Even after all these years, the defense is still so strong. It looks like, we won't be able to enter that place. There's natural resistance..." Litvia grimaced as she slowly stood up, not even caring about the dust on her clothes.
For now, her entire focus was on the garden which was like a deep abyss. Even though she wasn't close to the garden now, she could still feel the powerful energy coming from the Garden of Legacy, that was making them feel pressure.
They weren't alone who tried to get inside the castle to fail either.
On the other side of the garden, Avilia had already tried as well, but even she was pushed back. Even her beasts couldn't enter the place. It was as if that place was the Sacred Region of Death where no one else but the heir of that element could go!
In the end, she could only retreat while wondering just what was happening inside the garden and why such drastic changes took effect.
She still remembered the words of the Holy Lord of Wind. There were too many secrets in Gabriel. She could only wait for him to get out before asking him what this was all about.
At the same time, she also wondered if Gabriel could come out before the barrier covering the Empire of Arecia was broken by other Holy Lords. That was much safer since she could at least tell them that the person who caused all this had already escaped. If not, they were going to find Gabriel and she didn't know how prepared he was at the moment.
Even though Gabriel had already planned to go against the other Holy Lords, he hadn't planned to do it so soon.
"Hmm? Who are they?"
Avilia was still thinking about Gabriel when she noticed two more people near the Garden of Legacy. The people didn't appear much affected by the aura of the garden as long as they were outside. It was just like her. They were not weak at all.
"The gem on them..." She frowned. Even though she hadn't seen the people from. Temple of Time in the past, she had heard about them and knew some basic details about them.
One of the most recognisable things about the members of Temple of Time was the red gem that hung around their neck like a pendant. It was said that the gem was the source of most of their powers.
Many people tried to break those gems or steal them to take these people down, but all of them failed. The strength of these people was just too extraordinary.
"The Temple of Time is also here? They came out? The commotion this time is surely big..."
She didn't approach them, even after recognising them.
"Should we inform the higher ups?" Ozen inquired. "They should have enough strength to enter that place forcefully."
"It would be too late," Litvia responded. "We can't contact them from here because of this barrier. We have to leave the Empire and contact them."
" Let alone the fact that they might not be able to come here because of..." She paused and didn't continue for some time. After a brief period of silence, she continued. "Even if they managed to come, it would be too late."
Ozen went silent. He understood that Litvia wasn't entirely wrong. They didn't have much time after all.
"If only we had the Stones of Time that were stolen by that bastard! We would've been able to enter easily!" The man was quite frustrated but there wasn't much he could do.
"Since we can't enter that place, we might as well destroy this entire city," Litvia spoke, not showing much emotions even though what she talked about concerned the lives of millions of people in the city.
"Are you thinking about...?" The man frowned, guessing the woman's intentions. "The chaotic energy of life and death of so many people should be able to make that space unstable. The space would collapse on itself and be destroyed from inside. It might just work."
"That's right." Litvia expressionlessly nodded. "No matter how strong that army is, if the space itself is destroyed, they won't be able to come out! That space will become their tomb... Their final resting place!"
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It was already decided outside the Garden of Legacy to destroy the entire Royal City just to kill Gabriel and the frightening Army of Undead inside that place since they couldn't be allowed to leave!
Gabriel had no idea about all that and he was still walking through the mist.
Since he couldn't see anything, he only followed his own instincts and walked in a random direction that he subconsciously selected.
After half an hour of walking nonstop, he finally felt something. His heart was getting restless for some reason! As for the Ring of Necromancy, it went awfully silent abruptly!
The ring which was constantly buzzing was completely silent for some reason.
Gabriel didn't stop. It was as if his soul was being called ahead... And it was different from when the evil souls were calling him last time. This time, it was his own deeper desires that were telling him to keep moving.
Even though Gabriel wasn't barefoot, he felt the ground getting warmer and warmer the further he moved.
After an unknown amount of time, Gabriel finally stopped. Even though it was still impossible to completely see through the mist, there was one thing that he could see. It was as if that thing before him wasn't affected by that mist at all.
He could see it crystal clear! Before him, there was a piece of stone, which was only one meter high. The stone wasn't ordinary stone. It was more like a deep red gem... The largest gem that Gabriel had ever seen before.
Gabriel was subconsciously attracted to that stone.
He stepped closer to the stone. Even he couldn't see through the stone. The stone had no aura. No symbols were carved on the jade stone. Other than being beautiful, nothing extraordinary could be seen. However, his heart was still telling him that it was special.
Gabriel reached out his hand, letting his fingers touch the stone.
As soon as he touched the stone, the stone started changing shape.
The stone turned from a solid form to a gaseous form, as if it was a mist as well. However, that mist was different from the ordinary mist he had seen along the way.
The mist slowly gathered, changing into a humanoid shape. The figure was real but not real at the same time. It was more Illusory than it was real, as if it could disappear at any time.
Gabriel's heart was filled with shock as he exclaimed, "You are…"
