Rebirth Of Abium 7 Chapter 7 - Nyara, Goddess Of Tricks

Abium soon found a path connected from that room to some underground tunnel. It's a three-meter tall circular tunnel. He took the magic lamp and walked forward into that pa.s.sage. The way curled away coldly into an infinite dark, the light that showed the rough walls dwindling as it snaked away.

After he continuously walked for nearly a day, Abium's skin shuddered, and he could feel his brain starting to defocus, searching for a way out. Only his walking footsteps echoed inside that abandoned tunnel. The tunnel appeared to be so long, which caused Abium to think where it might lead him.

Abium wandered inside that underground tunnel for nearly two days, yet there was no end to this tunnel.

He considered many times to change his plan and go back. But something else inside his mind telling him to move forward. If he back now, then he would lose something precious to him. He let out a heavy sigh and continued.

By the end of that following day, he finally saw faint light appeared up ahead.

After he walked a few steps, he heard water falling sound. Then finally, he reached the end of that long tunnel. But soon, his expression froze in shock when he noticed what was in front of him.

He was astonished. That tunnel's exit opened directly beneath a waterfall! He took a few steps and moved towards the edge to get a clear view outside.

It was not the gentle sort of waterfall you might see in a stately palace garden.

It was the kind where torrents of water poured over rocks hard enough to crack anyone's skull and mash their brains on the way down. Then swirl in a plunge pool below deep enough to drown.

From the bottom, it was awe-inspiring, but from the top, it might appear brutal and terrifying.

Towards the opposite side, he saw an ancient-looking tower surrounded by twelve meters tall walls.

He guessed right away that he already entered the forgotten lands. There was once a time when he and other adventurers attempted to enter this land in the past. Some a.s.sumed this land might connect to the abyss, so they were sent here by adventure's guild to investigate about the Forgotten Lands.

However, after everyone arrived near the borderlands, they were continuously attacked by the monsters. So the adventurers' team has no choice but to retreat due to heavy casualties.

Barely 40 remained out of 100 members' team by the end of that exploration.

After that many times, the Peral kingdom's army soldiers and adventurers tried to investigate and explore forgotten lands.

But they didn't even reach outer borders of the forgotten lands. When they finally reached the borderlands, they noticed it was impossible to cross due to mystical land obstructed their path. So eventually, they gave up.

There exist numerous myths about this land; some peoples even stated these lands were home for mythological dragons, unicorns, centaurs, etc.

Now Abium discovered himself in the forgotten lands, his battle instinct telling him to go away from this place; otherwise, he would be in great trouble.

But another feeling appeared in his mind, and it was telling him to go forward. He had done many wild things like this in the past. So, comparing to that, he thought it might not be a big deal. He was ready to face more possible dangers.

Abium braced himself and jumped from the edge to a nearby safe position and slowly climbed up to the top. He tried to guess the exact location of this place. But, due to the darkness of the night, he couldn't.

'So dark! Well, no choice then. I have no choice but to wait till morning inside that tunnel.'

He then climbed down from the top and went back to the underground tunnel and waited for the sun to show its warmth.

After some time, Abium got bored and decided to take a small nap. His wearied body made him fell into the dream world quickly. In the dream, he walked continuously towards an unknown large mountain. He had no memory of that mountain in his mind. Suddenly, he found himself on the tip of the hill.

A few sparks appeared in front of his vision made him realize that he was on a volcanic mountain! He stood a few steps away from the mouth of that active volcano. Immediately he walked a few steps back and made a puzzled expression.

But without giving him any moment to think, Earth started to shake, and a ma.s.sive ball of lava appeared out from the volcano towards his face.

Lava!? Abium felt panicked and frightened. He soon noticed that the ball of fire smashed onto his face and burning his face. He wiped that lava using his hand and screamed both in the dream and the real world. Suddenly he woke up from that dream and rubbed his face to see everything was alright.

The sunlight pierced those water and directly reflected on his face gave a burning feeling. He sighed; it was just a dream. He quickly got up and ready to continue, but a growling sound echoed from his stomach. Well, Due to the falling sounds of waters, even he couldn't be able to hear it. He quickly took out those foods from the spatial ring and ate a few dried bread, then walked out.

After he crossed that waterfall soon, he noticed the surroundings, abundant greenery nearby. The river has a strength that reflected in the trees.

It flowed on with confidence, taking the form of the river bed, billions of drops moving together.

The community of trees stood tall; trunks reached into the blue above, light filtering through leaves like perfect stained gla.s.s.

He also saw the ancient tower, except it resembled more majestic and ancient. He immediately moved towards that ancient tower. If he didn't see that large tower from time to time, he might lose inside those trees.

'who would build such a big tower in this forgotten land?' suddenly a question appeared in his mind but soon dispelled away.

He didn't mind anything and run crazily towards that tower direction, and finally, arrived in front of those walls. It took him only ten minutes to get there. But what made him froze on the spot was a statue of the G.o.ddess placed at the entrance. It resembled so real, and that gave him an eerie feeling. He felt that the figure appeared vaguely familiar. Soon he knew the ident.i.ty of that G.o.ddess.

He never imagined that he would meet this G.o.ddess statue in these forgotten lands.

'Nyara! G.o.ddess of Tricks. How the h.e.l.l did her statue arrived here?' To meet the most bothersome G.o.ddess here gave him chills. Because she liked to prank on people, her pranks fooled even some G.o.ds.
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Some say she acts like a spoiled kid. Furthermore, in some tales, she added a powerful paralyzed potion into Myxenta's food to test how powerful her luck was when she attended a banquet.

Myxenta, the G.o.ddess of luck, but the poor G.o.ddess had that food; and fooled by this G.o.ddess. Nyara remained on the opposite table laughing while Myxenta faces full of embarra.s.sment.

So meeting the mere statue gave him a feeling that something was off; still, he ought to take a bet and walked forward.

He proceeded to the entrance of the tower. The gate was closed, but when he touched with his hand, a magical thing happened. The gate suddenly opened and appeared to be inviting him to enter inside that tower. He quickly stepped ahead and walked inside the tower without any hesitation. Once Abium entered the tower, he discovered himself transported to an ancient abandoned city.

He felt like he was in some Demi plane or a different pocket dimension. But when looked upwards, only he confirmed he was still inside that large tower. Black walls surrounded the whole city, and at the center above that abandoned city appeared an ample magical light.

The city holds nothing besides broken buildings and one ma.s.sive palace in the center encircling by huge pillars.

Four ma.s.sive, round pillars dominated the skyline of that large castle and remained connected by high, vast walls.

Clean windows were scattered generously across the walls in an asymmetric pattern, along with symmetric crenellations for archers.

A sizable gate with thick wooden doors, a natural bridge, and a moat offer a warm haven within these cold, isolated lands.

Large boulders scattered the fields outside the castle, routes to and from the castle snake around them.

Farm fields were small and spread all around. This castle had stood around for at least a thousand years, except it doesn't appear like it might collapse any time soon.

The castle was bold on the blue beyond. It stood there as if conjured from the storybook of a child. It was perfect.

Abium imagined unicorns in the courtyard, because if those towers could exist, why not? Every stone was even and square.

Those who built were on perfection, and they loved what they made. The walls were constructed to protect a community, to echo with laughter, and be the shelter they needed for the millennia to come.

He opened that castle gate and moved inside. He was alarmed a little due to the emptiness, but he must walk inside the castle to find out the answers.

Inside the castle, he explored everywhere, but he didn't discover any hints. There were many swords and armors, but once he picked it up, all crumbled into powder.

He then opened the castle library and examined it. Most of the books were already beyond restoration, except there were some books that looked alright.

He chose a book and saw those characters inscribed in some ancient language. He didn't grasp any words, but he knew somehow it resembled elven language.

In the past, Abium once traveled to the elven country, which was far away from the Peral Kingdom. There, he studied basic of elven language.

So his opinion on this tower was it must be related to some ancient elves. Still, the problem lies in why they abandoned everything and disappeared without a trace.

He also discovered a book that gave a mysterious vibe, and several times he attempted to open it, still didn't budge an inch.

The book was old and heavy, and the leather felt soft and delicate as he ran his fingers over the faded blue bindings.

So he took the book and stored inside the spatial ring because it looked something important. But If he wanted to see what holds inside in it, his only hope was that he could discover something in the future.

Who knows? It might present him with some benefits. In the past, he overheard about a legendary tier artifact, that was related to knowledge.

Count Henricus obtained that artifact near his territory and started entering magic school.

Within six years after he found that artifact, he became 3rd tier mage, which caused many mages perplexed. Nevertheless, he quickly became 3rd tier mage following that he betrayed the Peral kingdom and became duke of Wadel kingdom.

If he gets that artifact, there may be some chance he can decipher these words.

Ancient Mages created most of those legendary artifacts and kept hidden all across the continent.

There also exist some divine artifacts left behind by G.o.ds. Very few appeared in dungeons and unexplored areas.