Saving the World in an Apocalypse-Style Text Game-Chapter 998 - 463 The Only Hope and Answer, the Release of the Ancient Dragon Progenitor_2

Chapter 998: Chapter 463 The Only Hope and Answer, the Release of the Ancient Dragon Progenitor_2

[After extinguishing the Stars, having parsed the Divinity from them, He grasped this entirely new special Authority.]

[At that time, He was on the verge of collapsing, struggling to support Himself with His vast will, not to be completely consumed by Chaos.]

[Omniscience used the ’Divergence Authority’ to completely separate the Knowledge god servant from Himself into two independent entities, intact and untainted by the slightest Chaos.]

[To prevent the Servant of God from being contaminated by Chaos, He even used His Authority to create a massive beast in communion with it, ready to devour any sign of Chaos on the Servant of God at the slightest hint of infection, with the Almighty True Knowledge bearing it in His stead.]

[The Ancient Dragons understood that Omniscience might never awaken again... No, when He awoke once more, it would be the time of the world’s destruction!]

[During His previous slumber, the Knowledge god servant represented His will, serving as the spiritual pillar for all sentient beings.]

[Now, as He was about to fall into a death-like sleep, maintaining this sole spiritual pillar for His faithful people was the last act of grace He bestowed.]

[His enemies were never the Abyss and Stars; the Abyss and Stars were not worthy to be His enemies. His only enemy was Chaos.]

[If fate was to doom the world to destruction, to die at the hands of the Main God one worships and believes in could also be a form of devoutness, even though the Omniscience then would no longer be the Almighty True Knowledge known to the world...]

[After Omniscience fell back into sleep, the Knowledge god servant alone in the Temple surveyed the world, suppressing the remaining Star Gods and Demon Gods...]

[But to everyone’s surprise, the Servant of God betrayed the Almighty True Knowledge!]

[The Green Saint Ancestor spoke up to this point, His usually gentle gaze, which not even the immense pain as Chaos sores spread to His spiritual body could shake, betrayed a deep-seated hatred.]

[He usurped the Authority of Omniscience!]

[This was an extremely dangerous act because the Omniscient Authority contained Chaos within it.]

[But He usurped the Authority, then used the ’Chaos Knowledge Beast’s’ devouring ability to return all the Chaos to Omniscience, thus obtaining a completely pure Authority, without fear of being contaminated by Chaos.]

[It was the ’Chaos Knowledge Beast’ that Omniscience left for Him, a legacy from Omniscience to avoid His contamination by Chaos, which now became His Sharp Weapon to usurp the Omniscient Authority.]

[The Ancient Dragons sought to enter the Temple of Knowledge to demand answers, but He closed off the Temple, refusing all audiences.]

[The Pale Wise One, the eldest and most rational of the Ancient Dragons, speculated that perhaps the Knowledge god servant’s actions were not betrayal, but a secret mission given by Omniscience before His slumber, one that they could not fathom.]

[This speculation brought some relief to the hearts of the Ancient Dragons.]

[But the actions of the Knowledge god servant afterward completely overturned such predictions.]

[He conspired with the Abyss and Stars, attempting to resurrect two Evil Gods.]

[With Omniscience fallen into eternal sleep, if those two Gods were successfully resurrected, no one would be able to stop the Abyss and Stars from dominating the entire world...]

[Clearly, it wasn’t a mission entrusted by Omniscience to His Servant, but the Servant of God wanting to take the pure Authority to join the enemy and become a new deity within a trinity!]

[The now Demigod Ancient Dragons were powerless to stop the Servant of God, and as time passed, Chaos began to spread...]

[Even though most of their power was sealed, the Ancient Dragons could not escape the corruption of Chaos; the Hermit was the first Ancient Dragon to be eroded...]

[The Ancestor of the Law, knowing his time was short, simply became a shameful oath-breaker, with the Servant of God already turned toward the Abyss and Stars.]

[The remaining Ancient Dragons did not waver in their convictions, nor did they forget the mission bestowed by Omniscience...]

[They did everything to delay the spread of Chaos, all to wait for the arrival of the one proclaimed by the prophecy...]

[At this point, the Green Saint Ancestor’s face and body were covered in large patches of sores, ignoring the intense pain that filled His soul as He stared directly into your eyes...]

[True God’s messenger, the only hope and answer parsed by Omniscience is not of this world...]

[It is you who came to this world!]

Lin Xun was taken aback.

Was the only hope and answer mentioned by the Ancestor of the Green Saint referring to his weak self, or to the unique existence of the Apostle?

The two seemed identical, yet their significance was entirely different.

The spiritual entity of the ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’ left the bedside and approached the cavern’s depths, drawing near the ’Ancestor of the Soul’ that had grotesquely morphed into a vast Meat Mountain...

The giant Meat Mountain seemed to sense someone approaching. It ceased its act of devouring blood, and the numerous fissured mouths on its body gaped open, revealing sharp fangs.

The ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’ stepped forward and gently caressed the Meat Mountain’s body, speaking with a complex expression, "Old friend, don’t be nervous. Their mission will soon be accomplished, and this endless torture is about to reach its end..."

Perhaps it was because of the rich essence of life around the spiritual entity of the ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’, or perhaps the ’Ancestor of the Soul’ understood its words, but the originally taut body with bared fangs began to relax.

At that moment, the ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’ suddenly thrust its hand forward, and amidst the splatter of blood and flesh, its entire arm plunged into the Meat Mountain!

"Relax, relax, it will all be over soon..." it said softly while its hand fumbled inside...

...

When it pulled out its entire arm, the blood-drenched hand was clutching two spherical objects.

It opened its hand and solemnly handed you the blood-stained pair of eyeballs from its palm...

You have obtained ’Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ x2 (Item)!

The ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’ said to you, "Messenger, you have obtained the heritage power of the Hermit and the Ancestor of the Law, and the remaining heritage power of the Ancient Dragon has been sealed inside this eyeball, hidden within the body of the ’Ancestor of the Soul’."

"It is precisely because of the ’Ancestor of the Soul’s concealment that they have been able to preserve the heritage power until today, despite enduring the tortures of day and night."

"Integrating the powers of the six heritages may not directly break the Ancient Dragon Seal, but it can also pry the seal slightly, granting unimaginable strength..."

"With this, the mission they have awaited for countless ages has finally been accomplished..."

"Rot and blight have spread across the body of the ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’. A look of liberation in its eyes, it whispered, ’It is time to abandon the ’Eternal Position’ and face the end of everything...’"

"As it spoke, its fingertips emitted countless specks of green light, which floated to the three Ancient Dragon Ancestors. They didn’t struggle or resist; their deformed bodies and the light dots dissipated and evaporated together, silently obliterated..."

It looked at the ’Ancestor of the Law’, still trapped within the Knowledge Grating, and let out a light sigh. Green dots wafted out, enveloping its entire body...

The ’Ancestor of the Law’, now reduced to a chaotic monster, suddenly roared in madness, struggling violently, yet it could only vanish along with the light, leaving no trace.

At this moment, the spiritual entity of the ’Ancestor of the Green Saint’ gradually became hazy. Its body slowly crumbled from the bottom up, turning into specks of green light...

It murmured, "Farewell, True God’s Messenger..."

"My only regret is not seeing the Messenger awakening the True God, bringing forth the beautiful future where the world may continue..."

As the words fell, its spiritual form and the decaying body dissipated together, gone in a fleeting moment.

For a time, only you and Rona remained in the cavern. What had just occurred felt like a dream, but the two eyeballs in your hand reminded you that all six Ancient Dragons were now fallen.

’Unknown Creature’s Eyeball’ x2 (Item): Eyeballs extracted from some creature’s tissue that look utterly ordinary with no peculiarities. Perhaps these are but the eyeballs of a commonplace creature, or perhaps a powerful being has concealed something special within the eyeballs.

Lin Xunxin was filled with mixed emotions.

Some people, to cling to life, do not hesitate to sell out their faith, conscience, love, dignity, and all other precious things that set them apart from beasts.

Yet, there are those who, for their own beliefs and the missions they shoulder, endure the agony of countless ages, holding on until their duties are fulfilled, seeking the long-awaited liberation.