Chapter 199: Entering The Vault

Chapter 199: Entering The Vault

The situation at the academy had already calmed down after the Chaos Bone Spear was taken care of, and even people who had previously been despairing at the arrival of the Lord of Bones in the Old World felt as if they had been overthinking things.

After all, the Lord of Bones had been around for thousands of years, and the academy still existed. Even if he had now decided to spread his influence to the Old World as well, it didn't necessarily mean that he could simply wipe the academy off the map.

In such a time of turmoil, the academy and its forbidden cities were still much safer than the outside world.

Of course, even if these people had left, the academy wouldn't cease functioning, but Evelyn knew that the fewer people there were in the academy, the lower the power the main defensive formation would possess.

The reason that the Lord of Bones couldn't just break through the main defensive formation of the academy was because it perfectly utilized everything that the academy had at its disposal, and was also almost impossible to destroy.

The Chaos Bone Spear may have seemed like a carelessly executed taunt from the Lord of Bones, but Evelyn knew very well that it was something that he had used after careful consideration.

Its main purpose had always been to corrode the underlying structure of the academy to weaken and destroy the array itself instead of having to break through it by force, which showed that the Lord of Bones had no confidence in being able to do such a thing in a short time.Alll latest novels at novelhall.com

As for going all out against the academy Evelyn didn't think the Lord of Bones would do such a thing yet, when he was still wary of Gwendolyn's presence in the Old World.

Evelyn didn't know what the Lord of Bones planned to do now that his first attack had failed, but she didn't want to wait and see anyway.

The next time Evelyn saw Aurora was three days later, when she was taken to an underground tunnel hidden inside the tower of solitude by the female pillar Kaling.

The woman didn't follow her in, however, and had it not been for Aurora's handwritten note injected with the familiar spirit power, Evelyn would have surely assumed this to be some trap.

Thankfully, she soon encountered her teacher standing in front of an intricate circular gate.

Looking at her state, however, Evelyn couldn't help but frown. "What's wrong?"

Not only was Aurora's face noticeably paler than before, with how familiar the two were with each other, Evelyn could clearly see that her whole body was far more slender.

For people like them, consuming food was completely optional, and they relied on spirit power to sustain their lives. Needless to say, there was no such thing as losing weight due to not eating properly.

Although Aurora had always been petite and appeared harmless, she had never looked so sickly before.

Aurora smiled. "Don't worry, once we're done here, I'll be able to restore it using some elixirs. The damage isn't permanent."

Evelyn couldn't help but sigh. "Okay. So this natural treasure suppresses everyone who enters here, just like the water in Siren's Call, right?"

Aurora shook her head with a smile. "No, that is just its side effect. Now that we've met Nadia, do you understand why the Siren's Call is able to suppress everyone like that?"

Evelyn pursed her lips in thought. "I guess maybe the special properties of the water? Or it could be a special ability of Nadia?"

The platinum blonde sighed. "No. The reason is because Nadia is a primordial creature."

Seeing Evelyn's confusion, Aurora patiently explained to her what she knew.

In some of the larger mystic realms, one could sometimes come across 'primordial creatures'. These beings were born with that realm itself, and in their own domain, their power superseded that of even those who had mastery over the said domain.

For example, if a primordial sea creature were to fight someone with mastery over the element of water, the element would refuse to obey even its 'master'.

Moreover, the lifespan of these creatures was the same as that of the realm. That is to say, if the primordial creature perished, the realm would collapse, and vice-versa.

Of course, the primordial creatures weren't invincible. Their domains were generally limited to where they were born. Whatever mountain, lake, or plain it was, as long as they left that domain, their strength would be greatly reduced.

Moreover, the base strength of these creatures depended on the realm as well. For a minor realm, the primordial creature could be weak enough to perish under the hands of a freshly awakened individual.

Meanwhile, a major realm's primordial creature, in its own domain, would probably be able to sneer even at a throne.

Evelyn gulped. "So Nadia"

Aurora frowned. "That's the strange thing even the major realms are puny if compared to our world, so Nadia should be able to effortlessly crush the thrones with but a thought. But that's clearly not the case, is it?"

Gwendolyn's statement of Nadia being a 'fake' thus held some more validity, but Evelyn believed that even compared to Gwendolyn, her own system was still more accurate.

After all, while whether Chronos could compare with Gwendolyn in terms of strength remained unknown, it was certain that when it came to knowledge, it far exceeded the level of this world. Otherwise, there was no way for her true origin to remain unknown.

And based on all the prompts so far, there had been no indication of Nadia being a fake in her system messages at all. Even though her status itself remained unknown, every single prompt that had been related to her clearly stated her existence as that of a 'Primordial Naiad', and nothing else.

Suddenly, Evelyn couldn't help but have a strange thought. 'But what if a primordial creature had a baby?'