Chapter 72 Family Heroes!
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An old town, seemingly a product of the period before the major overhaul, where many houses still retain their semi-timbered structure.
The entire town looks like the ruins of an ancient university, with streets dominated by dense conifers. Several large halls have been transformed into watchtowers, and the foundation stones for the buildings probably all come from the poet plateau in the snow-capped mountains.
However, this place is very close to the ocean, and you can only see the snow-capped mountains on clear days.
Billis arrived here through the Mark II time portal.
What is it trying to tell the agents?
A caravan happened to pass by, and this caravan was likely providing various conveniences to human cities, including tents, leather, weapons, and anything that could be crafted in the icy wilderness.
The people in the caravan all looked very strange, especially the leader.
He was a mixed-race person with a strong local accent; his mother was an elf, and his father was most likely human.
Therefore, he was very tall and handsome, and had absorbed the physical characteristics of both elves and humans.
Moreover, she has a very sweet tongue and is the type who can achieve her goals with sweet talk.
This group was on their way to the Vichar camp to do business, which was located on Leviathan Beach and required passing through this small town.
The Mark II followed the caravan.
Apart from the mixed-race people mentioned earlier, the rest of the caravan consisted of ancient Podrotes, meaning that the caravan likely belonged to one of the greatest human empires of antiquity.
The camp they were heading to belonged to the Naga tribe.
This is a cross-species transaction, which was rare in ancient times.
A Naga leader, radiant like a queen, holding a scepter, greeted the caravan and held a grand welcoming ceremony that evening.
The caravan of seventy-eight people arranged a bonfire celebration. Such enthusiastic revelry made the Naga people lower their guard, and the Naga female chieftain also thought that this was the most sincere business deal.
Who could have imagined that this was a conspiracy orchestrated by the human empire?
Just as planned, the Gupodroth let the Naga stationed at the Vichar camp taste the sweetness, and that very night they poisoned the cider.
Anyone with ambition can see through this group of soldiers posing as merchants.
The caravan wasn't taking the road to the snow-capped mountains, but the road was wide, and the Gupodroth Empire needed to capture the Leviathan camp in order to expand its territory.
Even the most powerful Naga leaders are unable to use magic effectively after drinking the poisoned wine.
In just one night, the Gupodrot people rendered a great service to the empire with a few cast-iron weapons hidden in cargo boxes.
However, the Naga are not a loosely organized tribe.
When one tribe is invaded, another tribe has to help.
Before long, news of the attack on Vichar's camp spread, and all the Naga tribes united to fight against the Gupodroth Empire.
Billis vaguely understood that the Mark II wanted to tell him through the portal of time and space.
The Naga forces have always harbored hatred towards humanity.
After leaving the door, Billy felt as if he had drunk poison in his mouth. It tasted neither sweet nor bitter, but he couldn't open his mouth to speak. He felt no pain or numbness in his body, and his breathing was different from usual. At the same time, he couldn't hear.
Five minutes later, the scene before my eyes began to become real.
The feeling of using the door this time is quite different from before.
Previously, the history the golem told Billy was random; this time, the golem is searching for the timeline according to Billy's wishes.
To prove himself right, Billis once again invoked the name of the Mark II.
He wanted to know what Leviathan really was.
Beris soon came to a view of an island with an active volcano that was erupting, the volcanic rocks covered with patterns that no craftsman could ever erase.
The volcano is surrounded by a large forest, inhabited by dinosaur-like animals and thick-skinned lava monsters.
A group of giants with enormous heads were singing around the volcano.
The giants' enormous bodies seemed to have emerged from volcanoes. Each giant had no hair on its head, a large mouth, even larger eyes, and relatively small ears.
Each of the giants disregards etiquette, constantly fighting and arguing, and they are completely intolerant of other giants.
Some strange force caused the volcano to set off fireworks.
Standing on the rocks, you can see thick smoke in the distance; it must be a volcanic eruption, as if something is heating up a pool of boiling sulfur.
As soon as the volcano roared, they prostrated themselves at the foot of the mountain and knelt before the giant rock on the mountain, which looked like a sleeping eye.
The moment the stone's eyes opened, all the creatures that had thrived on the island for tens of thousands of years turned to ashes.
It turns out they just live on the back of Leviathan.
The giants merely disturbed Leviathan's slumber.
Billy's eyes nearly popped out of their sockets in fright. He subconsciously clung to the cold, icy wall, while scalding sweat poured down his body.
This is definitely not something that the current reincarnated individuals can handle.
Upon leaving the Mark II portal for the second time, Billis felt a struggle and bleeding more painful than spasms, with the ground beneath his feet tearing and melting away every moment.
Hell appeared, and the nightmares struck too quickly.
Billis thought he had left the golem, but unexpectedly, he was greeted by the third time portal.
He witnessed countless demons reveling in screaming pleasure alongside Leviathan, and heard the constant, feeble breaths coming from outside, and the entire other world was changed as a result.
The earth trembled, flames roared, and a bloody fog shrouded the sky. The stench of burning flesh filled the air, like rampaging beasts constantly crashing against the golem's protective barrier.
Life on the earth is constantly struggling against cruel catastrophes.
There's no way to escape, and I mustn't escape!
Then let's fight! Let's battle the demons to the very end!
"Bilis! Bilis! Bilis! Wake up!"
Aisha stroked Biris's burning forehead and used magic to lower his body temperature.
Where am I?
"I heard you yelling, Billis! You have a high fever, it must be from transforming too many times!"
Where's Mark?
“They’re still in the courtyard. Mark is sick too, his face is as red as a branding iron! It looks like he just swam in lava!”
"It's so real. Mark not only showed me history, but also predicted the future."
What will the future be like?
Billy, confused, mistook Elsa for Lisa, grabbed her hand, and gently shook it.
"My dears, I will protect you."
“Beris? Beris! Beris…”
Just like when he came back from the Astral Research Institute last time, no one knew how long he had slept.
If it weren't for Elsa's meticulous care every day, this agent would probably have had to leave this other world.
And so, about two weeks, maybe three weeks later, Billis was finally able to enter the portal again.
This time, through the door, I saw the vast sea and the azure sky. The colors of the world were not beautiful, but they were quiet and warm, as if wrapped in the palm of my hand.
For a moment, Billis couldn't tell whether this was history or the future.
On the distant coastline, the falling light, like the arrival and departure of the light of life, evokes sorrow.
“My dear golem friend, what do you want to tell me?” Billis muttered to himself.
Our gaze soon fell upon another small island, which was quite different from the previous one.
The island is covered with lush flowers, butterflies flutter among them, and fairies sing.
At the center of the island, there is also a volcano, but it is an extinct volcano.
It has been extinguished.
A person was sitting on the volcano. Billis couldn't see who it was. Just as he was about to walk over, the portal suddenly closed.
"Bilis! Bilis! Bilis! It's lunchtime!"
Elsa, who only cared about her daily life, valued Billy above all else. Fearing another accident, she forcibly pulled Billy back from the door.
Just like before, Billis couldn't tell which side of the world was real.
"What time is it now, darling?" Billis asked groggily.
"Biris! Master Lisa is still out on a mission!"
"Oh, is it Elsa?"
"Biris! Time for your medicine!"
"Is there a message on my communication device?"
"No logs are showing! Billis! Time for your medication!"
"No need, I don't think I'm that sick."
"But you seem to be losing sight of reality."
"It will be alright soon, Elsa. The process of becoming stronger is painful, and this is the first lesson I'm going to teach you."