Dragon Master: The SSS-Ranked School Belle Asked Me To Contract Her-Chapter 141: The Plan (1)

Veer kept his head lowered as he listened to Ancestor Feng’s story. The events he was told made him remember something, but he didn’t show anything on his face.

On the other hand, Elara was quite curious, so she asked, "Everyone lost?"

Ancestor Feng nodded and said, "Yes, including me there were a total of Fifty powerful people from fifty distinctive races. We only decided to fight because that creature came for our settlement. We were no match for it and lost many of our brethren while others like me fell for the corruption."

He sighed and continued.

"We did what we could to fight to the death as we knew we were already done for because of corruption. Unfortunately, even that was futile because the creature was too powerful."

As if filled with reverence, Ancestor Feng continued.

"It was then the Martial Saint appeared and fought the nasty creature. Only then the Creature’s destruction slowed down as it had to focus everything on the Martial Saint. The battle slowly turned into a stalemate, but everyone knew in the long run, Martial Saint would lose as the creature could replenish itself by devouring other things. Our hopes died down, but it seemed the Martial Saint came prepared."

He smiled and said.

"Apparently, the Martial Saints were twins and the elder one was fighting the Creature. Getting an opportunity, the younger one who was gathering up her energy attacked the creature. It created an opening but they knew they couldn’t kill it, so they did the best thing they thought of."

He sighed yet again.

"The elder Martial Saint sacrificed his life and turned himself into a cage around the Creature and the younger one strengthened it. Only through their sacrifices and efforts the Creature’s havoc was stopped."

Elara narrowed her eyes and asked, "But it didn’t work?"

Ancestor Feng said with a nod, "That creature was an abnormality, and even after that, keeping it inside the cage was an impossible situation. That is where we, the fifth race, came in. We couldn’t go anywhere as we held the corruption within us and there was no cure for it. Once one is Corrupted, their soul will slowly be converted, and they will become a hideous monster."

He turned to look at Badong and said, "So, we decided to take revenge in our own way. We decided to use our own life force as a catalyst to make a Seal around the Creature."

Veer’s eyes shone as he asked, "And the floating islands are the Runes for the Rune Formation?"

"Indeed! It was the Martial Saint who split the Earth with her power and made these Islands. It was her who threw every Island in the air and kept them floating. Everything was done by her, and then she herself became the very core of the Rune Formation that sealed the creature."

Elara felt a chill run down her spine. What kind of power was that? To make whole floating islands bigger than countries in her weakened state. It was just ridiculous.

"We Fifth Race agreed to help her and sealed our remaining race in the Islands. It was a harsh and cruel lesson, but that was the only way we could think of. For a thousand years, we remained here, living a secluded life."

He sighed and said, "But it all came to an end when I sensed the Martial Saint calling upon the dead spiritus of all of us. All because somehow, one of those damned lizards had managed to sneak into the central Island somehow. It was trying to take that Creature’s power, but it was also loosening the seal."

Veer had a somber look on his face when he heard all of that. He didn’t even want to imagine what it would have felt like to live in those times of pure despair.

Just then, he thought of something and asked, "Wait! Something doesn’t add up. You said you’re all Corrupted but you’re completely fine. Also, if you kept everyone in the Floating Island, then how come the outside world has information about the Aethryms? It doesn’t make sense."

"I was wondering why you knew our language. It seems like some really did escape back then," Ancestor Feng sighed. "Not everyone agreed to be sealed inside the Floating Islands. While I caught most of them, some probably escaped. Unfortunate souls!"

"Unfortunate?"

"Yes. They were corrupted, and by going outside of my range, they would just speed up the process. In no time, they would have spread the Seed of Corruption and died. That was one of the reasons we agreed to seal our race. We were corrupted but didn’t want it to spread."

Hearing that, Elara muttered, "There hadn’t been any cases of it, though."

Veer shook his head and said. "We are too weak to know of that level information and we also don’t have any status."

"Makes sense. I will ask her later on."

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Veer nodded and then asked, "That still doesn’t answer my question?"

"It’s because of my Corrupted Soul. You see, the leaders were also corrupted, but I managed to slice my soul, but they couldn’t. Since it was my own Soul, even after being cut and corrupted, I could control it somehow."

As something clicked in Veer’s mind, Ancestor Feng confirmed his guesses.

"I used that part of my soul to store all the corruption of my race and embedded it in a Jade Stone. That stone kept the monsters away and it was fueled by my descendant’s corrupted Soul."

Elara tilted her head to the sides and asked, "You mean, Corruption can be passed down in generations and the Soul can just keep making it? I can’t understand this shit."

"You don’t need to, at least not now. Corruption isn’t your major enemy in this Labyrinth, the Dragon is." Ancestor Feng looked to his right and said. "Also, you will have to be careful of other Islands as they didn’t survive the corruption."

Veer nodded and asked, "What do you want us to do? And how can we even reach the central Island?"

"Martial Saint has actually made a plan and it has some chances of success. Actually, that’s the only plan that has any chances of success. So, listen closely."