hotmtlnovel Chapter 89: Is It Another Tower
Chapter 89: Is It Another Tower
Atlas sat in the room, piecing together the details of Valoria's calendar and the remaining seasons. He remembered that after Winterfrost came to Springbloom, four months with months named Everbloom, Blossomwind, Zephyrath, and Verdana.
'I wonder where these names come from,' he mused with a smile. 'Maybe their famous Nova Mages from history.'
Following Springbloom was Solaris, the summer season, which included Solstaria, Sunfire, Goldray, and Suncrest. He found the names captivating, each evoking the essence of the season.
Finally, he recalled the last season, Goldenfall, which had four months: Harvestfall, Glimmerfall, Emberfall, and Harvestmoon. Atlas then went over it again just to be sure, 'Winterfrost, Springbloom, Solaris then Goldenfall. Easy enough to remember.'
Atlas shook his head and decided to read Alisha's journal when he wasn't at the bottom of the sea while looking after the Gaint Gruper eggs. After that, he stood up and went to the last place to check.
'This must be the bridge,' Atlas thought while stepping up the stairs and opening the door, blinded by darkness.
He cast Light that illuminated the large bridge that had everything needed for sailing the ship, but Atlas noticed the dead bodies littered the place. They had holes burrowed through their rusted helmets.
'What did this?' Atlas thought while getting closer to the nearest body, and when doing that, he got the same feeling from them that the eggs gave off. 'Was chaos involved in their deaths?'
Atlas didn't know what to think but looked around and found nothing; the maps were rotten and eaten by the many tiny insects. After that, he left the place behind and returned to the water.
He quickly activated Aqua Lung before jumping in and was face to face with a baby Giant Grouper, who nudged his body in a friendly gesture. To the mother's excitement, Atlas followed behind and continued to heal the eggs.
'This shouldn't take too long now,' he thought while burning through his mana.
Dozens of babies were swimming around the ship's hold, which caught Atlas's attention, but something gave him a bad feeling. Atlas rushed toward the entrance, which caught Mother Grouper's attention.
When Atlas arrived, another Trench eel slammed into his body while biting down, but its teeth couldn't penetrate the armor. He raised the Nightblade and thrust it into the monster's head as it thrashed around the hold.
He stabbed it before sending a Void Blast through its body, causing it to slow down and allowing the Giant Grouper Mother to attack it from the rear. The fish took minutes to kill it, but the monster's jaws opened once it was over.
Atlas swam out but was headbutted by the mother, who thanked him. As she did that, a chest caught his attention. 'Let's loot this thing.'
After the fish finished thanking him, Atlas swam over to the chest, used his blade to break the lock, and opened the lid only to be hit with a wave of mana. Even the Groupers sensed it and bunched up for protection.
He went through it and found a weird sheet of paper that started shaking as it approached him. Atlas cast Void Guard to defend himself against it, but it flew right through it and hit his chest.
[Subject is perfect for The ******* ******** Skill]
That's when Atlas's world went black, and he appeared in a black room, which confused him, 'Where am I now? What did that paper do?'
While looking around, he heard a woman's voice, ''So the Voidwalker stumbles into my domain, interesting.''
The scene changed, and he was sitting in a chair with a figure sitting opposite him, but Atlas couldn't make them out apart from the outline, ''Who are you? You're not Luxia or Nyx.''
A laugh reached his ears before the stranger answered, ''You could say I'm a caretaker of the universe. I brought you here because you're what I've been