Chapter 504: Purpose

"Achilles?! You are the famous Greek warrior, Achilles?" Klea asked the Abbot, disbelief apparent in her voice.

It seemed the queen of Egypt could not believe that the legendary warrior was still alive and well. Even more so when she discovered the man had become a monk.

It was no wonder the Abbot didn't even have the appearance and resemblance of a monk at all.

"Abbot, how exactly did the battle end at that time? How did you come here and become the king Ashaka?"

The Abbot took a deep breath and exhaled the air slowly. Emery and the others could clearly see the regret on the former's face, as he tried to continue the story.

At that period of time, the war between brothers had gone on long enough. The battle was completely colored by myriad skills and countless spells of rank 9 cultivator. In short, it had become a constant and relentless duel between brothers.

Then, when the Greeks were almost eradicated and wiped off the board, he managed to break through into the magus realm. As a result, the enemies were successfully pushed back by the absolute power of the magus rank.

This war, a battle that involved millions of lives from each side, had wreaked and totally destroyed all four civilizations. The Greek, Egypt, Anatolia and the Xia Dynasty itself; neither of them managed to escape unscathed, which eventually led to their downfall and complete collapse.

While Emery and the others were drowning in their imagination of what was happening in that period of time, they noticed the Abbot suddenly stop in his explanation. Therefore, their eyes turned to him.

They saw the agony clearly displayed on the Abbot's face. It seemed he was so immersed in grief, it made him unable to continue. Seeing this, Fjolnir decided to continue the tale.

"After the Greeks won the battle at the city of Troy. However, my dear friend here was betrayed by the Nephilim and lost his immortal body"  Fjolnir look toward the Abbot and said "Was it a magic arrow? Anyway, it took him hundreds of years just to return to his condition right now. You all can see it yourself. He can not even reach rank 9 without hurting himself in the process."

Afterward, Fjolnir start to look proud of himself when he said

"It was me, who finally save him and his brother, dragged the five brothers to know Gaia and also beat some sense into them. Eventually, they realized they had been used by the Nephilim all along." 

Fjolnir himself apparently was not part of the Magus Academy, as Emery and the others had assumed. He was something else, a descendant of the five first-generation Earthlings that were chosen into the Magus Academy.

In the end, the five brothers knew and were well aware they were not strong enough to defeat the Nephilims. On the other hand, they had found their purpose after knowing Gaia. Hence, the reason for the creation of the temple.

Since then, they became the guardians of Gaia, while continuing to increase their cultivation as well. They bided their time, waiting for the most opportune moment to avenge what the Nephilim had done to them.

In the 3rd century BC, the Greek had the famous king, the one known as Alexander the Great and conquered the realm. This man knew the secret of the tree, and thus, he decided to send his troops to invade the old Xia Dynasty's territory.

Not willing to let history repeat itself, the Abbot who has recovered with his new body. Took the role of Ashaka and defended against the Greek invasion. He rule the kingdom of Maurya for dozens of years, and after he successfully repelled them,  he rebuilds the temple and once again returns to seclusion.

Hearing about this, Emery turned to the Abbot and asked, "Elder, what about your brothers? Where are they now?"

The Abbot was silent for a while, 

"I was fortunate enough to be able to breakthrough to magus level. The immortal body gives me a long life, Unfortunately, my brothers… As rank 9 cultivators they have their limitations. They never reached more than 500 years. They're all gone now"

The  Abbot one more gave a long sigh, Emery cant imagines if he and his friend would end up like them five. It must have been such a big regret.

"I am truly sorry to hear that, Elder.", while the others also showed varied expressions. This revelation certainly made the atmosphere turn gloomy, as everyone subconsciously became silent.

The Abbot, on the other hand, clasped his hands together and prayed one more time before saying, 

"We created the Bodhi temple to cultivate and find new talents, hoping to find talented individuals to hand over our hundreds years of knowledge. We hoped we could exist long enough to finally met you all, the third generation."

The Abbot then brought out the Heavenly Fruit and showed it to Emery and the others.

"So, who among you will take this fruit? This will definitely give a tremendous boost to your spirit force."

At this, Emery, Klea, Julian, Thrax, and Chumo were looking at each other. They weren't sure what they wanted to do.

There was only one Heavenly Fruit available, while there were five of them here. Each of them evidently wanted it, but all of them were reluctant to take it. For Emery his thought about the fruit was only in the hope it can be the solution of the seed in his spirit core.

Emery then told him about his situation and Gaia's vision which told him to come here.

The Aboot response startles him 

"I am afraid The heavenly fruit will not solve your problem. You are not here to see Gaia. No, you are here to see me. You all are here to continue what I and my brothers were unable to finish."

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