Alex entered the temple. It was dark, and the air had dust flowing through it. Alex blasted out his vision ability. Suddenly he can sense all the building. It expanded foe 2 floors over the ground and 15 floors under. Each floor was at least 150 feet in height. He reached the stairs he casually dropped down ignoring the stairs. After few trials and errors, he could get the scope of his body. His new body can withstand 300 feet drop with ease, his life is only at risk if it is 500 feet or more. " What can't this body do?!" he shouted in irritation.
After reaching this new and magical world, Alex had a fairly easy time. He was greeted with an artifact that was at least worth few kingdoms, and he was given more of such items once he used the item. The book of the world was the easiest to use and more common than others but the rank of the item he was given was so rare that he could only exchange it with millions of hectors of land in a prime position like New York or Dubai on earth. The rest of the items he had just increased in value according to his skill Voice of the World.
He looked around, his actual vision was nothing but the absence of everything. He was thankful for his vision ability. The room he dropped into was not so big when compared to the above rooms, but it had a spiral staircase in the middle of the floor. He reached the stairs and started moving down.
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Reina Darath was having a normal day at her job in the administrative department of the Adventure Society. The eclipse that occurred the day before threw all the adventuring groups and guilds around the north continent into a state of urgency.
A middle-aged man approached Reina and asked, " Any updates, Darath? "
"Many noble ranking adventuring groups requested access to the spirit domain, but the director is halting most of them. But.... "
" But what? "
" The first prince of the Sun kingdom and his adventuring group have requested access. That clever bastard made his father get him the approval of our founder."
" Doesn't he still soldier rank? "
" Yes, and that is the main issue. The direction cannot reject a request that has the approval of founder. But a soldier ranker cannot survive that barren land, there will be no food and water inside that wicked place. "
" Royalty. " He spat the word out like venom
While the pair conversed, they were approached by a pair of priests. One was an elderly short man, maybe around 5ft, and the other was a young man who was around 5ft 7. They both were wearing combat robes in the colors of the church of Hegemon.
The elderly man had a green colored wand ducked into its holder around his waist and the young man had a great sword adorned on his back, its dark blue blade standing out on his purple and gold combat robes. The man speaking to Reina approached the older man as his younger companion stood beside him, eying the beautiful mural of a war that was painted on the white marble the room was made of.
Having the urge to get away from her work, Reina approached the young priest.
" The War of the Worlds. " She spoke standing beside the young priest.
" Excuse me? " The priest asked, not daring to take his eyes away from the mural.
" The mural is a depiction of the war called the War of the Worlds. I believe that your church has taught you basic information about the world we live in and its history. " She stated, looking around the mural like revisiting a memory
" Briefly. I am not a priest of the Scholar. So, take my knowledge with a grain of salt. " The man answered, looking into the main part of the mural that was painted on a big plain wall that was opposite to administration tables.
It has 27 figures standing around a man, who was on his knees. His arms were torn off, and his chest had a hole that could fit a fist into it. His eyes were bleeding. His own blood from his eyes flowed into his mouth, which was open because of his jawbone being factored and moving out of his skin like a dagger tearing flesh.
" What should a man do to receive this kind of horrible death?" the priest spoke. His voice clearly spoke of the disturbance that he just went through.
Reina got out of her own thoughts as she heard the question. She looked in the direction the man looking toward. A sense of realization struck her when she saw what he was watching.
" Ever heard the name Deus Eterna? "
" No. "
" That person in the middle of the mural is Dues Eterna." Reina pointed towards a figure in the middle of the wall.
The person was covered in white armor, which made it difficult to identify their gender. They were resting their hands on the hilts of a sheeted katana that hanged from their waist. Their attire was a complete mess of Western and Eastern battle gear. The armor they wore resembled the armor of both a knight and a samurai.
" Nobody other than the Almighties, Founding Fathers and Divine Beasts knows how they really look like, " Reina told
" They were also called one more thing." She spoke
" What?" the man asked.
" The owner of wealth so vast that the world refuses its existence. The treasure that is hunted for gods know how many ages. The treasure that caused an entire species to extinct. The treasure that caused the biggest war in the history of this existence ' The War of the Worlds ' where almighties were pushed to their full power. Where a man died and a 'Mad God' was born. " Reina looked at the kneeling man as she spoke the words 'mad god'.
" Does it have a name?" the man asked.
" EL DORADO ".
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When Alex reached the end of the stairs his eyes went blank for a split second not because he got unconscious again but due to pure shock. He was the grandson of the richest man on earth, but what his eyes were currently seeing was much more than what his grandfather was capable of.
Alex was looking at something which can only be called one thing on earth. The treasure that wiped out the Mayans. The treasure that made Spanish go mad with greed. The only treasure that can satisfy the greed of man.
EL DORADO.
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