“Quiet down, Alpha Dog.”
Lu Wei gently waved his hand, conjuring a large number of silver gear-like runes that engulfed Cordova’s previous body, and then the latter vanished into thin air amidst an almost imperceptible spatial fluctuation.
As for Cordova’s earlier furious roar, Lu Wei pretended not to hear it.
“Uh…” Mo Tan tried to ease the atmosphere, but found that his life experience to date was insufficient to comfort a certain physically and mentally exhausted friend named Cui. The almost tangible resentment emanating from the latter at that moment nearly suffocated him.
After more than ten deep breaths, the candle on Cordova’s head finally stabilized. He looked at Mo Tan with extremely desperate eyes, blinking his eyes, which were truly not much larger than green beans, while trembling: “Mo…”
Mo Tan: “?”
“If you start calling me Alpha Dog from now on…” Cordova laughed nervously, “Once I get my body back, I’ll beat you to death.”
Mo Tan gave a dry laugh and quickly shook his head: “No, no.”
Then, with a bang, Feimigeer, who had fallen directly from the platform because he was laughing too hard, reappeared, shaking all over, chuckling and roaring with laughter: “Haha, Dog-Headed Kobold, ha… hahahaha!”
The air was quiet for a moment…
Bang!!
The candle on Cordova’s head instantly doubled in size. He pointed his miner’s pick at Feimigeer and roared, “If you emphasize the Dog-Headed Kobold thing again! Even if I die after charging up! Die outside! Jump off from here! I’ll still get a taste of being a Dragon Slayer first!”
“Pfft… Calm down, calm down…” Feimigeer raised a claw, wiping away tears as he turned around and continued to tremble wildly. It seemed his wings were about to cramp if he kept shaking them. Then, he let out a series of deep, heavy dragon roars.
And in Mo Tan’s ears, as a Half-Dragon, the meaning of this long roar was clearly ‘The candle on that Dog-Headed Kobold’s head is simply a stroke of genius! Pfft hahahaha~’
He decided to pretend he hadn’t heard, and at the same time, suddenly thought that knowing a few less foreign languages was actually quite good…
“And Master Lu Wei!” Cordova glared fiercely.
“What about me?” Lu Wei coldly glanced at him, the wrench spinning between his fingers glinting with a cold light, a look of arrogance on his face: “Is it really better to change bodies? Alpha Dog?”
Cordova immediately bowed ninety degrees: “Nothing, please help me charge up as soon as possible, thank you!”
And Mo Tan also received a friend message from Cordova at the same time…
‘A true man knows when to bend and when to stand, when to stand and when to kneel! If that old bastard really turns me into a female Dog-Headed Kobold, then it’s #￥%@.’
Mo Tan was about to comfort him a little, but suddenly found someone had appeared in front of him at some point, smiling serenely at him.
This was an elf man wearing a white robe, with silver-white hair casually scattered behind him, and a thin layer of linen cloth wrapped around his eyes. He merely stood there quietly without saying a word, yet he possessed an indescribable presence…
【But when exactly did he appear? Why couldn’t I sense him at all? It’s definitely not instant movement or anything like that. Is it some kind of Stealth skill…?】
Mo Tan subconsciously recalled, but had no impression at all, as if the person should have been standing there all along, so natural that… it was a bit unnatural…
“Long, how long have you been here, you fellow?” Lu Wei glanced at the elf man who seemed unable to see normally, and complained irritably: “Can you stop being so scary every time?”
Feimigeer and Cordova immediately bowed to the newcomer: “Mr. Long.”
“One second ago.” The Dark Elf called Long smiled slightly, then nodded to Mo Tan: “Welcome to Tian Zhu Mountain. I am the Thirteenth-Rank High-Rank Observer — Long.”
Although Mo Tan didn’t know what exactly a High-Rank Observer was, this ageless elf was definitely a big shot.
Because Cordova messaged him and told him…
“Hello.” Mo Tan returned a smile to the other party: “My name is Mo.”
“I know~” Long smiled gently: “I heard everything you said earlier.”
Lu Wei rolled his eyes: “You just said one second ago!”
“I didn’t lie~” Long extended an index finger and chuckled: “For the past ten-odd minutes, I’ve been watching you from ‘one second ago’.”
Lu Wei put away his wrench and shook his head: “Whatever, you’re here to take that kid, right? Get lost quickly, I’m done with my business here. Oh, by the way…”
The old goblin pointed at Cordova: “Alpha Dog, come with me for a moment. There are some parameters I need to get your opinion on.”
“Heh…” The Dog-Headed Kobold listlessly swayed his arms, muttering softly: “So you old man still know to ask for my opinion?”
“Hmm?”
“Nothing, Dad!!”
Long turned and smiled at Cordova: “Quite cute.”
The Dog-Headed Kobold’s already somewhat hunched back suddenly looked even more weathered…
Seeing Lu Wei leave with Cordova, Feimigeer also bowed slightly to Long: “Then I’ll return to the Sixth Pillar first, Mr. Long.”
With that, he leaped off the platform and vanished in the blink of an eye.
【Quest: ‘Activate Alpha Dog 014’ completed. Gained 100 optional experience points, Lu Wei · Feizierban Favorability +1%】
Mo Tan also received the system notification of quest completion at the same time.
“We have many questions~” Long said softly to Mo Tan: “You should too. So, please follow me…”
He didn’t walk towards the mist that Lu Wei and Cordova had entered when they left, but slowly walked towards the edge of the platform, the same side where Feimigeer had accidentally fallen off earlier…
Mo Tan followed behind Long. Although he knew that even with his eyes covered, the other party should still be able to see, and he also guessed that he wouldn’t be led off a cliff, he still subconsciously quickened his steps to walk closer to Long.
“Thank you, but don’t worry~” The other party turned around and smiled sweetly: “Few people are more familiar with Tian Zhu Mountain than I am…”
Mo Tan nodded: “Sorry~”
Despite the sudden apology, Long immediately understood what Mo Tan meant, and simply shook his head: “It’s alright, I don’t have normal vision, but I don’t see any less than you do. Please wait a moment…”
He stopped at the edge of the platform, then lightly snapped his fingers. Tian Zhu Mountain immediately collapsed by half… No, that’s impossible. A moment later, a faint, ethereal path appeared before the two of them.
“This is my Path of Concept. Be careful not to miss a step~” Long turned back and said softly to Mo, then stepped onto it first.
Mo Tan followed behind him. The two walked about twenty steps, and then…
They inexplicably appeared in the center of a grand hall!
In front of them was a giant crystal pillar, its texture quite similar to the eternal crystal Mo Tan had given Cordova earlier. The surroundings were empty, and the ‘ground’ beneath their feet was clearly divided, with black and white colors appearing on the left and right, centered around the crystal pillar in front. In the four slightly distant corners, there was a statue placed in each…
“The Path of Concept can make the tedious process of ‘traveling’ very short.” Long turned to Mo Tan and smiled: “Welcome to the Chamber of Revelation. This place hasn’t been visited by anyone other than us High-Rank Observers for a long time. Do you know what this is?”
He tapped the crystal pillar beside him and asked Mo Tan.
The latter, of course, shook his head…
“The Ancient Celestial Pillar, also known as the Pillar of Revelation, is the core secret of Tian Zhu Mountain.” Long explained in a low voice, then pointed to the statues in each of the four corners of the hall: “And countless years ago, it brought us these… Light and Shadow Revelations.”
【Ancient Celestial Pillar… Light and Shadow Revelations… What does this have to do with me?】
Mo Tan couldn’t help but wonder, utterly curious after being inexplicably brought here.
“We gave Cordova an almost impossible task, but we didn’t expect him to find you so quickly.” Long’s elegant and gentle voice seemed to contain a hint of emotion: “One of the lights… in the Light and Shadow Revelations.”
Mo Tan shook his head: “I don’t quite understand.”
“I don’t quite understand either.” Long smiled: “Why the door to the Chamber of Revelation would open again, why the Light and Shadow Revelations would materialize within a few short days, why the constantly failing Rune Puppet project would suddenly have a breakthrough, why artificial souls that could never be activated would awaken, why the Revealer, who hadn’t been found for tens of thousands of years, would suddenly appear…”
The amount of information in this passage was immense, but Mo Tan currently lacked enough clues to connect them, and he didn’t know why Long was telling him all this.
“Where there is light, there is shadow, and one of those two ‘shadows’ will… Hmm?” Long suddenly paused mid-sentence, then smiled apologetically at Mo Tan: “The other observers don’t seem to want me to tell you too much. After all, a bigger secret often means greater danger, and you right now…”
“Too weak!”
A booming voice came from not far away. Mo Tan turned his head and saw a burly Orc striding towards them from the entrance. He was dressed in a simple purple robe, leaning on a bone staff, and behind him followed a rock construct burning with dark red flames, the constantly spreading heat waves wildly distorting the air…
“Leisade!” Long shouted, blocking Mo Tan, who had begun to lose health, and said in a deep voice to the Orc striding towards them: “You’ll hurt him!”
“Yes~ I’ll hurt him.” The Orc called Leisade sneered, then slammed his bone staff onto the ground with force, evaporating the Infernal behind him while roaring at Long: “Too many things will hurt him! Including what you’re about to tell him!”
Long fell silent…
“Hello, young man. I hope that fellow didn’t scare you.” Leisade walked up to Mo Tan and patted his shoulder hard: “But you must understand that you are too weak right now. Forget about the mission Long just told you. Besides, there are many things in the Light and Shadow Revelations that we still haven’t figured out, after all, one of the two Shadow Revelations might still…”
“Wait a moment!” Long suddenly interrupted loudly: “You tell me not to tell him, but then you start talking on your own? What does that mean?”
Mo Tan felt a bit confused right now…
“Huh?” Leisade blinked, and opened his mouth wide to ask Long: “You didn’t say any of this?”
“I didn’t say anything!” Even the serene and calm Long felt like hitting someone right now.
Leisade was dumbfounded: “Milhouse told me you almost told this kid everything.”
“Sigh…” Long smiled bitterly and shook his head: “Never mind, since you’re here, I’ll go to the Chamber of Retrospection first.”
“Hold on!” Leisade quickly shouted, but Long’s figure had already vanished in the blink of an eye.
The Orc strongman, who seemed to be a spellcaster, rolled his eyes, then nodded to Mo Tan, who was completely confused: “Nice to meet you, I’m Leisade Fireblade, the Ninth-Rank High-Rank Observer of Tian Zhu Mountain.”
“Hello.” Mo Tan also nodded: “My name is Mo.”
Leisade: “…”
Mo Tan: “…”
“Uh~ I’m out of words.” Leisade, who hadn’t managed to come up with anything for a long time, scratched his head awkwardly: “Then let’s go.”
“Where?” Mo was instantly confused by his abrupt remark.
“To the Outer Mountain. There’s a place there that can help you quickly increase your strength.” Leisade pointed at Mo Tan: “Too weak. As a Light Revelation, you’re simply too weak, so we need to find a way to solve this problem.”
Mo Tan shook his head with a bitter smile: “I really have too many things I don’t understand right now…”
“Don’t bother with what you don’t understand for now~” Leisade laughed heartily, then actually tore open a dark red rift in the air with his bare hands: “Once you get a little stronger, we can tell you more. This is for your own good.”
With that, he pulled Mo Tan directly into the rift…
For the next few seconds, Mo Tan felt as if he were in a scorching and pungent sulfur pool, his five senses completely useless. Everything around him was distorted, and his body felt as if it were being squeezed to pieces. Even though negative sensations for players in games are greatly reduced, this experience could still be described as truly awful.
Fortunately, this period wasn’t too long…
Fresh, slightly thin air rushed over him. As Mo Tan felt his body suddenly lighten, Leisade’s voice also rang in his ears: “We’ve arrived. I apologize, Warlock teleportation magic isn’t very stable~”
As his hearing gradually returned, a large amount of chaotic noise instantly flooded Mo Tan’s ears. He rubbed his eyes and found himself and Leisade standing in a surging crowd, and in front of them was…
“Tianzhushan Grand Arena!” The Orc Warlock laughed loudly: “My favorite place~~”
Chapter 75: The End
