Chapter 290: The Three Heroes Reunite
"You mean to say,"
Arthur Sunny stroked his chin with a serious expression, his eyes reflecting thoughtful wisdom.
"One evening, as the Sun Knight, I was exercising my muscular physique when suddenly a new star fell from the sky. Before I could dodge, a knight—a tall woman weighing 50 kg, with a voice of a mature woman mixed with the lively tease of an athletic older sister who liked goblins—saved me. Overwhelmed by the perfect radiance of my muscles, she blushed and said, 'Let's exercise and build our muscles together for a lifetime.'
"From 'When I couldn't dodge...' onwards, just cut it all out," An Su nodded in agreement, "and that's pretty much it."
"Just a delusion before being killed," Lister scoffed, "The star that fell contained only 140-cm-tall, 45-kg, plain literary young beauties."
An Su looked expressionlessly at the two humanoid goblins before him, wondering how they hadn't been beaten to death by their father.
After observing anomalies in the starry sky, An Su returned to Farol, which was approaching dusk by now, with the orange sun sinking into the evening breeze and the glittering Maria River, casting grid-like reflections from the windows of the Astro Church on the ground.
The threat from the stars couldn't be ignored; in the original timeline, the Imperial Capital might have fallen because of it—although this was only An Su's speculation.
The world that was about to fall absolutely contained no plain lolitas,
It was part of the Kingdom of Chaos.
Only An Su and Luojia knew the star's precise coordinates in the myriad of vast stars.
'Do not peep into the starry skies lightly'
The starry sky was vast, with millions of stars passing through the immense galaxy, numerous worlds linked together, and indescribable Outer Gods wandering among them. Staring would provoke danger, and finding a specific world in this galaxy was as absurd and dangerous as finding a needle in the ocean, not even a demigod could achieve it.
But with the specific coordinate codes of the world, one could directly enter it through the Astral Terminal.
The original work vaguely explained this background event, known only to be manipulated by the high ranks of the Mysticism of Chaos, led by the Bishop of Chaos.
The Mysticism of Chaos surely knew something. Upon reflection, linking all current events, it became apparent that the shadow of the Chaotic Cultists was behind them, probably planning this long before An Su noticed.
Firstly the world An Su first experienced—the so-called Pain Academy in Seden Town—
The telegram sent to the commandant in the academy's office contained the first fragment of the Chaotic World—the coordinate code of the City of Free Radiance.
The Mysticism of Chaos had already made its move back then.
Esoteric Saintess Elf personally entered the new student Alice's body, attempting to hypnotize An Su to steal the information, although she ended up being hypnotized and fell into depravity herself.
And recently, those Esoterics who infiltrated the Imperial Capital also specifically aimed to brainwash An Su.
The intentions of the Mysticism of Chaos were clear; they aimed to acquire the coordinate code of the City of Free Radiance, enter it, occupy it from the Chaotic Frontier, and secure the next Era of Chaos—the specific code of this falling star.
Logically, it made sense, connecting from beginning to end.
The reason the Mysticism of Chaos was so urgently eager to know the coordinates of this world was because they wanted to occupy Nether World and consolidate it, incorporating it into the Esoteric Sect before the Orthodox Court noticed the anomaly.
Once Nether World was thoroughly conquered by a force, it would belong entirely to that force and could no longer be claimed or altered.
But this also revealed a possibility; if the Church managed to occupy and thoroughly conquer it first, it might prevent the arrival of this Era of Chaos.
In the original timeline, the destruction of Farol in the Imperial Capital was because the Celestial Priests realized the disturbances in the boundless starry skies too late, and the star had already been occupied by the Esoteric Sect Followers.
When Nether World contacted the present world, the energies unleashed by the collision of illusion and reality were such that even a demigod dared not withstand them, sufficing to destroy a Farol.
The plan of the Mysticism of Chaos had no flaws, but a variable had occurred.
The destiny that had been set in the original world line had shifted, steering towards an unpredictable stage.
In the destiny, An Su Moningsta, who was supposed to die, did not perish. He not only survived but also became a saint of the Radiant Holy See, won the Seden World and Radiant City, wresting the coordinates from the Mysticism of Chaos.
Having organized his thoughts, An Su didn't explain to the Celestial Priests; he simply exited the Church and walked along the riverbank. He first went to the Border Duke's Embassy and rescued Arthur and Lister, who were about to be beaten to death.
Annand and Marquis Norman might not be considered kind, but their actions were devastating. Arthur and Lister were beaten until they were bruised and dazed, even hallucinating. Upon seeing An Su, they began talking nonsense.
"Mr. An Su, if what you say is true..." Lister pondered for a moment and then slowly spoke.