The Geared Immortal

Chapter 866

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The fear in the eyes of the squirrel and the reaction of Loom made Shin Jiao decide to back away for now and try to find another way to bypass the creature lurking in the cavern filled with mana stones and natural mana crystals.

He has seen that creature and knew of its strength. However, it seems that the creature is too lazy to do anything and would just lie in the cave while basking in the aura that the mana stones and mana crystal produces. In fact, it is not absorbing them but instead… refining them.

From what Shin Jiao could tell, the creature looks like a giant blob with many protruding tentacles on its top. It looks like a giant green jelly the shape of a tomato.

Shin Jiao could tell that the monster is the one producing this mist that has already tempted him to sit down and absorb it in his dantian. However, he also knew that there is a hidden danger if he does this.

Suddenly the squirrel once again squeaked as it gestured its tiny little hands at Loom.

As if understanding the meaning of the little thing, Loom suddenly turns to Shin Jiao.

"Master, he said that there is a beast inside the first cavern that could tell us some information… But… this beast is the oldest of them all and the most knowledgeable… even the people living in this place would ask him questions from time to time."

After hearing that, Shin Jiao was immediately interested in the said beast. He did not know what kind of beast that possesses such vast knowledge in this place.

And so, Shin Jiao and Loom, along with the squirrel, walked back to the cavern where many of the beasts are in a slumber. They carefully followed a path towards a certain area of the huge cavern. Shin Jiao on the other hand feels that the place is quite familiar and that he seems to know and has the idea of what kind of beast they are looking for.

When he enters this place, he saw that thing moving and going deeper inside its lair, so how could he not detect that?

Then the group arrives in front of a large hole in the wall.

"Is this the place?" Loom asked with a hint of trembling in her tone.

She is afraid now that she could see the large hole which is around 10 meters in diameter. She could not see what is inside, but she could tell that there is a very strong creature inside of it.

Before she could think otherwise, a deep-sounding voice suddenly enters their minds.

"What brings you, mortals, to my abode?" the voice said in an ancient runic language.

Shin Jiao could immediately understand it, but for Loom she is having a hard time as she is not that familiar with runic languages yet.

When Shin Jiao heard the voice, he suddenly combined his spiritual and absolute sense creating his divine sense. He then sent his reply to the creature inside the cave.

"I am Shin Jiao, a human from Central Town…" Shin Jiao introduces.

"Yes… and what does a human want with me?" the voice did not beat around the bush and immediately asked.

"We wanted to find someone in the hidden dwarven kingdom. The mother of my companion, Loombwark Diggingsons…"

"The half dwarven woman eh… I figure as much… I heard of the Diggingsons before… they are of royal bloodline in the dwarven kingdom. However, their status was demoted after the dwarves were driven into their underground city. And for a long time, their clan status was reduced to being peasants."

After hearing this, Shin Jiao was a bit taken aback. He did not expect that there is such a story behind Loom's family.

"Her blood has two different royal bloodlines that are blessed by the god of light and darkness… I could feel the light blood of the elves and the dark blood of the dwarves inside of her, and very pure at that. What a good and terrible luck…" the voice continued.

Then from inside the hole, some movements could be heard.

Then a very large head of a dragon appears. It looks like an eastern dragon with scales that change according to its emotion and the elements surrounding its body.

"I am Baldrix, the Elemental Dragon… I have been in this place for thousands of years after the battle and death of Agus and Reuel, the light and darkness gods of this place…"

Upon hearing this, Shin Jiao's expression lights up. He has an inkling that such a thing has happened. And he could also deduce that those two saint rulers are trap in their own array living in this place for thousands of years.

"Those two gods are amongst the mortal… living one life until another for thousands of years. Hahaha… I have never told this story to someone before. But I have a feeling that if I tell you this, you will have a way to dispel this cursed array that traps all of the souls inside of this world. Agus and Ruel have been consuming the memory of those that live in this place without them knowing it themselves. Their main bodies are trapped inside this world and have reached an overwhelming might. However, what's the use of that if their souls are not in them?..."

Shin Jiao crossed his hands while listening to the Elemental Dragon that is sitting in front of them while telling them the story.

They learned about the origin of this world from him.

According to the Elemental Dragon, this place was supposed to be an experimental array created by the sibling Agus and Ruel. Their purpose is to create a way for them to harvest soul memory to increase their power faster.

At that time, they were just High Lords in the immortal land.

After spending years they soon were able to create this… dimension.

But an accident happened. The dimension swallowed two towns and 5 villages in the Long clan territory. And since then many tried to rescue them but to no avail.

Some were able to escape the dimension but they told an unexplainable horror inside of it… death.

For an immortal, death is the most terrifying thing that could happen to them. Many of them have not experienced real death before, as immortals are transfigured being from their old planets. So the prospect of actually dying for real is nothing to scoff at. And since this is the case, the whole area was condemned and was named the Land of Death.

The Elemental Dragon is the pet of Agus. Agus is a fair and just God who believes in harmony and the right to fight for it. Meanwhile, Ruel is also a fair and just god, but he believes that only with the show of strength comes harmony and peace.

The two would always appear in the land 100 years after the death of their mortal body and before they would enter another cycle of reincarnation in this land.

And so the two forces of light and darkness were born and the legends continue until this day.

"The two gods did not die in the last war between the light and darkness," Baldrix said as it lowered its head.

"I could feel that you came from the immortal land, am I right?" it said while looking at Shin Jiao.

"I wanted to strike a bargain with you, young immortal…"

"A bargain?"

"If you can save my master, Agus. And return her to her body which is already about to reach the deity realms, then I Baldrix will grant any wish that you so desired."

Upon hearing this, Shin Jiao smirked.

"You… give me my wish? If you are that powerful, why not go outside and rescue your master?"

After Shin Jiao's question, silence envelops the area.

"Sigh… you are right, I know that you have already figured it out. What you were thinking is correct. I cannot leave this cavern. If I did, I will also enter the cycle of reincarnation and forget everything. I cannot do that… I need to preserve my will so that my master could remember everything. I have their memory with me… I need to return this to them. So I implore you… Please… please help me."

Upon hearing the pleading of Baldrix, Shin Jiao showed a contemplating look on his face. He knew that this dragon is telling him the truth. However, he did not know what kind of beings those two are. Plus he could not ignore the fact that they already have a physical body of a deity.

Who would know if those two would trap him in this place forever? In fact, if he so wanted it, he could just go and slowly search for the exit of this world. He has a year before the Heaven and Earth Opening anyway.

But the temptation of gaining knowledge from deity level beings made Shin Jiao think twice about his decisions.

As he was contemplating, he was rudely interrupted by a tremor of the ground.

"Something is wrong!" Baldrix suddenly exclaimed as his head turns towards the direction of the entrance to the next cavern.