Summoning the Holy Sword

Everything was relative.

Rhode swore that he had never imagined the Door of Akasha to be related to Chaos. But come to think of it, it did make sense. The Door of Akasha wasn’t a product of Order to begin with. Back then, the five Creator Dragons stole it from the core of Chaos in order to start a new world, so it was impossible to treat it as an ally who swore allegiance to Order. It was merely a tool, just like antivirus software. Its job was to remove viruses and it didn’t need to care if it would accidentally wipe out one’s important documents, causing one to wipe off tears while reformatting the computer. This just wasn’t in its range of work, after all.

In fact, this was indeed an oversight by the Creator Dragons, including the Void Dragon. Back then, they sealed their powers in the Door of Akasha and only valued how they should operate it, ignoring its essence. It was neither an ally nor enemy of Order and Chaos. Just like as the younger sister mentioned, Order and Chaos on Earth wasn’t as clear cut as they were on the Dragon Soul Continent. They were less active and be it Order or Chaos, they had no way of bringing about self-will.

Judging from this aspect, the ‘civilization’ of the Dragon Soul Continent was more advanced than Earth. In this case, after the Dragon Soul Continent arrived in this world, it would have been effortless for them to grasp the place. It was like well-trained soldiers with heavy firearms occupying the territory of a group of club-wielding and unevolved monkeys who had just learned to use tools.

However, everything was relative.

Martians had technologies that were a dozen times more advanced than Earth. They were invincible on Earth, but fell apart to a little cold. The British brought rabbits to Australia. In the end, the rabbits who had lost their natural predator became Australia’s largest ecological disaster after they reproduced massively. This proved that the relationship between foreign species and natives might likely cause disasters. Rhode remembered playing a sci-fi game. The story narrated how humans boarded spaceships and headed to Mars. Back then, Mars had a verdant, exuberant, and uniquely beautiful ecosphere. Humans were fascinated by it. They resided in Mars and began building their second haven. But shortly after, disaster struck. Humans brought harmless bacteria that didn’t exist on Mars. The bacteria quickly spread on Mars and broke the balance of the ecosphere. Lush forest withered. Green plains all over the surface dried up. Animals died after losing their source of food. The land fissured. After the ecosphere lost its balance, Mars’s atmosphere became thin and fragile. Eventually after several years, the ebullient planet turned into a lifeless one.

Of course, Rhode was certain that the five Creators didn’t play this game or watch similar movies. But even if they did, it wouldn’t matter too much. After all, every invasion of alien species was followed by the process of human colonization. And now, the five Creator Dragons tried all ways to escape from the infiltration of Chaos. As for what ecological hazard foreign species had on the natives… they would be dead if they didn’t escape. Who would still be in the mood to care about that?!

But now, it seemed like they had no choice but to care about it.

Rhode began to treat the issue seriously. In fact, he wasn’t sure if what his younger sister said was correct. Of course, he had to admit that there was this possibility because Chaos in the Dragon Soul Continent had self-awareness. The activation of the channel would first pass through the Chaos barrier surrounding the Dragon Soul Continent before opening up to teleportation channels connecting to other worlds. And now, in order to use the Door of Akasha to open up a channel connected to the Dragon Soul Continent, it would also need to pass through the dense Chaos barrier. In this situation, it wouldn’t be surprising if Chaos seized the opportunity and invaded.

This could also explain why no one was able to get the point. They didn’t expect themselves to come to a new world but still have to deal with their ‘old friend’.

“We know what Chaos is trying to do now.”

Marybelle stood by the table, gazing sternly at the people around her who showed complicated emotions on their faces. Even though it was great news that they learned the enemies’ identities, it was equally a challenging test for them because they knew what Chaos was trying to do.

Although the Chaos that was seeping out of the Door of Akasha was affecting and attempting to merge with the Chaos that existed on Earth, due to the seal of the five Creator Dragons, only a small portion of Chaos managed to be leaked. There was also not much to choose from between both sides because Marybelle was one of the representatives of the Order rules and had merged with the Order on Earth. In this case, it was temporarily a draw between the fight of Chaos and Order.

Both sides needed reinforcements.

But from where?

The answer was clear cut. The Door of Akasha.

It was previously mentioned that the Door of Akasha wasn’t an ally of Order. Neither did it care about who was making use of it, nor whether Order or Chaos had the upper hand. It was an ultimate creation artifact that existed before Order and Chaos had taken shape fully. There was no reason for it to be mindful of such a small matter.

And now, as Chaos was closing in, Marybelle only had to do one thing: open the Door of Akasha and allow the five Creator Dragons to bring their people over. But… There was a serious problem involved. When the channel behind the Door of Akasha was opened, it would need to pass through the Chaos barrier first. In other words, Chaos that detected some abnormalities would be ready to cause trouble. When that happened, it would once again reach out to the Chaos on Earth and dominate or even corrode the Door of Akasha as its own. What should they do if that happened?

Previously, Marybelle and the others didn’t face this problem when they first arrived. One of the biggest reasons for that was that Chaos and Order harmonized with each other on Earth and didn’t take shape and possess self-awareness. But it was different now. Chaos had occupied a place in this world.

But if they didn’t open the Door of Akasha, the situation wouldn’t get any better… which was why Marybelle had to make a decision now.

“We need to activate the Door of Akasha.”

She stared at everyone and emphasized each word. The group revealed ashen expressions. They weren’t fools. They knew how tough it was to do it, especially under such circumstances. Besides, there also wasn’t much time left for them.

The scenery started switching quickly.

In an instant, the scenes before Rhode’s eyes changed yet again. He found himself at the location of the Door of Akasha. Around the door were fully-armored soldiers, elves, angels, and Marybelle’s subordinates. The representatives of the five Creator Dragons had gathered and stood in front of the Door of Akasha. At that moment, they were chanting incantations under their breaths. Shortly after, strings of runes appeared out of thin air and circular layers upon layers of defensive barrier emerged over the Door of Akasha. Then, Marybelle stared at the door with a solemn gaze, extended her hand into her pocket, and retrieved the key.

For some unknown reason, Rhode felt like the instant Marybelle retrieved the key, she gazed toward the direction of the death knight subtly. But shortly after, Marybelle shifted her gaze ahead, stretching out her hand and slotting the key into the Door of Akasha.

“Please hear my pleas, o’ mighty creation artifact! Please open thy door and show us the faraway destination alongside the path of the soul!”

As Marybelle shouted, a deep rumble sounded, followed by a series of dazzling radiance erupting from the Door of Akasha. Then, the heavy stone door in front of everyone opened gradually.

A blinding white brilliance emerged from behind the door. At a glance, Rhode witnessed an endless darkness but at the same time, a path of light extended forward swiftly, reaching all the way into the boundless void of darkness. Looking at this scene, everyone couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief. But before they were fully assured, they heard a thunderous boom.

Boom!

Here it comes!

Rhode’s heart sank upon hearing the ear-deafening roar of thunder. He turned around and witnessed the clear sky being concealed by dark clouds at lightning speed! The dense mass of dark clouds rolled, growled, and rushed ahead, concealing the entire sky in the blink of an eye. At the same time, several purple thunderbolts clapped one after another!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

In an instant, the Earth trembled, where even with the protection of the defensive enchanted field and shield, they couldn’t face this terrifying disaster. However, the worst catastrophe had yet to come!

Boom!

A purple thunderbolt struck the ground, leaving a pit on the surface. Shortly after, the soil in the pit began to loosen. An arm burst out from the softened soil and shortly after, a human-shaped creature exuding a black mist crawled out of it!

He was Marybelle’s subordinate who went missing from the core region earlier!

“We’re under attack!”

In just a few seconds, they were surrounded by almost 100 powerful Chaos Beings from all directions. Apart from the missing people, there were also undead creatures that were corroded by Chaos. Not only that, but as bellows filled the sky, the surrounding forest also began to sway. Rhode witnessed the Chaos Beings that escaped previously showing up in front of them again!

In an instant, fierce roars of battle resounded in the air.

Dazzling blade rays, spiritual and magical radiances intertwined and tore apart the dusky land. At that moment, if Marybelle could free up her hands, she would instantly wipe out all the trouble. But the problem was that she was maintaining the channel with the other four representatives. The channel relied on their powers, as well as the sealed powers of the Creator Dragons in order to pass through the Chaos barrier and link up with the Dragon Soul Continent!

The path of light continued to extend forward. At that moment, soldiers and Chaos Beings clashed. But overall, the soldiers weren’t looking great as the ones who were first contaminated by Chaos were the strongest among them. Moreover, the threats from the Chaos Beings shook the entire defensive line. The representatives of the five Creator Dragons couldn’t get their hands free to give support!

The path of light continued to spread and everything seemed to be going well. But at that moment, the death knight that stood beside Marybelle and was also maintaining the channel suddenly let out a snarl. Then, its scarlet eyes instantly turned into a deep green shade. It gave up its duty, unsheathed the sword, and slashed at Marybelle with all its might!

Facing this ambush, Marybelle wasn’t flustered at all. She swung her arm to the side and a shield appeared immediately, stopping the death knight’s attack. Even though she successfully resisted its attack, the channel that had lost two sources of power began to falter. Rhode witnessed the path of light in the distance crashing to the lack of strength. Not only that, but a turbid, raging wave also erupted from within and surged along the path!

“We can’t maintain the channel!”

Looking at this scene, the two bewildered elves shrieked. Upon hearing their remarks, Marybelle swept a glance at the Door of Akasha and extended her magic wand, tapping it on the door with force.

Boom!

Along with this movement, the Door of Akasha cracked abruptly and restored into its state of the original five slates quickly. The spatial channel that they finally opened up shut down entirely. At the same time, Rhode felt his vision blinded by a flash. Then, a massive explosion and dazzling glare enfolded the world.

Rhode’s world turned into a murky darkness.

After an unknown period of time, the darkness faded away. Rhode lifted his head and couldn’t help but take in a breath of cold air. The Door of Akasha erected before him earlier had vanished entirely, only to be replaced by a gigantic pit spanning over several hundreds of kilometers long. Not only that, but everything was also destroyed by that explosion. Only Marybelle stood on the same spot, gazing at the floating slates before her with an extremely calm expression.

“Seems like we’ve failed…”

Then, Rhode heard Marybelle’s voice by his ear.