Antihero In the Hero Academy: I Can Connect the Past Heroes-Chapter 162: Let’s See How Far They Can Go For You

When Atlas’ gaze turned to the dungeon door, which was now ready to open, he stood up. The missing mana in the bodies of the Sages around him had already been replenished. This was enough to indicate that there would be no danger in entering the dungeon.

The group took a deep breath. Atlas, who had come to the door of the dungeon, which had been unlocked, touched the door and then pushed it open.

When the door opened inward, a passageway covered in colourful colours was displayed before the group’s eyes. It was a beautiful sight, but the pressure coming from the dungeon had risen to a deadly level with the opening of the door.

Whatever was inside the dungeon was so dangerously perilous that even a blind person could sense it.

Atlas took a deep breath and then reached out his hand to Cordelia and Cassandra.

"Together," Atlas said suddenly.

First Cassandra, then Cordelia, and then the other Sages held hands and passed through the passage without waiting even a second.

At that moment, the group opened their eyes. When the Sages looked around, they realised that Atlas was not with them.

The strange part was that Nyx and the others watching the group from the sacred area could not see Atlas. It was as if they were blocked for some reason.

At that moment, the Sages began to worry, but even more than that, their bodies began to tremble. A strange chill enveloped each of them.

Cassandra had experienced this feeling before... when she was with Azula and Orion.

"Memories..." Cassandra said suddenly.

When Cordelia heard that word, she immediately turned to Cassandra and asked, "What did you say?"

"I felt the same way when Lady Azula showed me Atlas’s memories... Perhaps we are inside a memory zone. Of course, I could be wrong," Cassandra replied.

The group began to discuss what to do and started to struggle to make a decision.

On the other side of the dungeon, Atlas found himself face to face with someone he never expected to see. An old man with a cane, wearing a stylish suit and a long beard.

"Chaos," Atlas said calmly. He never expected to meet the old man here.

"I separated you from the group for a while. To be honest, I wasn’t going to interfere with what you were doing, but to tell you the truth, I was curious to see how far they would go for you. How far Harry and the others would go for the one person they saw in their dreams that they had to protect," Chaos said suddenly.

"So it was true?" he replied after hearing those words. He didn’t stop there and immediately added, "So I was right about you controlling our destinies. That means you lied to me, old man."

Chaos smiled when he heard these words and then shook his head from side to side and said, "No. Even if I didn’t need to convince myself, I swear on my existence. I didn’t do anything about Harry’s fate or the other five’s. Of course, neither yours nor the others’. If I wanted to control everyone, why would I feel the need to give everyone free will?" he said.

Atlas realised at that moment that he had been mistaken. Of course, he knew that the Creator did not need to lie. After all, it would make no sense for a being capable of recreating everything and every one from scratch with a single thought to lie to Atlas, who was as insignificant as an ant in his eyes.

"So it was really as you said. The tree and the branches. Even if some points are written, it’s up to us whether to pass through them or go around them. The things I did brought us here, right?" Atlas asked suddenly.

"Exactly. To be clear, in all the futures I saw, you were coming here one or two months later, so even coming here early shows that you have control over your destinies. You are changing the future," Chaos replied.

Immediately after that, Chaos looked into Atlas’s eyes.

"Still, I see that you’re ignoring what I said, Atlas. I told you that if you continue like this, you will die," Chaos added suddenly.

When Atlas heard these words, he paused and managed to sit down on the ground in the void he was in. "I am aware... Still, I prefer to think about this when I am about to die. I must not give up until that moment."

After these words, Chaos shook his head from side to side again and seemed to give up, saying, "Now you just have to wait, young man. Let’s see if they can get up after seeing everything. After all, Cordelia is the only one who has seen so much evil."

Even though Atlas couldn’t understand what was happening, things had begun to change on the other side of the dungeon, in the area where the Sages were.

The Sun Palace, the main palace of the Epsilon Empire, was revealed before their eyes. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

There was a strange, gloomy atmosphere.

This was the memory of the day when the tragic moment Atlas had seen in his nightmare had come true, and now the Sages would have to witness this memory.

Everyone was dressed in pitch-black clothing. Every person around them had a pained expression on their face. The corners of their eyes were red from crying.

Even if they did not know it, this was one of the most tragic and gloomy days in the history of the Epsilon Empire. It was the very moment just before the beginning of the bloodiest period in history and just before a hero swore to become a hero.

It was the very day when a brother wept and swore to eliminate his weakness, and a sister lay completely in eternal sleep.

It was the day of Eva’s funeral. The day when the Emperor, Empress, and the entire Empire wept together.