Chapter 859 Four Pillars: Sovereigns

Chapter 859 Four Pillars: Sovereigns

As most of the people became raucous in response to the First Forger's question, Valyr looked at the place he had appeared in greater detail, soon realizing that he had actually popped up in what he could consider as a familiar place.

"Huh," uttered the young man in realization. "From the looks of it, this is the hall where the First Forger fought against all of those people just as the system update arrived."

Muttering those words to himself, the young man briefly recalled the previous memory he had seen regarding the First Forger, vividly remembering the peacefulness amidst the slight tension that surrounded the hall in the beginning.

However, that all changed once the system update arrived, reseting everyone's strength back to what they were before.

Recalling how brutal and how tyrannical the First Forger was when he fought all of those in the hall back then that had malicious intentions in their eyes, the young man faintly shuddered in response.

Returning his attention to the present, Valyr's eyes widened in slight surprise as he sensed the overwhelming aura the man exuded.

"I guess a long time has passed once more since then, considering how the First Forger seems to have reached Rank 5 already," said the young man, wondering to himself how much time exactly had passed since the last memory.

Fortunately, he had gotten a response to this question before he could even voice it out.

"As far as I remember, around six or seven decades have passed after the previous memory you saw ended."

"?!" With his eyes wide from shock, the young man frantically looked around, only to let out a faint sigh as he found the origin of the voice that spoke.

"You're here as well?" asked Valyr in slight curiosity, unsure why Vaughn would tag along in viewing a memory with him.

Hearing the young man's words, Vaughn let out a slight chuckle. "Now you're making it sound like I'm unwelcome."

"In any case, feel free to ask any questions regarding what's going on in the memory along the way. I think I've gone through all of the memories the Triad Gates has to offer at least a dozen times each already."

With that, Valyr went silent once more as he briefly watched what was happening below.

With the man's words continuing to linger in his mind, the young man eventually decided to take him up on his offer and posed a question to the former.

"So... what exactly happened during the time between the previous memory I saw and the current memory?"

"What did you see at the end of your previous memory exactly?" asked Vaughn in response, telling Valyr that he needed the information for greater detail.

Nodding at those words, the young man then briefly summarized the previous memory he'd seen regarding the First Forger, naturally emphasizing the end of the memory once he was done.

"The First Forger upgraded the race-specific artifact he'd forged. Got it." Vaughn nodded after the young man was done explaining.

Standing up from his seat, the First Forger then led the people out of the hall, prompting Vaughn to move them to a place outside the hall.

Whoosh!

Getting a firsthand look at the vast territory the empire that the First Forger created occupied, Valyr's mouth went agape as he felt that his vision was lacking in order to see the entirety of the empire with one glance.

With Valyr continuing to admire the large territory of the empire on the side, a faint smile adorned Vaughn's face as he waved his hand, causing the passage of time in the memory to speed up.

With that, the young man snapped back to reality as he watched almost all of the people within the empire seemingly move like gears in a machine.

Like clockwork, all of the people contributed one way or another to the cause that would allow them to move closer towards a single purpose.

In their case, the single purpose that they wanted to succeed in was to become victorious against their final push into the orcs' territory.

Though everything was drastically sped up, Valyr could still clearly the various divisions of humanity working towards that one purpose, eventually culminating into a giant event by the time a few more months in the memory had passed.

Swoosh!

With Vaughn returning the passage of time back to normal in the memory, Valyr's eyes were instantly fixated to what seemed to be a show of force outside one of the empire's gates.

Commanding an army that seemed to house thousands upon thousands of people willing to fight for the cause, the First Forger stood at the very forefront of this formation, radiating an aura of power that far eclipsed even the commanders he had chosen.

Briefly glancing at the various brigades, regiments, and battalions that had been formed for this exact moment, the man raised the Dominion of Humanity up in the air, causing all of those who looked at it to feel a sort of resonance with it.

Seeing that he had caught the attention of everyone with his action, the First Forger nodded in satisfaction before opening his mouth.

"Everyone, we have gathered here today to finally carve a piece out of this world that we could truly claim as ours."

"I'm sure that all of us recognize the various sacrifices the men before us have done in order to get us to where we are today. If not for them, humanity wouldn't have gotten to this point where we could now pose a threat to the other races."

Taking in a deep breath, the First Forger infused mana into his voice before bellowing out with great force. "Men!"

"There is no doubt that all of us here will be laying our lives for the sake of humanity's future."

"However, let me assure you. We may be heading there as if we were serving our lives to them on a silver platter."

"But we will return. We will return victorious."

"We will return... as sovereigns of this world!"