It was a dream-like city, with people wearing strange robes and even stranger glasses. They lived and lived in a steel city filled with tall buildings. It was a miracle city filled with gears and tracks, with strange sculptures and even stranger machines everywhere.
But even Catalina could feel that life here was better than it was now.
There was no need for people to fetch water from a well with a wooden bucket. All they had to do was turn on the pipes in their own homes and they would have clean water. The streets and alleys had abandoned the oil lamps that always emitted the stench of smoke. Bright crystal pillars lit up the world. Those crystals were similar to the magic lamps that had become popular recently, but they were brighter and cleaner. Even the slight roar of machinery and heat could not be felt.
When people traveled, they didn't rely on carriages or their own feet. Strange boxes and discs replaced carriages. As long as one entered one of these boxes, one would quickly arrive at the desired location.
There were colorful crystals everywhere, and the streets were actually paved with white jade and diamonds. However, the people in long robes seemed to ignore them. Strange gear creations lived in this city as if they were living creatures. Humans were not the only masters here.
Looking at this strange yet familiar world, Catalina was lost. She was just a small bar girl born in the countryside. The most important person she had ever seen was the mayor of a neighboring town. This scene was far beyond her understanding.
Time passed. Spring, summer, autumn, and winter. In that instant, Catalina felt like she had experienced a long time. The buildings in this modern city also became a bit older. There were even more strange things appearing.
But suddenly, one day, the color of the sky changed. The white clouds were ignited by flames and began to boil in a strange manner. Soon, the burning clouds in the sky seemed to be boiling. Blood-red ripples appeared everywhere.
This strange change caused the pedestrians on the streets to panic. The next moment, the clouds were parted. Countless rays of light shone down. It was as if something was spying on this world.
"@ # ¥@ # ¥!"
“#@Dda@1321！”
Strange cries and screams sounded on the streets. Even though Catalina was there, no one was able to discover her. Even though it was an unfamiliar language, Catalina could instinctively understand the meaning behind it.
"Angel, the angel is here!"
"Doomsday! We're finished. "
"The prophecy, the prophecy was actually true!"
That's right, the clouds were parted, and the angels with white feathers descended. They were as strong, beautiful, and powerful as the legends said!
Their golden armor glowed like the sun, and their long swords glowed with flames. However, unlike what the priests said, these angels didn't come with good intentions or blessings. The people's first attempts to reach out for help were directly cut off by their swords. These beautiful angels were only here to carry out the butcher's mission.
In Catalina's eyes, these beautiful creations were expressionlessly waving the sharp swords in their hands, cutting down the local citizens. Some citizens tried to control the construction puppet guards to fight against them, but before they could fight, they were nailed to the ground by the blazing spears.
Something even scarier happened next. The entire cloud layer disappeared without a trace. In the sky, a towering giant stood up. This giant had two heads and four arms. One head had a smiling face, while the other head had a snake head. However, his smile didn't mean that he was forgiving. He commanded the angels to carry out a massacre while tearing down the pride of civilization, the Sky Garden that led to the endless Void, and tossing it down like deadly meteors.
Yet, this was only the beginning. Various Gods of all shapes and sizes walked out from high up in the Divine Realm. They either sent out their clones, or personally transformed themselves into deadly destroyers.
The great majority of Gods weren't purely humanoid. Twisted bestial limbs seemed to be a common trait among all of them. This instinctive bestial behavior evolved the massacre into an even more brutal hunting in the forest.
For Catalina, this was a scene of despair. Death and despair were everywhere. She faintly sensed that something was wrong, but she didn't know what was wrong. Explosions and pitiful screams filled her ears, and all she could see were cold slaughterers, as well as scenes that resembled a slaughterhouse.
She wanted to close her eyes, but discovered that she was unable to close them. It was as if there was some sort of power that was making her record every scene.
"No, no, no!"
The despairing girl sat on the ground and cried. The world and scenery around her kept changing. The only things that didn't change were the pitiful screams of despair and curses towards the Gods.
"No …"
As the angels and Gods efficiently slaughtered, the cries and pitiful screams of death didn't last for very long before coming to an end. However, the sounds of explosions never stopped. These slaughterers didn't intend to leave any souvenirs for this city.
Catalina was rather lost as she stood in the middle of the ruins. Nobody could see her. She felt like she shouldn't be here, but she instinctively felt like she belonged here.
She wandered confusedly through the rubble. Her reason and instincts were both urging her to search for something. Suddenly, she saw a pitch-black stone tablet. It was just lying there, untouched by anyone. However, a mysterious sense of delight welled up in her heart. Catalina knew that she had found her goal. She had found hope for the future.
But before she could touch the stone tablet, the two-headed God in the sky suddenly trembled and looked at her. She had been discovered!
The next instant, the angels' spears and the Gods' Light of Divine Punishment arrived together. There was only light before her, but everything returned to silence.
"Wait a moment, just a little bit more …"
"Catalina! Are you alright? "
The violent shaking awakened her from her daze. When she regained her senses, she discovered that she was still in a small room in a bar. Her adopted father was looking at her with a nervous expression.
Meanwhile, I also heaved a sigh of relief when I saw that Catalina had woken up.
"What's the result?"
"My guess was correct. Catalina is indeed incredibly important, no matter if it's to us or to the ancient remnant that might still exist. She's the key, the key to the Sky Tower! They're definitely looking for her. It's highly likely that the undead are all here for her. "
Timlad nimbly removed the electrodes from Catalina's ears and forehead and recorded the data on the device. Even though I had obtained astonishing information and information, Timlad didn't seem happy at all. Instead, he had a heavy expression.
"How long will it take?"
"I'm not sure. It depends."
My seemingly vague question didn't receive a definite answer. But since Timlad didn't deny my guess, it was highly likely that it was true. This time, things were truly going to get interesting.
Currently, Old Barton was still viciously glaring at me. It was as if Catalina wouldn't suffer if I didn't suggest doing a little soul memory retrieval experiment.
"Barton, your daughter is far more important than you think. Running away isn't a solution."
However, I wasn't the one who said this. The dragon lich Winlair was usually quite amusing, but as a lich, how could he not understand the importance of souls? Catalina's soul was so special, and he had long since noticed how important Catalina was. As Barton's blood-related elder, he was able to distinguish right from wrong and speak up for me, which was also helping me out.
Catalina turned around and looked at me pitifully. Her eyes were watery, and the tears that had just flowed out of her eyes in her sleep were about to burst out again. It seemed that if I forced her to look at these things again, she would cry for me.
I shook my head, telling her not to worry. I had no intentions of forcing Catalina to forcefully retrieve her soul memories. Souls were so fragile and delicate. Forcefully extracting information from them would be the equivalent of using a road roller to crush a walnut. Perhaps the road roller would be able to pick up some bits of the walnut kernel from the ground, but the walnut would definitely be finished.
Even if it was only for the sake of completing the treasure trove, I would have to take my time in retrieving the treasure within the walnut.
As I watched Catalina sob in her adopted father's arms, I knew that this was all I could do for today. Plus, I also heard the explosive news about the "reinforcements". It would seem that I would have to properly think about how to deal with them.
"I'm tired from today. Let's all go home and rest early …"
…
…
Too much attention would actually make it difficult for me to do anything. I didn't choose to stay in the bungalow that Salima had provided me. Instead, I directly found a room in a bar here. At this moment, even though it was already late at night, the neighboring room was still constantly rumbling. Even the floorboards were trembling to the rhythm.
"Quiet down! Are you trying to let me sleep!?"
I suddenly kicked the wall, and the neighboring room instantly quieted down. However, several minutes later, an even more peculiar buzzing sound caused my scalp to go numb.
"Honestly …"
I felt rather helpless. It would seem that having Timlad stay next to me had been a foolish idea. So many things had happened today, and so much new data had appeared for him to research. With his personality, it would be strange if he obediently went to sleep.
"Tsk, perhaps he modified himself so that he doesn't need to sleep anymore."
Considering that the undead might come again tomorrow, I really did need his research results. In the end, I could only give up on trying to stop Timlad. I took out two earplugs from my luggage and stuffed them into my ears.
The reason why I didn't sleep wasn't just because of the noise next door. It was because the battle hammer in my room was glowing faintly with a silver light that made me feel quite safe.
I touched the battle hammer and once again tried to use its power to dispel the curse on my body. But soon, the power of Holy Light surrounded my body, transforming me into a blinding light bulb. Yet, it was still unable to dispel the curse that made me weak.
"It would seem that this isn't a curse. The Holy Light isn't even hostile towards me. The Holy Light feels that I'm in an excellent condition. This … could this be some sort of blessing?"
This strange situation gave me an even stranger conclusion. But when considering Amelia's expertise in life magic and plant magic, it was possible for her to turn a curse into a blessing, or to turn a blessing's effect into one that made me weak.
This was just like how a recently severed limb could still be reattached. A severed limb from ten years ago would already be a part of your current condition. Neither Holy Light nor healing magic would be able to heal it.
"It would seem that whoever started the trouble should untie it …"
Just as I was sighing, I suddenly heard the residents downstairs angrily curse.
"What are you doing upstairs? Why are you so noisy? Are you even going to let me sleep? Do you even have any sense of civility?"
I shook my head helplessly as I stood up again. It seemed that I would need to remind Timlad.
"Also, that idiot next door. You're so bored that you're lighting a fire in your room! Don't you have any common sense? Aren't you afraid of burning your room down? "
And so, I stopped and silently summoned a low-level soul. Perhaps this little soul would give the noisy Timlad a bad … sweet dream. It would let him know that howling in the middle of the night wasn't a good habit. If he was really dissatisfied, he should pay attention to how he expressed his dissatisfaction.
"Forget it. Let's sleep early."
When I turned around, I noticed that something was wrong with the silly cat. She had transformed into her elven form for once, but only revealed her cat ears and tail. She was rolling around on the bed while pulling at the blanket.
"Meow, Master, the bed's been warmed up. It's so soft and warm. Come sleep."
Her sweet words caused goosebumps to rise all over my body. I was just about to ask her which pill she had taken, when I noticed that the memory crystal on the table next to her was glowing brightly.
I instantly understood. But this time, it wasn't just goosebumps. I instinctively felt that the death omen was already circling around my head.
"What the hell? You're recording something? You intend to show those two crazy girls? Are you intending to kill me? "
"Meow, I don't understand. I'm just warming up Master's bed like usual."
Harloys intentionally revealed her snow-white skin and the curves of her thighs. Although she was indeed quite pleasing to the eye, this definitely wasn't the time to be staring at her like an idiot.
"… Hurry and stop! I'm really going to die! "
"Meow, Master doesn't like being warmed up by me? But, didn't you say that you really liked being served by me in the tailor's fitting room that day? "
"What the hell? You're still holding a grudge against me? Lady Harloys, please spare me! Do you think that I haven't had enough fun!? "
"Meow, I don't know. I'm just a pet cat that warms up Master's bed."
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