Chapter 425: The Truth Behind History (1)
Xiao Lin looked around him, and it did look like the main hall they were at earlier, but the decorations around the main hall had completely changed. The solar system replica had disappeared, and in its place was a statue of a woman made of gold. The surroundings were also no longer empty, instead filled with various decorations as well as a lot of offerings.
Sunlight shone through the corridor that led to the main hall, signalling that it was day time outside, and the place was no longer under the sea. Just as Silverlight had said, they really were looking at the Atlantean era.
Xiao Ling glanced at Silverlight with a complicated gaze, sighing. There was no point in saying anything since Silverlight had already used it, and she did not look like she had any problems either.
Xiao Lin picked up the unconscious Gu Xiaoyue and walked through the long pathway with Silverlight. The sun was quite bright, and Xiao Lin had to squint his eyes as he looked at the entire temple. Just like Silverlight had said, the entire temple was incredibly huge. Tall statues, dazzling buildings, unending corridors and rows upon rows of believers.
The believers were gathered in the public square, their mouths chanting some sort of religious scripture. Silverlight’s eyes were misty; it was obvious she was reminiscing of the past. It took awhile before she averted her gaze, calmly saying, “This is the temple before I left. The disaster has already appeared, and they’re praying to the gods.”
“You mentioned a disaster before, but what was it?”
“I don’t know.” A look of exhaustion flashed on Silverlight’s face. “To this day I have not managed to clear it up. All I know is that my father told me the world was going to be destroyed. It was a power that came from the void, something that we could not defend against. Most of us did not mind back then, until the sea god’s betrayal...”
It was a long story, but their time was limited, so Silverlight had given him the simplified version. Xiao Lin only barely understood. Poseidon was originally the protector of Atlantis, but at some point he suddenly betrayed them for unknown reasons. The sea god controlled the whole world’s oceans and headed toward the prosperous civilization, bringing on the start of the disaster.
Xiao Lin was looking at a time where the disaster had long since started, so he could not see the cause. Furthermore, Silverlight’s body had been greatly weakened, and Rewind itself had its limitations. They could only see what had happened nearby, but were unable to see what was happening in the mainlands of Atlantis.
Gu Xiaoyue only woke up after half an hour. After Xiao Lin explained things to her, the few of them looked around the place. It was a pity they could not go far. The moment they walked past the boundaries of Silverlight’s power, they would start to feel faint and be transported back to the main hall.
Being unable to take a look at the civilization of Atlantis was doubtlessly regretful, but Xiao Lin could only wait where they were. Based on what Silverlight said, the end was fast approaching, which was the time Atlantis fell. The wait was quite dull, especially since Xiao Lin realized he did not understand what the believers were saying, and all they did was chant something he did not understand.
They could not see Xiao Lin, and Xiao Lin could only see and hear. Touching them was completely impossible. It really was like watching a movie, and they were just spectators to history.
“I was sent to Planet Norma not long before this.”
“Yes, you’ve mentioned it before, but who sent you away?”
“My father. He did not wish for me to be buried with the rest of Atlantis.”
“What a noble father, but why didn’t he go with you?” Xiao Lin chatted away to pass the time. Silverlight rarely talked about herself, so he took the opportunity to understand more.
“He could not leave, nor could he abandon his people.”
Xiao Lin paused, saying, “So you really are a princess.”
“A princess of a dead kingdom,” Silverlight replied calmly.
Xiao Lin thought of another person: the little girl Ibeiya. She was also royalty, and strictly speaking, a princess as well. He had heard that Ibeiya’s old kingdom was at war before he went back, and was even facing extinction. Xiao Lin began to wonder how Ibeiya was doing.
Xiao Lin shook his head, refocusing himself, “Then what about that black dragon? How did you get to know her? She told me before that she had been to Atlantis too.”
“Onyxia? As for her, you’ll see her soon enough. I told you before that Atlantis’s pathway to Planet Norma was originally sealed. It was because Onyxia suddenly broke in that the passage was activated again. She caused quite a big scene here, and caused quite a bit of harm. My father had hunted her before, dealing her heavy injuries, so we do have a grudge against each other.”
“No wonder she did not seem to like you.” Xiao Lin had somewhat resolved a question in his heart.
“However, she isn’t that bad, at least back then... Oh, she’s here.” Silverlight was interrupted by a dragon’s roar in the skies.
Just like the believers, Xiao Lin immediately raised his head. The black shadow that blocked the sun began to descend, and the large body of a black dragon came crashing down, reducing half of the public square into rubble. Even though she seemed a lot smaller, no matter how he looked at it, that dragon was the same Onyxia he had met in the isolated space.
As the rubble flew over, Xiao Lin and Gu Xiaoyue wanted to dodge, but quickly realized that they would not be harmed as spectators. They decided to go closer, and were shocked to realize the dragon had injuries on her whole body.
She was fighting someone, but who could beat a dragon that was at the top of the food chain to this degree?
They got their answer in minutes; the clear skies instantly turned dark as clouds began to form, blocking the whole sky. The winds started to howl. Xiao Lin was familiar with the sight; if torrential rain was added, then it was basically the same as Hawaii on Earth.
The answer was obvious: Poseidon the Sea God!
A human silhouette could be made out in the dark sky. However strong the wind was, he did not move an inch. The dragon that fell on the floor once again let out a roar, flapping its wings and taking flight.
After that was a bitter battle, an unimaginable duel.
Xiao Lin had felt the power of the black dragon before, but it was only now that he realized that the dragon had not used her full strength. The shockwaves that came from their battle seemed to destroy everything, person and temple. They were all destroyed in the howling wind. The beautiful temple had already been turned to ruin. The only thing left untouched was the main hall.