BXBX NOVEL Chapter 303 The Subject Of The Oracle Appeared! (1)
Eli was extremely exhausted when she finally reached the Seirende Central bank.
Upon reaching the surface of the city she was shocked by what she saw.
Everything was in ruins and the sky was as gloomy as the darkness that loomed within the city streets.
'How come these all happened?' Eli became immediately worried about the well-being of Leon and the rest.
Judging from Mishael's words and reaction earlier, there must have been a big fight. Her heart trembled, she didn't know what was the current situation but she had to do her part.
And so, looking at the previously majestic facade of the one and only bank in Seirende, she went on and followed the map to activate a separate passageway that leads her to the last monument array.
Just like the previous ones, the way to the arrays was all underground.
Eli realized that there were many hidden structures that had been built beyond the surface of the ground that made her think that the peace of the Seirende Empire was not as she could see on the outside, for many workings had been done on the shadows in order to protect that peace.
She didn't waste any time looking at the surroundings and immediately proceeded in the direction of the array monument, finally she reached her last stop to complete the task.
On the end of the winding passageway, lies a spacious hall dimly lit upon her entrance.
Eli was immediately able to see the array monument which was the only structure in the center of the underground hall.
With no second wasted, she approached the monument and followed the last steps that were written on Mishael's notes.
"Up until now, I have no idea of the function of this array, but I hope to find the answer as soon as I finish this.." Eli mumbled to herself as she embedded her spiritual power into the array and rewrote the runes according to Mishael's blueprint.
Whirrrrr
As she injected her mana and rewrote the runes, she could hear the monument buzzing faintly, this had not happened in the past monuments. Eli started to feel nervous and uncertain, did she do anything wrong?
But a moment of hesitation would lead to the ruin of the process, so instead of pausing, she still continued accomplishing her task, trusting the process made by Mishael.
There was never a moment she relaxed, because, at any time the array might explode and ruin… the buzzing didn't stop either. Instead, the sound intensified into something like a heavenly chime ringing.
As she approaches the set amount of mana to be infused, the sound of the chimes comes clearer and clearer. The moment it was complete, she heard a bell sound ringing as it came from the heavens even when she was several meters underground!
Simultaneously, a white golden light flooded her vision. But even if it was blinding, the light was giving her exhausted and soiled body a refreshing feeling. It was so pure that Eli could guess that whatever the light touches, it would be cleansed by its mysterious power.
As she basked in the shower of the blinding light, Eli thought that someone might appear after this grandiose flood of light in her presence, however, after a few moments, the light started to subside and dwindle.
Then the hall returned to how it looked like when she came, the only difference was the new runes in the monument and a secret compartment that opened in front of her.
"I never noticed this secret compartment when I was rewriting the rune…" Eli could not help but feel shocked.
The contents of the compartment were as mysteriously clean and new as how the entire hall appeared. The hall was deep underground, but there were no signs of it deteriorating or getting tainted.
In fact, it was Eli, who was dirty from the sewers, who was the one who tainted the halls.
The compartment contained a box and on top of it was a card with elegant handwriting.
She picked it up and noticed that her hands were now clean, and so was the rest of her body… "It must be the effect of the light…" She thought.
As she took the box with the card up, only then did she see the contents of the card.
"If you managed to open this compartment, then you must be the long-awaited answer to the Oracle that had descended in my generation…
The Oracle we received right now was nothing but bad news. But I believe that soon, the Creator would send us hope, and that hope was you… That was what I firmly believed.
My mind could not be at ease to not know whether you could carry all the burden alone, as a senior from I would guess, several years from now… I leave you these items with my intent to give you my support and prayer that you would succeed.
It is also my prayer that the moment you read this letter, the Seirende Temple was still standing, keeping its steadfast faith towards The One Above. I pray that when you come to know your identity, they would be present to fully support you in this journey.
I only warn you one thing… do not reveal your identity even after your purpose in the Oracle was complete, for, like any other place, even the Temple had people who would succumb to greed.
I would like you to keep your identity forever, however, that would be another burden for you to carry… and so I could only ask you, do not to reveal it until you are certain that you can handle the consequences…
More than that… I leave you this thing that I discovered.
That the root cause of this chaos lies before the very establishment of the Seirende Empire.
My fellow… how I wish to meet you in my generation!
But I know that the Creator had reasons as to why you only appeared now, and I trust that His plans are best.
May you stay safe and steadfast in the eyes of The Creator!
Sincerely,
Caleb, the 7th High Priest of the Seirende Temple."
Eli fell in a daze after reading the card's contents.
The Seventh High Priest of the Temple… High Priest Enoch, his teacher, was the 18th High Priest, just many years have passed since his letter was written?
Eli carefully opened the big box and inspected its contents, her eyes flickered in amazement.
It was a set of priestly garments, made from the same material as the one High Priest Enoch made, or even more refined than it.
It was also paired with a full-face white mask with the eye part covered with a see-through golden net fabric.
Eli couldn't help but be amazed by how far ahead the 7th High Priest Caleb was thinking! The design of this mask could even solve her problem of having obsidian eyes, her very distinct characteristic!
"How strong his faith that hope would come was!" Eli couldn't help but exclaim, because she knew that the second part of the oracle had only been delivered very recently.
That means for decades, or even centuries, the Temple has been dreading because of an apocalyptic oracle without any signs of hope, and yet High Priest Caleb didn't believe that the Creator would abandon them and still did something to prepare ahead!
Remembering the situation, she immediately took the garment and wore it properly. She also wore the mask and was amazed at how it automatically fit into her face and how it was so comfortable to wear.
Keeping the rest on her space pouch, she proudly stood at the site of activation of the array.
By wearing these clothes, Eli had already completely accepted the responsibility and the burden she had to carry.
And the first task she would officially do as the subject to the oracle was to activate the array.
Placing a drop of her blood on the stone panel, she injected her spiritual power and mana at the same time.
"With the power that the heavens gifted me, I command all the array sites to activate!"
Shiuuuu!!!
Immediately the array activated, and from where she was standing a magic circle appeared, it circulated the mana and the spiritual power vigorously, while the stone panel showed something that helped Eli understand the current situation.
The stone panel briefly projected the moment Empress Carolina defeated all her comrades and forced the spirit fragment on Kazimir, endangering his life.
At the end of the preview, certain words appeared in the stone panel…
"An array to defeat evil and protect the people… controller of the array, do you wish to unleash the array's function using your own power?"
Without hesitation, Eli answered with anxiousness on her face, "Yes, use my powers to protect the people and bind the enemy on the ground!"
"As you wish…" The words appeared.
The hall once again lightened up, but this time, Eli could feel a gentle force, pulling her up in the air.
The next moment she found herself high above the clouds and saw the entire expanse of the Capital - it was in ruins!
Eli then looked at the area of the Temple in which the stone panel had projected earlier and saw the grave situation of the people there.
Then she saw that several light rays coming from the array monument she and Mishael visited, appeared from the air and to the ground, revealing a ground and aerial magic circle fully covering the entire capital.
Eli was amazed at the power of the array that she activated, she praised the ones who moved to set up this array, and even Mishael who was the brain behind the blueprint she executed.
Without them, the array would not be powerful enough to bind Carolina.
Her eyes became cold as she looked at her figure securely bound by the golden chains, a strong sense of justice rose in her heart as she looked at the damage the battle had created.
"I will end this once and for all…" She didn't know where she got the confidence, but she was sure that she could do it.
"The heavens have decided to end your oppression and pronounce judgment." She solemnly declared upon reaching the ground where Carolina was bound.
"The power you hold so dear… the prestige you are extremely proud of… the heavens could take it away in a blink of an eye…"