Chapter 822 - Astral Temple
The flight of stairs paved with crystals emanated a faint radiance that extended toward the end. They floated quietly in the illusory air, unconnected and unsupported by anything. Rhode ascended the stairs and arrived at the entrance of the Astral Temple on the mountain peak. Miraculously, the long flight of stairs that seemed like it required a few hours to climb took less than five minutes. As soon as his feet touched the flat, clean plaza on the mountain peak, he scanned the place and found that the crystal-clear steps behind him had vanished. On the other hand, Celestina flapped her wings and landed lithely on the plaza.
“I’ve heard about the Astral Temple’s big name and now it seems like it is true. Even though it is still lacking in comparison to my castle, it is still acceptable.”
Celestina scanned the temple and criticized. However, this was only her subjective evaluation, after all. In fact, Rhode had never seen such an enchanting temple even in the real world.
The temple was around 20-meters-tall with 19 columns sculpted with brave heroes supporting the massive triangular roof. The plaza by its entrance was made of green slab and on both sides were dozens of sculptures of young ladies holding lanterns. White gentle radiance emanated from the stone lanterns. Although it resembled the Undead Creatures’ spiritual flames, it didn’t let off a chilly sensation. Instead, it brought warmth in this harsh winter.
What was most attractive was the Astral Temple which was built by some mysterious and unidentified material. Its tall, sleek walls presented a night sky with dazzling stars.
Rhode approached the entrance of the entire Astral Temple. The temple emanated a faint radiance while the brilliance from the galaxy flowing beneath his feet shone the interiors of the temple, revealing a hall with three domes above where dazzling stars flickered and transformed into a certain constellation before vanishing. Those were stars that emerged to commemorate and silently tell the history of the heroes.
Rhode received all the information about the Astral Temple from the system. It could summon all the armies of famous heroic spirits in history. However, he couldn’t simply summon whoever he wanted. As one of the most mysterious and sacred planes of existence in the Seven Fantasy Boundaries, he had to attain their relics to open the channels connected to the Astral Temple and summon them.
Currently, the Astral Temple was at the most basic level, so Rhode was limited to summoning an army of 100 heroic spirits. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to upgrade the temple’s level, but it was a pity that the upgrading of level wasn’t as simple as the Silver Ocean and Fiery Plains where it only required materials and money. On the contrary, the Astral Temple required EXP in order to upgrade! Its source of EXP would be gathered from the army of heroic spirits through battles.
Rhode was marveled by this exquisite design. Fortunately, it was only the Astral Temple that required the EXP, so he was glad that the heroic spirits could be summoned at peak form. If not, who knew how long it would take to train and upgrade them to level 70?
Lesa received it with both hands humbly. Then, she gazed silently at the holy sword card. Her lifeless eyes instantly brightened.
“———Confirmed. Spiritual Proof———Gracier———About to enter summoning mode…”
Lesa lifted her head and looked at Rhode.
“Confirm to use this card as a medium and summon the heroic spirits?”
“Of course.”
“Understood.”
Lesa replied firmly. The little girl threw the card in midair and watched it spin. Then, she raised her silver staff and tapped lightly on it.
Boom!
A dazzling lightning bolt struck the roof of the Astral Temple in a loud explosion. Shortly after, countless electric arcs shuttled down and formed an oval door that hovered in midair inside the hall.
Then one by one, figures emerged from within the oval entrance.