.
Even though more than a year has passed, when talking about the Great Catastrophe, their expressions still carry strong fear.
Old man Ados told Tony that after the Great Catastrophe erupted, more than half of humanity turned into monsters, especially those with strong powers, as they had a higher chance of falling. Above silver, there were almost no survivors.
In an instant, the entire human societal order collapsed completely.
The remaining people had to constantly hide and live in fear.
Fortunately, the fallen humans also lost their consciousness, only knowing slaughter and devouring, which gave survivors a chance to hide using their wisdom.
Nevertheless, under the threat of fallen creatures, especially the numerous fallen demon beasts, the number of survivors decreased...
Especially those fallen creatures of Golden Rank and above, each would bring devastating blows to the survivors.
Until one day a year ago, golden light penetrated the sky, ethereal hymns descended slowly, and everyone in the world saw a beautiful sacred figure.
The great World Tree, Eve, descended.
Her brilliance illuminated the entire plane, and in an instant, all high-tier fallen creatures on the plane vanished in her sacred light, allowing survivors finally a chance to breathe.
That day, survivors called it the "Day of Divine Descent," which was also the beginning of the Dawn Era in Dawn World.
Starting from that day, faith in life began to take root everywhere on the continent, and people began to voluntarily worship the merciful Eve Goddess.
Statues of the Goddess were erected, and her sacred light enveloped the land.
With divine protection, survivors could finally establish safe gathering spots.
To this day, although the situation in the Western Continent remains dangerous, under the protection of the Goddess, smaller and larger gathering spots have formed on the Western Continent, and survivors have finally seen the light of hope.
Ados and his group belong to one of the largest survivor organizations in the Ferola Region, according to their introduction, the population of the entire gathering spot exceeded thirty thousand.
This time, they represent the survivor organization of the Ferola Region, heading towards the hope of the Western Continent - the Dawn Fortress.
According to the old man, there were three hundred people when they set out, each carefully selected elite from the organization.
But now... only the four of them remain.
"We are too weak..."
Saying this, the old man let out a long sigh, his voice full of bitterness.
"After the Great Catastrophe, all the strong became monsters, and we Black Iron ranks instead became the elite holding up the situation..."
"However, even though the Goddess destroyed those monsters above high-tier, the crisis-ridden wilderness is still beyond our resistance, and we can only advance by hiding..."
"Lord Tony, without your help, we would have perished long ago."
The old man spoke with a face full of emotion and fear.
Hearing his words, Tony nodded slightly, also letting out a gentle sigh.
Incidentally, he already confirmed that the monster he killed previously was at Silver Middle Rank.
Only it was already badly injured, allowing him to take advantage.
It was precisely that monster that killed most of the team.
And the purpose of the team’s trip, as several people said, was to transport the item necessary for constructing the cross-continent teleportation array—the magic energy core.
"Magic energy core?"
Tony asked with some curiosity.
"Precisely,"
the female Mage Mire took out the crystal ball emitting a halo of light, saying:
"In our Dawn World, there are many demon beasts, beast tides occur frequently, so since the forefathers settled in this world, every city has a magic energy core capable of supporting divine arts defensive barriers and a magic shield as the central hub."
"Simultaneously, it is also an essential item for building a cross-continent teleportation array..."
"A few months ago, the temple at our gathering spot received a message from the Holy City Shantem, stating that the Church decided to establish a teleportation array connecting the two continents in the Western Continent, formally launching a counterattack against the evil creatures."
"It is said that once the counterattack begins and we reclaim half of the Western Continent’s territory, we can attempt to build the Apocalypse Altar."
"Once the altar is fully constructed, we will have a chance to purify the entire plane’s contamination, officially garnering protection from the Goddess, turning the whole world into part of the World Tree!"
"World Tree... it is the great World Tree!"
"The ’Life Scripture’ mentions the beautiful and bountiful Segis World. If Dawn World also becomes part of the World Tree, it will be elevated to become a new world as beautiful and bountiful as Segis World!"
Saying this, Mire’s gaze carried a hint of longing, her expression full of fervor and anticipation.
But quickly, she sighed again and changed her tone:
"However, the construction of a cross-continent teleportation array requires extremely tremendous energy and calculation capability, only large-scale magic energy cores can satisfy."
"Unfortunately, the crafting method of such items has long been lost, even the forefathers obtained these items from ancient ruins, the whole Western Continent only has a few cities with central cores that meet the conditions for constructing a cross-continent teleportation array."
"Therefore, we volunteered to take on the mission from the Church central command to transport this magic energy core to Dawn City..."
"No matter what happens, we must deliver it!"
The female Mage’s expression was both determined and resolute.
Hearing her words, the others also revealed resolute looks.
These expressions already put life and death aside; in their minds, only the task remains.
Listening to their narrative, Tony suddenly felt profound respect.
Yet also with some doubts:
"Lord Ados, since the task was issued by the Church, why haven’t they sent support... ahem, Chosen Ones?"
Hearing Tony’s words, Ados’ expression became somewhat gloomy.
He sighed and said:
"We also wish for help from the Church, but... due to the cover of those strange clouds in the sky, even though we offered the Goddess’ statue, the Church cannot accurately pinpoint our location."
"Moreover, we also can’t actively contact the Church, only passively receive messages from the Shantem Church headquarters..."
"I see..."
Tony realized.
Ados continued:
"Fortunately, we carry a small divine statue blessed by Eve. With the statue here, we can at least continue to receive messages from the Church on our journey."
"I speculate if we get close enough to Dawn Fortress, perhaps we’ll be able to reach the Church, and then... perhaps encounter Church reinforcements."
"Divine statue?"
Hearing Ados’ words, Tony’s eyes lit up.
He is presently stuck at the Black Iron promotion gap, most needing to change class, which requires going to a temple for prayer to a goddess statue, even though there’s no Life Temple here, if there’s a blessed divine statue, perhaps it could accomplish the same!
Thinking this, he solemnly gazed at Ados:
"Lord Ados, can I... borrow the divine statue you’re carrying?"
