Calypso’s words didn’t put into any better of a mood. Defeat the gauntlet? Fight 6 bosses, essentially back-to-back?
“I don’t have ti to play so dungeon master’s ga.”
“It’s not a ga, Deek.” Calypso sighed. “The very future of this continent may rest on it.”
I gave her a suspicious look. “What is this power the dungeon will give?”
“Naturally, it would have to be a lore, wouldn’t it?” She chuckled. “A lore dangerous enough that it could change the course of a war.”
“That’s preposterous!” The councilman spoke up. “What story has that kind of power?”
I found myself wanting to agree with him, but I knew better. I had seen Twilight, and she had even given lore that allowed to manipulate the soul itself. I knew how powerful lore could be. The right lore could turn soone who knew nothing into a powerful expert. Bad lore could cripple a nation, and good lore could lead to prosperity. If this lore even had a chance of having such power, I couldn’t let it fall into the hands of the Fey.
I didn’t know much about the Fey, and I didn’t have any hateful feelings toward them, but I knew what they thought of humans. When they weren’t treating us as slaves, they feared us as monsters. I supposed, in the beginning, we were monsters. I only had a vague understanding of it, but from what I understood, when lore beca large and complex enough, it could beco a world onto itself. The story of a world, also known as its live stream, was a powerful and sentient thing.
Everything that lived in this world was connected to its current lifestream, Gaia. Gaia’s original species were fairies and fairy-like creatures. This is why fairy’s intrinsically gathered lore and could sohow create mana. They were Gaia’s servants. So of those servants had eventually evolved into the Fey, who had started to build a civilization on Gaia. This presumably had happened after Gaia had subjugated Twilight. To the best of knowledge, Twilight’s servants were the shadow people, and the Demons were their offshoot.
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By the ti Gaia ca along, the demons were all dead and Twilight was slowly rotting away. It was only because of the war and Gaia that this planet hadn’t fallen apart, much like the Twilight Dungeon. Anyway, soti after the Fey had established themselves, dungeons had started to form, and other species from other worlds began to invade their space. This included the animalkin, the esmore, the dwarves, osterians, new demons, the elves, and most notably the humans.
After a long brutal war, humans won out, and the reason for that was simple. We could resurrect ourselves. Our connection with Gaia was weak enough that our soul could resist Gaia while we had ti to remake our bodies and co back to life. The Fey could not do that, as their mana was too closely aligned to Gaia. They saw us as monsters at ends with Gaia, and they would stop at nothing to see us subjugated at best. If war was coming, it was bad. The best option was to take the power they were seeking and use it ourselves.
I shook my head. “Even if I wanted to complete the gauntlet, the doors are shut. We can’t get in to encounter the boss.”
“Co on, Deek. You understand dungeons better than most.” Calypso declared. “Do you think a dungeon door could just remain permanently closed?”
I jerked at her words. She was right. A dungeon had to be completable for anyone who wanted to participate. How could the doors just be closed?
“Just say it, Calypso.” I leaned toward her.
“Naturally, they were able to block the entrance… because a second one was available!”
“And just where is that second entrance?”
Calypso’s smile started to grow once again, and I got a bad feeling.
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