He initially planned to rope in the Brilliance Shrine's team, and with the power of the two forces, they should be able to maintain a certain degree of balance with the Tower of Dusk. However, the Brilliance Shrine was obviously leaning towards the Tower of Dusk now. Wouldn't his team be in danger!?
Donald had no choice but to consider if he should find an opportunity to curry favor with the Sanctuary powerhouse of the Tower of Dusk. However, the problem was that he didn't have anything that he could offer. His forte in alchemy was the Alchemy Colossus, but he had forgotten that the Tower of Dusk had a dwarf master whose attainments in alchemy were beyond his comprehension.
In fact, Donald even suspected that the dwarf metallurgist might be the legendary Guru of Alchemy, because he could even find so many problems with the work of the best metallurgist of the Rotterdam Kingdom. In the past, Donald and the others would find an excuse to say that the dwarf might have found the secret hidden in the Alchemy Colossus. However, now that they thought about it, that excuse was too ridiculous. How could the metallurgist of a Sanctuary powerhouse be incompetent? In fact, they had only found excuses in the past because they were unwilling to face reality.
Alchemy, which they were best at, was almost worthless to the Guru of Alchemy. Hence, what could they use to curry favor with him? When Donald thought about the tragic situation that his team was about to face, he suddenly felt a headache coming on. Not to mention that the Brilliance Shrine and the Tower of Dusk had joined forces, even if the Brilliance Shrine did not help them, it would not be difficult for the Tower of Dusk to destroy him with just the Sanctuary powerhouse.
While thinking about it, Donald couldn't help but look at the Tower of Dusk's Undead servants, including Ujfalusi. All of a sudden, a ray of light flashed in front of his eyes, as if a bolt of lightning had cleared the fog in his mind. An idea popped up in his mind.
However, after having an idea, Donald did not immediately go to Lin Li. Lin Li had just had an intimate conversation with Archbishop Martin, and it was clearly not a good time for him to curry favor with him.
The expedition rested on this floor for a period of time. In fact, the main thing that delayed them was the Alchemy Colossus of the Rotterdam Kingdom. The team of the Brilliance Shrine had all been baptized by the Holy Light, and their abilities had increased greatly. Hence, it was enough for them to recover a little.
However, Lin Li did not want to give up on the Rotterdam Kingdom yet. Even though he was racing against time with Osric, he still gave the Rotterdam Kingdom enough time to repair the Alchemy Colossus. When everything was ready on the Rotterdam Kingdom's side, the expedition finally set off again, and arrived in front of a gate on this floor according to the information they obtained during their rest.
To be honest, the expedition could not help but shudder at the thought of the bitter battle between the two worlds when they looked at the black vortex-shaped door. Only the heavens knew what kind of world awaited him behind this door. Perhaps it would be his burial ground.
However, he had no choice but to enter, because in the entire space on this floor, there was no other door for him to choose from other than this door. Therefore, the moment they stepped through the door, almost everyone subconsciously took a deep breath.
After passing through the gate, the expedition unsurprisingly came to another world. However, when Lin Li saw the situation in this world, he couldn't help but be stunned. It was because this world had an extraordinary meaning to Lin Li, and it was something that he would never be able to forget no matter how many years had passed.
This was an absolutely unimaginable, incomparably majestic palace. The entire palace emitted a golden light and a magnificent aura, as if only the supreme gods were qualified to step into it. In the face of this palace, everyone felt insignificant and lowly, as if standing here was an unforgivable blasphemy.
The massive palace was indomitable, and it was like a deity overlooking the world. The golden light filled the entire space, and no one dared to look at it directly. Standing in front of the resplendent palace, everyone couldn't help but breathe softly. Although it was just a lifeless palace, the incomparably solemn aura made everyone feel pressured.
The shock and pressure they felt was something they had never felt when facing the Sky Castle that was the condensation of the wisdom of the High Elves. They couldn't imagine that there would be such a palace in the world at all. Even the most magnificent High Elves' buildings described in history would probably be far inferior to the palace in front of them.
However, the reason why Lin Li was shocked at this moment was different from the others. It was not because of the majesty of the building, but because of the overlap between reality and memory. Yes, the majestic palace that others had never seen or heard of was no stranger to Lin Li, because it had another name — the Well of the Sun.
The name Well of the Sun came from the world of the game that Lin Li had transmigrated to. According to the background story of the game, the collapse of the Tree of Eternity caused the mana of the entire world to go berserk, and formed a massive collapse of space that tore a shocking wound in the mainland.
Of course, Lin Li was familiar with the Well of the Sun not only because of his understanding of the background story, but also because he had entered the Well of the Sun himself. Strictly speaking, it was his Lord Hunter that had entered the Well of the Sun, but that made no difference. At the same time, it was the Stars of Fury that he had obtained in the Well of the Sun.
After Lin Li came to Anril, especially after obtaining the seven pieces of the debris of the stars, he knew that Anril had a considerable connection with the Endless World. He had also once looked for information about the Well of the Sun in a bid to see if he could retrieve the Stars of Fury from the Well of the Sun of this world.
However, to Lin Li's surprise, there was no information about the Well of the Sun in Anril. Besides, it was not because of the information blockade, because neither the Brilliance Shrine nor the Supreme Council had any information about the Well of the Sun in their databases.
In the Endless World, the Well of the Sun was a rather peculiar and terrifying place. It was said that one end of it was directly connected to the Endless Abyss, and after the collapse of the Tree of Eternity, there were endless Abyssal Demons that surged into the mainland through the Well of the Sun, causing countless disasters to the Endless World.
Besides, the disasters caused by the Well of the Sun had never stopped even in the era of the rise of human civilization in the Endless World. Every once in a while, the major kingdoms in the game world would issue large-scale group missions to gather players to fight against the Abyssal Demons that surged out of the Well of the Sun.
If such disasters had also occurred in Anril, there would definitely be records of them in history. Such things could not be concealed at all.
That outcome made Lin Li, who had once thought that the two worlds were inevitably related, doubt his thoughts all along.
However, in Anril, the collapse of the Tree of Eternity did cause some consequences. In fact, there was the largest spatial rift in the entire world at the place where the Tree of Eternity collapsed. However, it was also the safest spatial rift.
The mention of spatial rifts would often make people's expressions change. There were several famous Black Tides in history that had brought great terror to the people of this world. The decline of the Darkness Shrine was also caused by the great rift of the Eternal Darkness Altar. The disaster caused by it almost completely erased the Darkness Shrine from this world. Pope Rosario of the Brilliance Shrine had also been poisoned by a prehistoric viper when dealing with a Black Tide.
However, no magical beasts had ever escaped from the largest spatial rift in the world to harm humans at the place where the Tree of Eternity had collapsed. In fact, the environment around the spatial rift was no different from that of other places. There was no leakage of mana or strong abnormal fluctuations.
It could be said that the largest spatial rift was almost harmless to the people of Anril. As long as they did not get too close to it and get sucked in, they could basically pretend that it did not exist. Due to the fact that the massive spatial rift looked like a whirlpool on the surface of water, it was also known as the Great Whirlpool.
Hence, the question of whether the Well of the Sun existed or not had always troubled Lin Li. Now, facing the magnificent palace, Lin Li finally understood that it was not that there was no Well of the Sun in Anril, but that it had been incorporated into the World Domain of the Immortal King.
However, that matter brought Lin Li another question. How did the Immortal King move the Well of the Sun to this place? Of course, Lin Li believed that with the Immortal King's strength, it should not be difficult for him to do so. However, the problem lay in the timing of the Well of the Sun's appearance.
According to the legends of the Endless World, the Well of the Sun appeared because of the collapse of the Tree of Eternity. In fact, before the collapse of the Tree of Eternity, the name of the Well of the Sun should have been the Sun Palace, which was one of the two largest palaces of the High Elves. The other was called the Moon Palace, but it had disappeared after the battle without leaving any traces or clues on the mainland.
However, in the history of Anril, the Tree of Eternity was destroyed by Geresco, the God of Mages, at the end of the Dark Age. It was the collapse of the Tree of Eternity that caused the High Elves to lose all hope of turning the tables, allowing the human and other races to win the war.
However, at that time, the Immortal King had already been missing for many years. How could he suddenly appear and take the Well of the Sun away? Could it be that he had been watching the destruction of the High Elves coldly? Back then, the Dragon of Destruction, Azardas, foresaw the rise of the High Elves, and wanted to destroy the Tree of Eternity. However, he ended up being killed by the Immortal King. If the Immortal King had always been watching Anril, why did he still protect the Tree of Eternity and the High Elves at first, and then allow the Tree of Eternity to collapse and the High Elves to be destroyed?
Could it be that the Immortal King was afraid of Geresco's strength? That conjecture seemed a little ridiculous. Although Geresco was already an existence close to that of a god, the Immortal King would not be much worse. The fact that he could kill the Dragon of Destruction was enough to prove that the Immortal King's strength was probably not inferior to that of a real god!
However, in the history of Anril, there had never been any records of a battle between Geresco and the Immortal King. It seemed that the two supreme powerhouses who appeared in Anril one after another did not have the chance to meet each other at all.
At the thought of the issue of time, Lin Li could not help but think of another matter. When he first explored the Sky Castle, the team of elves found the unicorn that was said to have brought them hope in the prison of the Central Tower. According to the legends of the elves, the unicorn was the mount of the Goddess of Nature. In order to create a place for the elves to establish their race, she purified the entire Land of Death that was filled with poisonous miasma into the Emerald Forest that was now full of vitality.
However, after the purification, the unicorn disappeared mysteriously. Legend had it that the Goddess of Nature had given an oracle to the elves, hinting that the unicorn had been captured by the Immortal King. However, the elves only settled down in the Emerald Forest after the end of the Dark Age.
Could it be that the Immortal King already had the ability to travel through time at will? That conjecture seemed a little ridiculous, but Lin Li knew that such a possibility existed in Anril. In fact, the Dragon of Time, one of the five Dragon Aspects, had the ability to travel through the past and the future. Hence, it was also the most mysterious of the five Dragon Aspects.
However, no matter what the truth was, there was at least one thing that Lin Li was glad about. After all, compared to the previous two worlds, he had been to the Well of the Sun once. Even if it was not exactly the same as what he remembered, he would not be wandering around like a headless fly.
Besides, due to his familiarity with the Well of the Sun, Lin Li knew that it would definitely be much more dangerous to wander around in the Well of the Sun than in the previous two worlds.
At this moment, the members of the expedition had been standing in front of the palace gate of the Well of the Sun for a long time. They had just recovered from the shock, and finally had the mood to carefully size up the entire palace. In fact, if one took a closer look, they would discover that the beautiful and majestic palace was not really perfect. The palace that was covered by the dazzling golden light was actually not complete.
The collapse of the Tree of Eternity had torn a huge hole in Anril. It could be considered a miracle that the palace could be preserved under such power with only partial damage. Of course, apart from Lin Li, the rest of the expedition did not know why the palace was damaged. They just felt that even though it was damaged, it did not seem to damage the magnificence of the palace. Instead, it made the entire palace look more ancient.
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