Chapter 2: New Century (Epilogue)
After cleaning up Ruo Yi, it was already the latter half of the night.
After Xi Wei unleashed a sword strike, the grand base of The Winterbreaking Organization was revealed. The floating system constructed from floating stones and mana chains completely collapsed. The falling ruins even completely blocked the waterfall.
In the ruins, Xi Wei found Tulas’s corpse.
As he imagined, the members of The Winterbreaking Organization were also corrupted by the Old Ones. When Xi Wei removed Tulas’s helmet, there was no longer any semblance of a human within.
To prevent the waterfall from being contaminated, Xi Wei immediately took all the corpses out of the fortress ruins and cremated them.
After doing all this, he returned to Kalun and, upon arrival, immediately used the communication crystal of the Lapland Royal Palace to contact the neighboring Saint Lodia Empire.
A white-bearded mage appeared in the crystal. His pitch-black mage robe was embroidered with golden suns and moons.
When he saw Xi Wei, he was clearly stunned.
“Who are you?”
“Suvenas is dead,” Xi Wei said directly.
The information about the old mage in front of him had already appeared in his vision. This old mage was considered a confidant of the Saint Lodia Emperor, specializing in liaison work with other empires on the South Continent.
“Dead?!” The old mage’s eyes widened. “Why? And who are you?! Did you kill Suvenas?!”
The old mage didn’t doubt Xi Wei, given that Xi Wei dared to speak such dangerous words in the Lapland Royal Palace using the Lapland Royal family’s communication crystal.
“I am the Lord Winter King, you should have heard of my name. Suvenas and I had a grudge. Furthermore, Suvenas was infected by the Old Ones. As a human, I naturally had to kill such a scourge! What, you don’t know that Suvenas was infected by the Old Ones?”
Xi Wei looked suspicious. These empires on the South Continent should have been very closely connected.
After all, their magical technology each had its own strengths, and they were completely interoperable, with no conflicts of interest. At the same time, they enjoyed the benefits of the Magic Net, so cooperation would be the best choice. Such a South Continent would be like an iron bucket.
The old mage on the other side was even more astonished by Xi Wei’s words. He stood up somewhat flustered and turned to leave, only leaving behind a sentence: “Please wait a moment.”
Xi Wei didn’t wait long. Fario’s figure appeared in the magic crystal.
He recognized Fario not only because of the system’s scan of Fario, but also because Xi Wei had seen Fario’s portrait before. He was an old man with white hair and beard, his chin beard dragging to his belly. His gray eyes emitted a profound divine light, and magic runes swirled around him. Those berserk magic runes were like docile lambs around Fario.
Xi Wei had a mistaken impression that the person sitting in front of him was not human at all.
He was the embodiment of the rules of magic.
Clearly, Fario had now touched the realm of gods, and a god who had not yet appeared. A complete set of rules lay before him, awaiting his favor.
This was the existence that Xi Wei feared most on the South Continent. Fario, having constructed the Magic Net, was blessed by the faith of all mages on the South Continent. Plus, he could draw power from the Magic Net, and his true combat power might have reached the limit below the Divine Realm in this world.
“King from the North, Lord Winter King, I know you.”
Fario’s gaze was calm. He first lingered on Xi Wei for a moment, then fell upon Loli and Ruo Yi behind him.
“Goddess of Life, Goddess of Time, and… hmm, God of Death? No, you possess many other divinities. Truly unbelievable, to possess so much divinity in a human body.”
Although the meaning of his words was astonishing, his tone was not much varied, as if he were reading a textbook.
“Lord Winter King, why don’t you come to the Saint Lodia Empire now? I am very interested in your body. We can study it together.”
Xi Wei didn’t expect this old man to be interested in him first, and couldn’t help but feel amused.
“Forget about studying. Aren’t you surprised by Suvenas’s death?”
“Suvenas delved into forbidden arts; it was his own fault.”
Fario raised his eyebrows, his voice clear and cold: “He who attempts to control forbidden power must pay the price. He should have died long ago.”
“It seems you know what he was up to?”
“I don’t know, but I communicated with Suvenas a month ago. He had an extremely evil aura.”
Fario played with two crystal balls in his hand, recalling: “At that time, I warned him not to try to control forbidden power, but he told me that he had embraced the Truth, and that the whole world would embrace the Truth. He even persuaded me to believe in the Truth together. How ridiculous.”
“If you think the forbidden is merely the power of so-called evil gods, then the reality is far worse than you think.”
Xi Wei’s voice was low.
The Old Ones had appeared in this world.
Fario couldn’t have been unaware of the existence of the Old Ones.
But now Fario was only talking about forbidden arts, which meant he hadn’t yet connected Suvenas’s situation to the Old Ones.
This wouldn’t do.
If Fario wasn’t alerted, how could he extort Fario?
“Oh? I’d like to hear more.” Fario leaned forward slightly. A flicker of interest finally appeared on his face, which was usually as calm as a still well, but there wasn’t much worry.
As the most powerful being on the South Continent, the undisputed emperor of the magical world, and the object of faith for all mages, Fario was not arrogant, but he had his own pride.
It was a belief in invincibility!
“Have you ever heard of the Old Ones?”
“The catastrophe that brought about Ragnarok?”
“That’s right,” Xi Wei nodded.
“The Lord of Truth that Suvenas believed in is Saigya, one of the Old Ones. When I arrived in Lapland, Suvenas built an altar and performed a sacrificial ritual, preparing to summon Saigya. If he had succeeded in summoning Saigya, the entire South Continent would have been devastated.”
Fario’s expression changed. The light in his eyes suddenly brightened, and his voice was filled with anger and hatred:
“How dare he collude with the Old Ones? Damn him!”
“He is already dead. I arrived just in time. My army infiltrated the sacrificial procession, destroyed the altar, and ended Suvenas’s death throes.”
Xi Wei shrugged, leaned back in his leather chair, and smiled:
“Don’t worry, Saigya can no longer descend. I contacted you for two matters.”
As Fario’s emotions gradually calmed down, he said unhurriedly:
“First, Suvenas established the Church of Truth, whose leaders are all Legendary-grade. Under the Church of Truth, there is The Winterbreaking Organization targeting the Wintery Empire and the Lawbreaking Organization targeting the Saint Lodia Empire. The Lawbreaking Organization is currently lurking within your empire’s borders. I know their exact locations. Second, I know the whereabouts of your youngest son, Layton. But if you want to obtain this information, you must do something for me. How about it? This is a fair trade!”
