Dragon of Catastrophe-Chapter 258 - 126: Future! Dragon of the End! (10,000 Words)
The entire statue unexpectedly began to emit waves of golden radiance, and moments later, under the astonished and joyful gazes of several priests, the stone statue came to life!
The originally lifeless eyes burned fiercely like a golden sacred flame.
The golden glow fell upon several old priests, and the wrinkles on their faces visibly lessened. Each one’s complexion seemed to rejuvenate from the look of someone in their seventies and eighties to someone in their forties and fifties.
"It’s... it’s Her Highness the Dawn Sun! Heavens! I... I am so fortunate to witness the True God!"
"Your Highness! Please pardon my inability to prevent this lady’s sins."
The old priests knelt on the ground, calling out, each one appearing extremely moved.
"My loyal believers, what fault do you have?
Arise and go to the side hall to rest well. You have been guarding here tirelessly and must be weary. Let this lady remain; I wish to hear what she desires to express to me."
"Ah! You are so great, merciful, and kind, Dawn Sun!
We praise you, our Sun!"
After the excited old priests spoke, they respectfully retreated.
Only the cloaked figure and the Dawn Sun remained in the divine hall.
"Great Her Highness the Dawn Sun, I hope you forgive my earlier disrespect," the cloaked figure said, bowing respectfully.
"Speak, what is it you seek from me?"
"Her Highness the Dawn Sun, do you know about the magic of time travel?" the cloaked figure suddenly asked.
"Time travel? Of course I know, the Time Dragon among the Dragon Race, and some extremely powerful casters, possess this ability. Even generally proficient divine beings can do it, though the risks of traveling through time are immense."
The Dawn Sun spoke softly.
"Many can do it?" The cloaked figure was taken aback, then became excited:
"If many can do it, then why hasn’t anyone traveled back from the future to change the world? Do you know what kind of disaster the entire Ayo Continent will endure in the future?"
"The future? You traveled through time and space to come here?" The Dawn Sun’s voice seemed slightly surprised.
"Exactly! I have come to this world from twenty-two years later! I can responsibly tell you that in the future, your entire divine hall is destroyed! Not a single believer remains!
And the entire world is under the control of that Evil Dragon named Land Saphis Oakben!"
"You... are not lying, this is true.
Who would have thought that a mere Five-Colored Dragon could achieve such a feat? Has the Toria Arcane Empire been defeated?"
"Yes! After fighting that Evil Dragon for a few years, it was completely destroyed in the end! Only a few remnants escaped to another plane."
"Truly... unbelievable."
The Dawn Sun sighed, "You traveled back to change the future?"
"Of course! I must stop that Evil Dragon and annihilate it completely to save my world!" the cloaked figure stated firmly.
"No, you cannot save your world."
"What does that mean?" The cloaked figure was stunned, somewhat bewildered.
"If time and space could be changed, then in the future, what did the version of yourself who traveled to your time do? Did she change the world?"
"This..."
The words left the cloaked figure instantly dumbfounded.
Yes, if time and space could change, then in the time she once belonged to, what had the future version of herself who traveled back actually done? Why was there no news?
Could all her painstaking efforts to evade the Evil Dragon’s pursuit and to find the time travel magic in ancient ruins have been in vain?
At the thought of this, she nearly collapsed.
Fortunately, the next words of the Dawn Sun reinvigorated her spirit:
"You seem to understand now, but I was lying to you. Time can indeed change, but you should be aware that what changes is this timeline, which has no connection to yours.
Time and space are countless lines, and each line may occasionally intersect due to an event or a life, but they all ultimately head toward different directions."
"I understand! But even so, I want to change this world. At the very least, I can’t let everyone in this world repeat the same dreadful fate, living in that terrifying hell!"
The cloaked figure declared resolutely.
"Impressive resolve, I’m beginning to admire you. So you must have your own plan to change this world, right?"
"Indeed! Her Highness the Dawn Sun, I would like to ask for the Golden Key you are safeguarding!"
"You even know about this? Then you must know what it is used for, right?"
"Of course, it is the key used to unseal the Evil God once sealed in the core of Ayo Continent by the combined might of the gods.
There are nine such keys in total, each held by a powerful divine being, and you are one of them."
"The Evil God is a terrifying, undying, and indestructible monster. We spent considerable effort to defeat it at the time, and you want to lift its seal? What exactly do you plan to do?"
"Only by gathering all nine keys can the seal on the Evil God be completely broken, but with a single key, we only open a breach in the seal.
The power of the Evil God will be able to seep into the Ayo Continent, which will undoubtedly attract the attention of the Toria Arcane Empire!
After that, I will find a way to have that Evil Dragon infect with the Power of the Evil God, escalating the situation!
By then, if the Toria Arcane Empire acts early, they will surely defeat both the not yet fully mature Evil Dragon and the Evil God."
"You... if you do this, you will inevitably become infected with the Power of the Evil God yourself, and being noticed by the Toria Arcane Empire could be a dead end."
"It’s just a death; I should have died long ago, but I have survived to this point relying on the sacrifices of countless companions. Now it is my turn to sacrifice and save this world, even if it’s not my original world.
I also want those companions who once sacrificed for me to live happily."
The cloaked figure clenched her fist tightly, speaking with great determination.
"A remarkable will, then the Golden Key shall be yours!"
The Dawn Sun nodded, and a ripple appeared in the void as a golden key, at least the length of a human forearm, appeared out of thin air.
Engraved with intricate and obscure runes, and with golden light flowing continuously, it looked extraordinarily divine.
The cloaked figure accepted it, placed it into the Dimension Bag, and turned to leave.
"Lastly, tell me your name, remarkable lady."
"Viss Ackman!"
