Fire Mage (Web Novel)

Chapter 685: Sun Titan

After looking deeply at the gigantic astral form, he suddenly looked at the sword in his waist and showed a surprised look.

'Hmm, I thought Grace couldn't get into the Astral Plane because she is an intellectual artifact, but I worried for nothing.'

He then gave one last look at Nick and others and started walking in his soul form towards the Fortress of Soul Graves.

"Hmm, as I move closer to the fortress, I feel the power of Present Time getting stronger." Charles continued to walk towards the fortress-like ruined town and soon arrived at the gigantic broken stone gate.

"Hmm, why do I feel a strange prying sensation?" As he stepped into the ruined town through a small gap in the stone gate, he suddenly felt an immeasurable amount of pressure appear out of nowhere and scan him.

Simultaneously, he felt an eerie gaze from the center and looked up.

At that moment, the cloudy astral figure's face was looked in his direction, giving him an eerie goosebumps!

"No good! That being noticed me!" He thought the astral being was sealed in the 'Time-Stop' zone, but his judgment was utterly wrong.

'Can she also move?'

As he was in deep thinking, a strange voice echoed in the depths of his mind.

"&%$) $*%& %*(($&%," Unfortunately, he couldn't even understand a word of that being. But he knew that this voice belonged to a female.

'A new language?' Charles furrowed his brows and soon decided to try rune language.

"Can you talk to me in Rune Language?"

"Yes, Human. I can talk in Rune." The woman responded quickly and soon added.

"Please help me once, Mortal. I swear in the name of Ancestor of Sun Titan that I, Thera, will never harm you for the rest of my life."

"Sun Titan? Seal?" Charles stared at the gigantic figure for a second and soon asked.

"Then, what are you actually battling against? What is that gigantic round thing?" It was as the size of 3 meters in diameter and was radiating endless chaotic energy to the surroundings. But as Charles looked closer, he noticed that the gigantic dark round was a force field-like structure. Within the structure, he saw a vague silhouette of a humanoid being.

"It's an Evil God. A creation made by the Supreme Demon for invasion against the other planes. They only seek destruction and chaos. I came to get some treasure but ended up releasing an Evil God that was sealed in some damned coffin. With no other choice, I used a unique 'Time-Space' seal in the astral plane and sealed myself with this thing for more than 15,000 years. I was hoping that some powerful Mage or even the Guardian will appear and release me, but nothing happened. You are the first person who wasn't affected by the 'Time-Space' seal and can walk in the sealed Astral Plane like it was nothing." He could feel the astonishment in her tone.

'15,000 years? If what she said is true, she is basically an explorer like me and might help me achieve my goal.' But before that, he had to confirm something.

"What are you planning to do with this evil god? If I unseal the Time Space seal, won't it escape and cause destruction?" Charles asked.

A silence answered.

In truth, the reason Thera sealed herself with the released Evil God was to stop it from harming the innocent people in this dimension. But as years passed, she grew lonely in this place and became numb to feelings.

Noticing the silence, Charles let out a chuckle and spoke.

"I also don't really care about the people from different races in this dimension. As long as you promise me help capture a being called Devil Crow, I'll help you with whatever you want."

"You! Aren't you worried that releasing this Evil God will harm your fellow comrades?" Thera asked in a surprised tone.

"Comrades? Except for a little friend of mine, all those guys are not that much important to me." Charles said while shaking his head and asked further.

"So what do I have to do now?"

"Move to the center of this town and enter the Temple of Souls. After that, go to the Sacrum Sanctorum and look for the hidden door. It will directly lead to the Chamber of the Dead. At the end of the chamber, you will not only find a Black Coffin but also my original body in real world. But be careful, though. Once you enter the real world, you might get corrupted by the chaos power released by the Evil God."

Charles nodded his head.

He then looked around the surroundings and saw long, crumbled buildings covered in vines and plants.

But what startled him more was that he saw the fallen tree leaves, birds, and even some magical beasts that remained frozen due to the 'Time Stop' seal.

'Hmm, this place has been frozen in time for more than 15,000 years, huh? But how did no one notice yet?' Charles also noticed a group of humans with eye symbols on their robes were frozen there, standing near the stone wall. He even saw a guy frozen in mid-air.

'It seems he tried to jump to the nearby building using some skill but entered the 'Time Stop' seal range.' Shaking his head, he continued to walk on the ruined pathway. As he moved ahead, he started to see some two or even three-storied buildings in perfect condition and guessed there must be some magical formation to keep the building from getting ruined over time.

After walking for another 15 minutes, Charles finally managed to see a conical-shaped building with the symbol of a scythe at the top of the building. Unlike other buildings, it was encircled by three-meter-tall compound walls and had many strange statues of animals, birds, humans, and other races.

Charles quickly arrived before the compound wall entrance and quietly passed through the door like a ghost.

A second later, a large empty ground filled with weeds appeared before his eyes. Without delay, he stepped forward and moved towards the temple. Before long, he arrived in front of the temple's entrance door and again passed through inside like a ghost.

"Ugh, I actually took three days to open that magical array enforced door. But how can you move this far without getting any strain in your physical body?" Thera asked while grumbling and trying to gather more information about him.

On the other hand, Charles didn't even consider responding to her question and continued to walk in the gloomy, dark temple hall. Multiple Stone pillars supported the main hall of the temple and made the temple's interior look more grand.

Charles cautiously walked towards the center of the temple and soon arrived before the Sanctum Sanctorum,

"This is it." Charles again passed through the door and soon arrived in front of a strange statue of a woman with six hands. Each hand had unique weapons like a sword, spear, scythe, etc., and looked intimidating.

"This was the Goddess of Death, whom once ruled this divine realm long ago. Although she had fallen from the divine Throne, I don't think her soul perished or even entered the Eternal River of Life. When I released the Evil God from that strange Coffin, I sensed an eerie gaze from this statue. No, it was more like an eerie cold gaze that sent shiver down my spines."

"Even though she had fallen from the Divine Throne, she can still sense this far?" Charles couldn't help but ask. Although he could get a small amount of information if they mentioned his name while thinking about him, he was still far from reaching such a level.

"That's why I ended up using my trump card and stopped the Evil God from leaving in fear of getting hunted by this Goddess. But now, I felt staying here is more painful than the fear of getting hunted by some fallen Goddess."

'This Sun Titan sure is an unfortunate one.' Charles activated the [Enigmatic Unraveling] skill and quickly found the hidden door.

After that, he didn't stay in the Sanctum Sanctorum and hurriedly walked closer to the hidden door made of magical patterns. But he didn't unlock the door through normal means and directly passed through.

A second later, a gloomy staircase appeared before his eyes.

Thanks to his 'Night Vision' skill, he didn't face any difficulty walking down the gloomy staircase. Before long, he arrived in front of a gigantic underground chamber supported by a row of iron Pillars. Strange murals and carvings were depicted on the walls on both sides, showing the deep history hidden behind this temple and this fourth layer itself.

'If I have extra time, I can use 'Mythos Decoding' and learn a lot of secret about this temple and the Goddess of Death herself.' Unfortunately, he was already racing against time and didn't dare to delay any longer.

'I don't know how the Disaster will occur but I must escape this place before I got myself tangled up in the destruction.' He thought to himself and continued to walk ahead.

But after walking for a while, he finally stopped before a large elevated platform.

As he had seen in the vision image, he saw an eerie black coffin at the center of the platform, and looked ominous. He also saw a golden-haired woman, who appeared twice the size of Charles's original body, sitting in a meditative position near the Coffin and seemed to be holding a disk-like glass artifact.