It had been over 28 days since the Slum Districts had been enshrouded with pitch-black doom. The usual barren and tranquil Unescapable walls were now also filled with watch posts, and these watch posts were marked with unique flags.
One watch post, in particular, was quite eye-catching because it was made with silver bricks, and a black flag with silver wings crest stood tall at the top of this watch post.
At the top of this watch post stood a slender figure wearing a silver robe, facing the abyss-like Slum District ahead of the inescapable wall. From the buxom figure, it was quite evident that it was a woman. Her most distinguishing feature was her long silver hair. Although her face was hidden behind a silver mask, her bright silver eyes were icy and aloof.
At this moment, the sound of footsteps rang before a slim, middle-aged man approached the masked woman.
The masked woman didn't turn around, but her melodious yet cold voice sounded in acknowledgment of the middle-aged man's arrival, "Uncle Grey, are you here to tell me that we can enter this Dimension?"
The middle-aged man named Grey couldn't help but smile wryly, "Little Hilda, can't you ask about your uncle's heath, at least?"
"I can tell you are fine." The masked woman named Hilda replied emotionlessly.
Grey was speechless and sighed ruefully, "Your EQ is really terrible. You should learn how to interact with others."
Hilda finally turned around and looked at Grey with a hint of confusion in her breathtaking silver eyes, "Why do I need to interact with others?"
Grey sighed again, "Sigh… Little Hilda, if you don't interact, how will you make friends?"
"Why do I need friends?" She asked with an equally confused yet na?ve look in her eyes.
Grey was lost for words and pursed his lips, "Alright, I give up. I'm just talking to a stone wall that only knows how to battle and thinks about battle all day long. It's all that old maniac's fault my precious niece turned out this way."
Hilda's eyes shimmered as she said, "If Dad knows you're calling him maniac again, he'll fight you again."
Grey expression clouded as he retorted, "Then just don't tell that old maniac. I'm too old to get into fights with that maniac."
"But you always end up fighting him in a draw." Hilda said matter-of-factly as a battle intent flashed past her eyes, "Uncle, when are you going to teach me your battle style?"
Grey was again lost for words as he coughed dryly before saying, "Little Hilda, your Dad always goes easy on me. As for learning my battle style, aren't I already started your training by talking to you here?"
A flash of confusion appeared in Hilda's eyes, "But this dimension should be only silver grade. I can conquer it with my eyes close."
Grey suddenly smiled as he meaningfully said, "If I tell you this dimension can grow past even Golden Grade, will you believe me?"
"No. Above Golden Grade is Platinum Grade, and we both know this grade dimension can never appear in an area with such a thin magic density. This place was a prison to hold those ordinaries. Just the formation of this silver grade dark type dimension is enough of a miracle, much less a Golden Grade or Platinum Grade." Hilda replied without even thinking twice.
Grey nodded in approval, "You're correct about everything, but you got one thing wrong."
Hilda asked in confusion, "What?"
Grey's expression turned solemn as he replied, "Over a hundred years ago, when the Uniques decided to get rid of magicless ordinaries for good, just to erase the defective bloodline of humanity. Many Uniques who still have ties with ordinaries and didn't want to commit that heinous genocide opposed this decision quite strongly.
"According to our historical records, a war between Uniques was about to start because of this exact reason. But in the end, the war never happened because the Union Lord suggested another solution.
"Which was to build an isolated area for the remaining ordinaries instead of killing them in cold blood. That area was the exact location we are currently at. However, this wasn't enough to ensure those who were still on the side of keeping the ordinaries around, and they were sure that those who were adamant on killing them would not stop at anything."
"But they did stop, right? Since this place still existed for over a hundred years." Hilda uttered.
Grey shook his head, "How could they be stopped by just a few words? This wasn't in any book, but as a future heiress of the Silver Wing Clan, you are qualified to learn this secret. When the peace negotiation was on the verge of collapsing at that time, the leader of the Oath Keeper Clan stepped up and brought out an oath relic!"
Hilda's eyes went wide the moment she heard 'oath relic' and exclaimed, "How could that be? Are we talking about the same Oath Relics from Oath Keeper Dimension? Those guys didn't even spare a single oath relic to even ten clans, but they gave it up for those ordinaries?"
Grey nodded, "Yes. It caused quite a commotion at that time as well. No one knows why the Oath Keeper Dimension does this, but this caused the strife to end, and they both sides finally reached a conclusion, and an oath was formed under the oath relic.
"I only know one clause of that oath, which was if anyone with any sort of ability kills people in the Slum District or infiltrates the Slum District, the three holders of the Oath Key can then open the Oath Relic and ask the Oath Keeper for justice once!" freewebnove(l).com
Hilda's eyes shimmered sharply as she suddenly thought of something. Although she had a low EQ value, her IQ was equivalent to the top geniuses of this era.
She said with squinted eyes, "If it's true, then that relic oath is still within this dimension, right?"
Grey lips curled up slightly, "Once an oath relic is used, the oath relic will vanish while creating a place called Relic Tomb on the same spot where that oath relic was used, which in this case is the slum district A.
"However, if one of the existing parties dies and the oath relic hasn't been used, the oath relic will emerge again. In this case, the parties enveloped in this oath were Uniques and Ordinaries. This means as long as one of them won't go extinct, this oath won't be broken.
"But the appearance of this dimension changed everything. The oath was nullified the moment the slum district was pulled into the dimension's independent space. Now we can infiltrate this dimension without being worried about suffering the backlash of the effective oath and retrieve the oath relic!"
Hilda's eyes were filled with shock and disbelief that there was such a huge secret hidden in this barren land of exiles. She finally understood why her Uncle had taken her here.
Grey's expression turned cold, "The geniuses of the ten clans and many other experts will also join the fray for this dimension and the oath relic. Especially the Oath Keeper Clan will not stop at anything to retrieve that relic. So, this is a perfect place for your training.
"This dimension will be fully activated in at least twenty more days, creating the entrance gate. So, you have to handle those little brats while I'll deal with those old fogies. Let's see who can snatch the dimension and the relic first! Isn't it fun this way?"
Grey grinned as he saw stars twinkling in Hilda's eyes as she nodded vigorously.
"Cheee…"
However, both of their attention was suddenly drawn by this eerie voice which was a mixture between a mirror shattering and lighting cracking together, and this voice's source was non-other than the abyss behind them!
Not only Grey and Hilda but everyone who was keeping a close eye on the slum district was startled by those voices, and they all rushed toward their respective watch posts to see what was going on.
When they approached the edge of the watch post, including Hilda and Grey, everyone was flabbergasted because they saw white cracking starting to appear in the pitch-black doom, and they increased a terrifying space.
"What is happening?" Hilda asked in bewilderment.
Grey was equally confused as everyone else, but as someone with vast experience under his belt, he could guess what was happening, which was even more absurd and ridiculous.
He muttered with a grim expression, "If I'm not wrong, then this dimension is about to shatter!"
"What do you mean shatter?" Hilda was shocked.
"It means it's going to be destroyed, my little niece." Grey explained gloomily, "It's only natural that you don't know that a dimension can be destroyed as well. It has been over five decades since the destruction of the last dimension."
Hilda was astonished as she watched the cracks start to shine in white light, and the dark doom was crumbling in dark sparkles as if it was about to burst apart.
"How pretty." She couldn't help but mutter as she watched the entire scene unfold without blinking.
However, Grey thoughts were quite different from Hilda, 'Just who dare can destroy this unformed dimension within those Ordinaries? Or the formation of this dimension was not natural at all?!'
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