Antihero In the Hero Academy: I Can Connect the Past Heroes-Chapter 155: We Must Start From the North

No one could help but take a deep breath after hearing all these words. Cassandra took Atlas’s hand and gently asked, "After all the pain you’ve endured... you’re trying to be a hero once again. How can you bear it all?"

Even Talon, perhaps the harshest of the Sages, had a broken heart. Though Atlas had lived until the age of 37, in their eyes he was still just a child. Even the youngest among them, Juliet, was thousands of years old, so it was unimaginable that an ordinary human could endure such things at this age.

"I..." Atlas had said suddenly and fallen silent. He hadn’t expected such a question to be asked of him.

"I... I never wanted to be a hero... To be honest. In my life before I came back in time... Even becoming a one-ringed wizard took me a very long time. Thinking that I had disappointed my sister, making her be humiliated by everyone, that was what destroyed me... I had to become a hero because I thought that way I could take the burden off my sister’s shoulders, who was being humiliated because of me."

When Atlas finished speaking, he coughed slightly and then swallowed and fell silent.

"You really love Eva, don’t you?" Cordelia asked with a giggle.

Atlas shook his head when he heard this and said, "My lady... My sister dedicated her life to working because of me. Her true dream was to travel the world and be a hero, not to stand in a palace and protect her friend. I don’t just love my sister; if I knew that she would be immortal right now, that she could live happily ever after in the land of the gods, I would risk losing my soul for her left alone dying for her."

A strange smile appeared on the faces of all the Sages at these words. Despite everything Atlas had been through, the fact that he could still hold onto that kindness in his heart was both fascinating and heartwarming to them.

None of them wanted Atlas to change.

"Still... To be honest, I didn’t plan any of what happened afterwards. Lady Thalia summoned me to the Great Elf Palace and granted me honorary membership, which made me as important as the royal family. And then there was the angel we found in the Kingdom of Akairon..."

When Atlas spoke these words, he took a deep breath and then couldn’t help but say, "These were truly unexpected things. At least we managed to survive, which is enough... I suppose."

"You’ve endured enough, Atlas. I’m proud of you. You didn’t just ensure our survival; you also saved hundreds of thousands of slaves and millions of people worldwide from those who worshipped the devil. You didn’t do all of this alone, but you were the one who inspired everyone to take action," Cordelia said suddenly.

As Atlas was about to thank her, Bellatrix’s voice rose:

"Exactly. You used to be alone, but now you have seven Sages by your side, and one of them wants to be your wife. You hold the power to rule the world—let us help you save it instead of ruling it."

When Bellatrix spoke these words, Atlas smiled. The huge smile on his face didn’t fade.

No one had ever seen him smile so innocently before. It wasn’t like he was smiling like a hero, or like a man who had experienced so much, but like a sixteen-and-a-half-year-old boy.

"All right, all right... That’s enough smiling. What are we going to do now?" Talon said suddenly.

When Atlas heard these words, he shrugged his shoulders and replied, "I don’t know. You are alive, which means that the demon gate will not open, and the angel gate in the World Tree has been destroyed. So... there is no war."

When Cassandra heard these words, she turned Atlas’s head towards her and said, "There is a way to open them, I was waiting for you to finish your explanation to tell you."

At these words, Atlas immediately furrowed his brow and asked curiously, "How so?"

"My mother and father... that is, Azula and Orion," Cassandra said suddenly, and when she saw Atlas looking at her with a sudden smile on his face, she continued, "Shut up."

"They told me about something called the [Life Stone]. Two stones located at the North and South Poles that contain enough life energy to open the gates. We need to find them. I don’t know if those who worship demons or angels know about these stones, but if they do, we have to act before they do.’"

When Cassandra uttered these words, Atlas shook his head and was about to respond when a message window suddenly appeared in front of him:

[Atlas, the dungeons where the two stones called ’Life Stones’ are located will be difficult even for Sages. I do not recommend entering the dungeons unless you go together.]

Confused by this sudden message from Nyx, Atlas turned to Cassandra and said, "Lady Nyx says we shouldn’t enter the dungeon unless we go together... It’s dangerous even for Sages."

Cordelia immediately frowned and couldn’t help but ask, "Even for me?" Cordelia was truly the closest thing to a god. Although she was human, she was immortal. Not only that, but she had the power to destroy an entire country with just a glance.

[Yes.]

"Yes."

When Atlas suddenly relayed the message to Cordelia, she shook her head and asked, "Alright... Where do we start?"

Atlas, upon hearing the question, nodded as if he understood and replied without hesitation, "Let’s start with the one in the north. It’s the closest to us. We must prepare and go together."

They had to act quickly... the enemy knew far more than they had anticipated.

With every second they waited, the danger grew greater. Ultimately, those who worshipped the devil had become powerless, and those who worshipped angels had fallen into a helpless situation.

They had to act now, or they would lose everything forever.