Chapter 900: Eyes of Wei Zhe
Above the increasingly dark sky, countless dark clouds rolled in, roaring.
The dense, azure lightning bolts didn't dissipate at all, but remained in the air at their normal state. Like veins of blood protruding from beneath the skin, or like the dry, cracked earth after years of drought.
A violent storm hit him, and Aiwass's long golden hair whistled up and fluttered behind him like a flag.
He stretched out his arms to block in front of him and tried to take another step, but felt tremendous resistance.
Standing beside him, Cardinal Galatea tilted her head slightly, her eyes as cold as a puppet's calmly gazing at Aiwass. Her long hair also flew wildly back.
Before they knew it, the two of them had fallen out of the group.
They had no intention of looking for the Amber of Light, but were very interested in another thing.
Those who continued to follow the team had become illusions. Because of this, Galatea no longer needed to maintain the illusion.
“Before its disenchantment, ‘language’ was a power that belonged to great philosophers.”
Galatea squinted her eyes and looked up at the sky. "That is the power held by those who once betrayed us."
When writing was still controlled by the priest class, it was a monopoly of the right to interpretation.
In an era without written language, poetry and song were sacred. They were a kind of primitive beauty and also a kind of "mystery".
“…Weizhe is the god of silence.”
Aiwass said, "He must have seen something, so he chose to remain silent."
"I know," Galatea replied immediately, "and I know that it is the secret of the First Sun.
“Although the Great Master remained silent, He told the snake the secret.”
[——The blind see me as black, the seeing see me as blue and gold]
I am the intoxicating serpent that gives knowledge, happiness, and glory! To worship me, you must drink wine and the secret potion I told my prophet until you are drunk.
The words of Huan Tiansi in the past echoed in Aiwas's mind.
Knowledge……
Forbidden knowledge, intoxicating drunkenness. Pleasure, and glory...
Aiwass stretched out his arms to block the storm, staring at the growing thunder in the sky, frowning slightly.
...Before Huan Tiansi chose to cut himself off, he should have been a true savior.
Because of this, Sand Timepiece taught him, the Lord of Scales and Feathers became his friend, and even the "silent" Weizhe told him the secrets he had kept... At that time, he would definitely be on the road to saving the world.
Until he chose to cut himself off.
Having lost his [dedication], he regretted the plans he had made in the past.
In the past, Aiwass didn’t quite understand it, but now with Aleister’s memories, he can already understand what it feels like.
"I'm not a snake."
Aiwass suddenly said: "He has turned away from our path. And I am still on the road."
"I know."
Galatea sighed. "That's why I'm telling you this. Because I don't want you to lose... I don't want that lying 'snake' to be the winner in the end. I don't know what he wants to do, but whatever he wants to do, I want to destroy it."
"—I am the last Atlantean...if I can still be considered human.
"Your Holiness, I'm sorry I can no longer offer my all. I'm no longer a puppet, I've regained my memory... I have a new responsibility, and I need to survive. Even if it's just to serve as a recorder of history, as proof that the Atlanteans existed. Therefore, I won't directly participate in your fight with the snake, but if there's anything else I can do to help you, I'll be happy to do my best.
"I am no longer pure. So after this return trip, I will resign as cardinal."
Her voice was soft and cold, as if she was singing a melancholy song: "I want to return to the bottom of the sea... I want to see how much remains of Atlantis."
Aiwass sighed and said gently: "This is a good thing.
"You've found the meaning of your existence, haven't you? It's a kind of dedication... not for others, but for 'the continuation of civilization.' Forget about resigning. I'll grant you an indefinite leave of absence, and you can find a replacement. When you feel like coming back, you can come back."
"...but there are 'taboo' things on the seabed, so be careful."
"I know. Those things can't hurt me."
The girl with snow-white hair nodded and breathed a sigh of relief.
After taking her leave, her tone became much lighter, and her strange attitude towards Aiwass, which was half-warning, half-trusting, finally turned into pure affection.
Galatea pointed to the sky, as if looking at the stars in the summer night sky, relaxed and romantic: "Look! The sun is dying."
In the direction she pointed, the thick curtain of dark clouds gradually dissipated.
Like a magician opening a handkerchief to reveal the wondrous scene within—
The previously blazing and huge sun has now expanded at least twice in size.
The sun became extremely huge, but it could no longer emit much light.
Its light at this moment was even less than that of a street lamp at night. Even looking directly at it wouldn't be glaring. It was more like the moon than the sun.
And just at this moment.
Above this sun, countless azure runes appeared—
They look like vast oceans or like holes seeping out of the surface of the moon.
They gathered together and condensed into a ring on the sun.
The sun at this moment...
"...like, an eye?"
Galatea murmured, somewhat confused.
After all, she had never seen this scene with her own eyes.
She had just left the Tower of Babel when it was destroyed by lightning. She was caught in the aftermath, losing consciousness and even her life. Her soul was rescued by her tribe and, according to custom, transformed into a Star Crystal Person.
Every Atlantean who died would be made into a star crystal person - they did not want their souls to be crushed into pieces by the Source River after death, and there was no god willing to protect them in the dream world, so they had to fend for themselves.
But when Galatea was awakened, the Atlantis civilization had already disappeared.
It was no longer known how long ago that happened after the death of the second sun. The world had already entered into eternal night, and even the "breasted" tribe appeared.
Aiwass didn't reply.
He opened his eyes wide in astonishment—
...Because he had seen that eye.
That was when he was in Eagle Point Village, facing the giant prince hanging upside down and starting the Trial of Odin!
The sky then was just as it is now, filled with thunder and storms. A huge, single eye opened at the edge of the sky.
Just like the sun in front of me!
As the storm grew more violent, countless bolts of lightning finally erupted—violent thunder rained down, sweeping across the land. One bolt even fell directly into the Tower of Babel!
However, at this moment, a thin layer of light film suddenly appeared above the ninth floor of the Tower of Babel, easily blocking the power of thunder.
At this moment, azure runes continued to fill the surface of the sun, like an azure iris. It became more and more like an eye, rather than a "sun" or "moon."
The numerous stars that had always existed in the sky, but had been obscured by the scorching sun of catastrophe, also lit up one by one at this moment.
A bright yellow halo spread out in all directions from the eye as the center.
The originally faint twinkling starlight now became extremely bright.
Looking up, I saw a vast star map!
Under the cover of the violent, world-destroying rain of thunder, pillars of bright yellow light rose from the ground, reaching straight into the sky.
Every time a pillar of light rose, a star in the sky would suddenly light up with brilliant brilliance, and then go out.
Maybe silver, maybe gold, maybe rainbow.
...Fuck.
The Investiture of the Gods!
Aiwass almost blurted out.
(End of this chapter)
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