Ethereal Ascendance: A Journey of Transformation(Vol 4)

Vol 4/ Chapter 97: The Long Journey

Boy, the place the God of Light chose is awesome! It might be built right on top of a volcano!

If we didn't look at the map, we would never have realized this. Luckily, we seem to be in a time around 10,000 years ago, and that mountain doesn't show any signs of erupting. From future records, the Sulide Volcano has erupted many times, but the scale was never too huge.

"Looking at the location of this central city, if we are really near the Sulide Volcano now, maybe it's within reachable range?"

Adrian also thought of this, pointing at the old map and saying.

"You want to go to the central city?"

I immediately understood his intention. To be honest, I was quite curious about what cities looked like 10,000 years ago. But the problem is whether we can actually get there.

After all, we are now trapped in this place where time and space keeps looping. The central city is likely outside of this "space-time barrier", which means going there would be a wasted trip.

"Yes, I mainly want to verify a guess - whether the central city is also trapped in this space-time loop, constantly resetting together with the Light God and Saint Angel!"

Seeing my thoughts, Adrian nodded at the map.

"Ah...I understand what you mean!"

With his prompting, I suddenly realized. This is a very important clue. Because in the real world 10,000 years later, at the same coordinates there is an actual holy capital Jethrobaines there. If the central city is also within the scope of the time reset effect, then how can the holy capital with no time reset exist? It shouldn't exist at all!

This directly relates to the nature of the "space-time barrier" - whether we are in the real world constantly entering time loops, or in another almost identical world.

Just having one volcano can't fully explain the issue. If this point is confirmed, it's possible this world may not even be real...

This can also explain why history recorded the God of Light was defeated and died, but another one jumped out on the mountain.

"So you two are going on a long journey?"

Hearing our conversation, Judith blinked her eyes a little disappointedly.

"Hehe, I haven't had enough of that Sour Fish Stew yet, I was planning to stay here a few more days to keep you company..."

"Really sorry about that!"

I glared at her. This girl really dares to say that out loud. Wants to stay and eat for free after freeloading? Even if we don't leave, the fish won't be that easy to catch.

Actually, going to the central city doesn't really count as a long journey. In this space-time looping distorted world, how far can we really go?

"What are your plans next, still want to travel with us?"

Adrian's expression also looked a bit displeased. If not for considering that Judith had helped him a lot before, helping him avoid the "Judgement of Light" after each reset, he might have started kicking her out already.

"Of course, I'll continue investigating!"

Judith shrugged and stood up, stretching lazily as she answered.

"If we are really near Sulide Volcano, the map clearly shows there are quite a few small and medium towns around. We might be able to get more useful information from them."

"Towns around here?"

We were certainly not unfamiliar with the towns she mentioned. When we took the detour behind the "Cloud Palace", we passed through such a place on the way. Hearing this, Adrian glanced at the map and kindly reminded,