leonardwarren Chapter 458 457: The Throne
Chapter 458 457: The Throne
458 457: the throne
"now talk... what do you plan on exchanging for my genesis armament?"
after hearing these words from corey, the dreadkeeper remained silent and stared at pamela with a mixture of emotions.
some seconds later, he shifted his gaze towards corey, and then he calmly spoke,
"my name is gunnarr anacletus, and i'm from the anacletus clan of stormhold city. i planned on giving you, three precious resources that can only be found in our world, and these resources can even make ascendants envious and full of greed."
"i also planned on giving you information regarding the principality in the raging sky. this information would include the principality's abilities, habits, and weakness."
"although i have no idea if you have any plans on battling the principality, after seeing the ancient runes on your genesis armament, i have a feeling that you all might want to battle the principality, kill it, and then obtain another ancient rune."
'i would do anything to not face another principality.' corey thought with a slight grimace.
"apart from this, you'll also gain a permanent ancient seal, enter a partnership with stormhold city, and... i'll also give you an item that can weaken the strongest being in our world."
"the strongest being in your world?"
corey and pamela spoke at the same time while staring at gunnarr with a surprised and baffled expression.
they had never heard or read of such a thing before.
gunnarr seeing their expression, nodded his head with a solemn gaze. he was not surprised that they had never heard of the strongest being in their world. if they had, then he wouldn't know how he would react.
he slowly stood while dusting himself, and then he spoke,
"i'll give you this information for free to show you that i can be trustworthy."
gunnarr paused for a few seconds, and then he continued.
"this information is not known to the public, and only top-tier cities, clans, dreadkeepers and ascendants have access to this information."
"apart from the principalities and powers who are at the top of the food chain in our world, there's a much more powerful being in our world... that being is a throne."
"a throne."
corey and pamela mumbled at the same time, and gunnarr shifted his gaze to pamela before looking back at corey.
"if i use the power system of your world, the throne is as powerful as an immortal... he's extremely powerful."
corey furrowed his brows in contemplation when he heard this. he noticed how gunnarr stressed out the word 'he' when referring to the throne, but he chose not to say anything.
'it's most likely because of the fear and reverence he has towards the throne or maybe it's because of something else entirely.'
corey thought, and then he spoke,
"if you truly have an item that can severely injure the throne, then why have you or your people not used it yet?"
gunnarr chuckled when he heard this, and then he spoke with a scoff.
"why should we kill the throne? he's a massive deterrent to you outsiders, and he does us no harm, so why should we kill the throne?"
pamela raised her brows, and then she spoke with her tone dripping in disdain,
"then why do you have an item that can harm the throne if you have no desire to kill the throne? aren't you contradicting yourself at this point?"
gunnarr chuckled once again, and then he turned towards his right, looking far into the distance.
gunnarr, because he never expected corey to take note of what he had said. he was at first taken aback, but a few seconds later, he laughed.
"i can't believe you noticed such a thing. but i should have expected such a thing from a person with one the most powerful genesis armaments."
gunnarr chuckled once again before speaking.
"well, he is neither an abomination nor a tainted. he is a combination of both."
corey and pamela's eyes widened the instant they heard this.
"he was once a tainted but he found a way to fuse with a principality, and then he became what he is at the moment."
"this is another reason why very few of us desire to reach his realm because there's a higher chance of one losing control."
corey was about to stroke his slightly rough chin in contemplation, but he saw gunnarr smile, and his smile made him furrow his brows.
it was the type of smile that was both playful and filled with mockery at the same time.
"do you know what we call that massive golden staircase?"
corey and pamela furrowed their brows, and then they answered at the same time.
"the stairs of ascension."
gunnarr nodded, and then his smile became slightly wider.
"do you know why we call it the stairs of ascension?"
"enlighten us." pamela took a step forward and gazed at gunnarr with cold and indifferent eyes that also contained a tinge of annoyance in them.
gunnarr chuckled without feeling pressured or bothered by pamela's presence.
"it's called the stairs of ascension because it's only ascendants that are allowed to climb the stairs, and it also allows ascendants to gain a unique power or if they're talented enough, they'll be able to leave our world."
"only ascendants can climb the stairs of ascension, and that is because of the presence of the throne."
corey's eyes slowly widened in realization.
'don't tell me...'
"if an outsider goes to the stairs of ascension, he would attack the outsider because he hates outsiders. after all, you guys are the reason he's about to lose control."
gunnarr laughed when he saw the ugly expressions of corey, pamela, and selene who was approaching them.
"in case you don't get it, let me make it easier for you to understand..." gunnarr smiled widely, "... you outsiders are going to face him, and you're all going to die miserable deaths."
gunnarr laughed once again, and corey, pamela, and selene's expression became much uglier.
'damn it! can this get any worse?!'
just as corey had this thought, selene's voice drifted into his ears.
"master, we have a problem. a lot of people are coming over here, and i doubt they're here to make friends with us."
"..."
'i just jinxed it didn't i?' corey released a tired sigh.