FWF Chapter 353 -353-The Stone Tablets, the Little Girl’s Mischief
Chapter 353 -353-The Stone Tablets, the Little Girl’s Mischief
The corner of Daniel’s mouth twitched, and he asked helplessly,
"Why are you here? Where is Vincent?"
In his impression, those two seemed to have been traveling together.
Hearing this, Vera’s eyes suddenly rolled.
"I’ll tell you a big secret!"
She blinked, her voice suddenly dropping low.
"As long as you let me go, I’ll tell you where that fool Vincent is!"
"There are lots and lots of treasures where he is..."
Daniel’s eyes suddenly lit up.
"Lots of treasures?"
"That’s right!"
Vera nodded repeatedly, her head bobbing like a chick pecking rice, her eyes full of sincerity.
"Fine. Explain clearly, and I’ll let you go."
Daniel smiled faintly.
Vera’s shoulders relaxed a little.
"There’s... there’s a place, and it’s really magical!"
Vera lowered her voice mysteriously, gesturing with both hands, her eyes round and wide.
"That place has eight really, really huge stones. There are all kinds of twisty, winding things drawn on them, and I couldn’t understand a single one!"
"But that fool Vincent treasured them so much. He hugged the stones and refused to let go!"
"Oh?"
A sharp light flickered in Daniel’s eyes.
"Vincent said the things on those stones are extremely wondrous, and that you can obtain very powerful treasures from them!"
Vera spoke seriously, then pouted and waved her hand with a look of indifference.
"But I couldn’t understand them, so I left. I’m not wasting my time!"
Daniel secretly considered whether Vera might be lying to him.
Although Vera looked cute and somewhat foolish, she actually had very clear awareness.
Otherwise, she would not have directly abandoned the opportunity.
She understood very well: since she could not comprehend it, that meant the opportunity was not suited for her.
It was better to go elsewhere and search for opportunities more suitable for herself.
Vera seemed to guess what Daniel was thinking. She widened her innocent eyes and said solemnly,
"I-I’m not lying to you! Really! If I lie, I’m a dog. The kind that goes woof!"
The corner of Daniel’s mouth twitched slightly.
"Fine. Then tell me where that place is first."
He spoke calmly.
Vera obediently told Daniel the location of that secret place. After she finished, she shouldered the giant blade that was bigger than she was and ran off in a flash, not even daring to look back.
...
The Realm Beyond the Shore.
This place seemed to exist in outer space, yet it also truly existed within the current plane, like a hidden secret realm.
Eight enormous stone tablets stood towering and majestic, each ten thousand meters tall, piercing into the clouds.
The surfaces of the tablets glowed with a hazy light and were covered in mysterious, unfathomable words and patterns.
Some were twisted runes, some were flowing Star Charts, and others looked like the outlines of ancient beings.
The eight stone tablets were located in eight different directions, like a magic array that had been laid down.
Before each stone tablet, one or two powerhouses were quietly studying.
Some flew to the top of the tablets and looked down at the patterns on their surfaces.
Some sat cross-legged at the base, eyes closed in deep thought.
Some stood there stiffly like wooden statues, their gazes hollow, as though their spirits had already been sucked away by the stone tablets.
Even with so many powerhouses gathered here, this space remained as silent as a soundless realm. Even breathing seemed to become cautious.
Only every once in a while would Law ripples slowly spread outward like waves across a lake.
Each time the ripples appeared, some powerhouses would reveal expressions of joy, then devote themselves even more fully to their research.
It was as though, in the eyes of these powerhouses, nothing existed except the stone tablets.
Even Vincent, a being from another universe, was ignored by the many native powerhouses.
They were focused only on the stone tablets before them. How could they have any attention left for anything else?
And Vincent likewise paid no attention at all to the existence of those native powerhouses, even though he knew that standing here were not merely one or two peak Divine-grade beings, but an entire group!
An entire group of peak Divine-grade beings!
Yet everyone tacitly treated the others as though they did not exist. Each of them was immersed in the mysteries of the stone tablets, fully concentrated and free of distraction.
However, everything happening in the Realm Beyond the Shore was being clearly displayed somewhere else.
It was a treasure as smooth as a mirror, and upon the mirror’s surface, everything occurring in the Realm Beyond the Shore was being reflected.
It even clearly captured a figure stepping into the Realm Beyond the Shore and slowly walking toward those stone tablets.
That figure was Daniel.
"Hmm? Is he the person you’re looking for?"
A little girl who looked about five or six raised her head, blinking her large eyes as she looked at Kelly beside her.
When she smiled, two shallow dimples appeared, and her small tiger teeth were white and bright.
Kelly smiled gently and nodded.
She stared at the figure in the mirror, with indescribable waves hidden in the depths of her eyes.
"I-I want to see if he’s strong!"
The girl blinked mischievously and flicked out her chubby little finger.
A nearly invisible ray of light silently entered the mirror.
Within the mirror’s image of the Realm Beyond the Shore, the light of the eight stone tablets suddenly dimmed the instant Daniel appeared, as though an invisible hand had covered their radiance.
The powerhouses who had been studying with great enthusiasm saw this change and could not help turning their heads one after another, their gazes landing in unison on Daniel, who had just arrived.
Dozens of peak Divine-grade gazes were like sharp blades, enough to make one’s back turn cold.
But at that very moment, the light of the eight stone tablets suddenly blazed intensely.
So bright it was dazzling, as though eight blazing suns had risen at the same time!
These stone tablets had stood here since the birth of the world. Countless beings had comprehended the mysteries upon them, learned Sacred Arts, and broken through their Ranks, yet such a strange change had never occurred before.
And now, Daniel had triggered such an astonishing disturbance the moment he arrived.
Immediately, the eyes of all the powerhouses once again fixed firmly on Daniel.
Being stared at by more than ten peak Divine-grade powerhouses would have made any ordinary powerhouse’s legs go weak.
Daniel, however, remained calm.
Whoosh—!
The light of the eight stone tablets suddenly dimmed.
In the image, those powerhouses turned their heads back one after another and continued studying the stone tablets, as though the scene just now had never happened.
The little girl’s eyes instantly lit up.
"Haha, how did he do that? So interesting!"
The little girl laughed happily, revealing a pair of small tiger teeth.
"Sister, I feel that teasing others is the most interesting thing, just like when punishing others! Hahaha!"
Kelly looked at her with a complicated gaze.
This girl was the will of this entire newborn world!
Kelly asked softly,
"Punishing... is fun?"
The little girl grinned.
"It’s fun! Those beings are so afraid of being punished that they cry and wail like the sky is falling. Actually, it’s not that terrifying—"
She pursed her lips.
"But there is one kind of tribulation that even the most determined beings may not necessarily be able to overcome."
"Which kind?"
Kelly asked curiously.
"Egoless Judgment!"
The little girl’s eyes lit up.
"Egoless Judgment is amazing! Once, there was a powerful being who wanted to achieve supreme-grade, so I arranged an Egoless Judgment for him!"
"What is that?"