Chapter 596: The land of legend (1)

Chapter 596: The land of legend (1)

3 days passed since they departed for the Beast God Giran's Shrine.

"Hmm, I'm almost out of the Spirit Stones Shea gathered..."

"I'm sorry I didn't get enough."

Shea had not expected Allen would go through 10000 Spirit Stones a day.

"I'll have to go grab the ones from Abigayle too then. Hm? What's that? There's a weird pattern."

Allen noticed something strange on the terrain ahead,

While the ground was dried and cracked, it looked strange, like waves.

Almost like it was supposed to be a vast lake that had dried over.

(I guess that's it then? This used to be a lake or something like that?)

Allen had seen the bottom of a dried lake in his past life.

"Luvanka."

'What is it?'

Allen spoke to Luvanka who was inside a card.

"Was the Paradise of Primordial Beasts more plentiful in the past? Like was there a big lake here before?"

Allen's group was traveling faster than a jumbo jet, but the dried lake was enormous.

'Hmm, this used to be the Fish God's Shrine. I believe the Sacred Fish also left that spot.'

(So I guess my theory was correct then.)

"Hm? Ah, is that why the God of Water Aqua is looking over the mermen then?"

Allen continued building theories on what he heard.

(So there's no Bird or Fish God for now. I guess there's a limit to how many gods can exist.)

Allen had noticed something, beastmen had Beast Gods, dragonkin had a Dragon God, who was trapped inside the Earth Labyrinth. Elves had Spirit Gods and the Great Spirit God.

And then it turned out the God of Magic had also created the dwarves.

So why was there no Fish God for mermen?

Apparently there had been one in the past, but now the God of Water had taken over.

"How many Shrines are there on the Paradise of Primordial Beasts?"

'There's 22...no, 20 territories I think. Though only half are populated at this time.'

(Why would he sound so unsure? Did someone else tell him that?)

Allen felt like it was strange for Luvanka to have to correct himself like that.

There was no reason why he would make a mistake like that between those two numbers.

"I guess it makes sense for so many Gods to be here, considering how big this place is."

Sophie said that while thinking back to the Spirit Paradise.

There had been a Great Spirit God there, and recently Rosen and Fabre had become Spirit Gods as well. There were also many Spirit Kings, who were like demigods.

The Paradise of Primordial Beasts was occupied by 10 Gods, with space for 20.

"So was Albahar Village also part of some Gods' territory?"

'I believe that area belongs to the God of Mountains.'

That was a God Allen had not heard about before.

"I see."

(So that's why we have to travel like idiots, we have to be careful with the territories.)

"Allen, if you're thinking of something at least tell us too."

Cecile was getting impatient and began demanding Allen tell them his thoughts.

"Oh, I was just wondering why we had to keep changing directions to avoid certain areas. But if there's 20 Shrines here, it makes sense, and also explains the size of this place."

The Paradise of Primordial Beasts was many times bigger than Earth's surface, but if it was split into 20 it made sense, as each God would want to have a continent to reign over.

"The Beast Gods and Mythical Beasts are looking after the areas with no Gods too."

"I see, and that's because the Beast God Garm is still the owner of the entire place. But we have to travel while being careful of the territories which is slowing us down. And so?"

"And?"

'I'm just saying that there's a lot I don't know about this place.'

Luvanka had noticed through Allen's thoughts that he believed Luvanka was a key piece to going through the Paradise of Primordial Beasts.

And whatever Luvanka wanted to talk about, was something he had mostly heard from the Beast Gods Garm and Giran, but he did not know much more.

(That's a really long preamble. Maybe he's not sure it's something worth looking into.)

"I won't know if it helps or not until I've heard what it is. Seeing what everyone says is important to get through new areas after all. Tell me everything you know."

Talking to all NPCs in a village was essential to going through games, like listening to a couple on a beach to know who has a boat to traverse the world.

When doing RTA runs thousands of times one knew where to go, but this was Allen's first time coming to the Paradise of Primordial Beasts.

'There's a reason why this Temple is so big. Or rather, it had to be this big.'

"A reason for the Paradise of Primordial Beasts' size?"

'It's also why there's so many Shrines here. This vast land used to be the original divine realm.'

Allen had not expected that, so his eyes went wide. Cecile saw that and got impatient.

"Allen, at least let us hear too!"

"Luvanka just said that the Paradise of Primordial Beasts was the original divine realm."

"What does that mean? I never heard about that in the creation history."

They had learned about Elmea's creation history in the Academy.

Luvanka continued talking to Allen, while he repeated what he said to the rest of the group.

'It used to be the divine realm. There was a conflict in the distant past, which led to the current structure of the divine realm. It was before I was born. But that's why the Ancient God is still here.'

"Merus never mentioned that before. So all the Gods here are Ancient Gods?"

'That's not quite it. It's a story from a distant past. There was a conflict 1000000 years ago, many Gods were vanquished, and Lord Garm might be the only surviving Ancient God.'

That sounded like the history of the divine realm.

"I never heard of that before either, are you sure it's true? Rosen never mentioned it..."

Luvanka's story was so sudden that it was hard to believe.

It was even more shocking than discovering that the Earth moved around the sun in a world that believed in the Ptolemaic theory.

After all, everyone was told that Elmea had created both the human and divine realm.

"I'll have to double check with Merus. He's in the middle of a fight so I can't ask right now though."

"What? Is he alright?"

"I'm controlling the summons there, and hmm...it's over."

'Level Up Log: 235 -» 236'

An entry written in silver words appeared on the Grimoire's black cover.

While they were talking, the group in the Earth Labyrinth were fighting a Demigod Rank ghost, and had just won. This was the 6th Level Allen gained since arriving at the Paradise of Primordial Beasts.

"Luvanka, if you can think of anything else please tell me."

'Okay.'

"Hm? The terrain is starting to change."

The dry lake seemed to end, leading into a grassy plain.

A wolf Sacred Beast raised its head and howled loudly.

'Awoooooooooooooooooooo!!

Other wolves a few dozen kilometers away howled in return.

'Awoooooooooooooooooooo!!

'Awoooooooooooooooooooo!!

It sounded like they were passing along a message.

"I guess they're announcing our arrival."

"I just hope they actually receive us."

Shea's body was trembling with nervousness after their earlier conversation.

They felt like they had started unraveling the history of Gods as they entered the Shrine of the Beast God Giran.

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