Chapter 402 - Volume 3
Chapter 181 – Valhalla’s gate
Two statues were carved on either side of the gate, both towering nearly a hundred meters high. Brendel and Faena did not even reach the size of their toes.
The statue on the left was the long-beared King of Bitter Frost, Kail, and the statue on the right wielding a massive axe was Kort. Both of them were gods of war in Kirrlutz’s legends.
When they reached the strange gate, Faena noticed a few lines written in angular letters, but she could not read the language.
“Valhalla was created for the Final Battle. May the stars in the sky still light the ground even after a millennium—” Brendel read them aloud.
The Sky Knight used his lance and broke through the clouds during the final battle against the Twilight Dragon, signifying the birth of the second era. An ancient history that was even older than King Gatel and the other three Saints.
Much of this ancient language was lost after the War of the Saints, and Faena could not help but stare at Brendel in astonishment. There was only silence in the valley after the youth spoke, making the atmosphere feel a little mystical.
Brendel’s first thought was to confirm whether the gate was the way to Valhalla. It was a powerful fortress built to fight against the Twilight Dragon, but it was still destroyed like the other Sanctuaries, leaving only a fragmented history that was turned into fables for people to trace.
But there was nothing there.
Brendel frowned, making a guess that it was a member of Galbu’s Wizards, and he asked:
“Are you a member of the Silver Alliance? Why do you not show yourself?”
The elderly voice was turned into a chain of hearty laughter: “Young man, your mind works really fast. Though goading an old man at my age isn’t going to work well.”
However, an elderly man wearing long silver robes that reached the ground appeared before Brendel’s eyes.
William Pestle, one of the twelve leaders of Galbu’s Wizards, removed his invisibility spell and showed himself.
He was over four hundred years old, his fame not only limited to Galbu’s Wizards but also well known amongst the human mortals.
A poet who went by the name Colgo, wrote a book called ‘About the story of an Archmagi by Colgo, and sponsored by Bista Merchants’. Bista was a considerably famous merchant near Ampere Seale. Natives knew that some of the merchants were eccentric, and it was because of this strange merchant, that the stories of William Pestle became known to the common people.
Brendel looked at the old man with a grimace.
Given the latter’s personality, he might have actually sought a copyright fee from Colgo and Bista….. Dealing with him was likely to be troublesome.
William showed a little surprise in his eyes when he saw Brendel looking unhappily at him. The youth clearly knew who he was.
“How strange, you even managed to recognize me?”
“Surely there are many who know your names. The Lord of Kanagi, one of the Twelve Silver Circle Archmagi, the respected leader of the wizards?”
“To think that I would have these many nicknames,” the elderly man laughed, “but knowing my name is one thing, to recognize me is another. How quaint, that you even know that Time and Space Magic are one and the same—”
William squinted his eyes.
The School of Silver was founded by him, but it was still at an immature state on the ideas of Time and Space. Not many acknowledged his theory, and even a few of his old friends disagreed with him. But this young man declared the same hypothesis with confidence, and it made William more and more interested in him.
“What, you’re—” Faena could not believe her ears and stared at William with a pair of incredulous eyes. She was at a loss for words.
“My, my, even the little girl knows of my name, it is my pleasure to meet you.”
[What is this old man doing here? Even though I know that the wizards from Galbu are here, I didn’t think it would be one of their leaders. This is bad, he’s probably as powerful as Andesha, and I have no idea what he wants.]
Brendel’s eyebrows could not but lift up.
“Do not worry, young man. I’m here because I’m merely curious.” William’s smile became bigger, acting as though he could see through the youth’s worries.