Odyssey of the Blind God

When focusing on all of his senses, Nial had it much easier to avoid certain traps.

With Mathias' support, it was also possible for him to fill the gaping hole on the floor.

Their small group entered the room with careful steps. They started searching through the room and soon figured out that there were more old books than runic armaments that were of a higher value.

"That's great!" Nial suddenly exclaimed, making Bella and Mathias' turn around to look at him.

"What did you find?" Bella asked while approaching him.

A moment later she arrived behind Nial, just to peek at the book he was holding.

[Runiciy]

The book's title was quite weird but Nial was smiling brightly while holding the closed book in his hand.

His mana fluctuations shrouded the book tightly, which was the reason for his smile to turn radiant.

"It looks like some books contain theoretical knowledge on how to create runic armaments. The book called Runiciy is mostly about a specific runic constellation with which one can create protective runic armaments with a higher defense!"

There was a lot more that Nial was able to read in the book, but the vast amount of information he received from the transmitted mana fluctuations was too much for him to handle at once.

That was also why he spoke about the protective armaments and not about other runic constellations, how some were created, and so on.

All of this was simply too complex for Nial to handle! He didn't have any knowledge about runic constellations and didn't want to spend too much time learning about runic armaments as well.

Right now, his purpose of entering the ancient ruins was to refine his strength in various ways, earn a huge fortune, and create a wider range of attacks using various runic armaments.

Bella and Mathias understood this as well, but their opinion was slightly different.

As long as they could learn how to create runic armaments, it would be possible for them to earn a huge fortune, gain political power, and have numerous connections.

That was how rare even the weakest runic armaments were.

However, while they were taking a look at the different books that were covered with thick layers of dust, they could clearly tell one thing. The runic armaments they had obtained from the Goblins didn't seem to be as valuable as they had initially hoped them to be.

"Can it be that the runic armaments we got our hands on….are basically trash?"

Mathias grew baffled the more time he spent in the first room on the third floor.

He was somewhat hesitant to enter the other rooms because it looked like the knowledge he had amassed during the last 18 years had suddenly been reduced to garbage and could be thrown out of the window.

After all, everything he had learned so far seemed to lose its value the more Mathias read in the ancient books they found in the first room.

"Well, if you want to put it simply, our runic armaments cannot even be considered to be graded. They're 'Tierless' armaments.

The Old races seemed to make use of 'Tiers' to grade their runic armaments. It started from ungraded and included tiers from Tier-0 to up to Tier-6. And if everything that has been written in the book is correct, Tier-6 armaments are called Divine armaments that only Gods can wield!"

Right now, Nial not only revealed pieces of information that were written in the books he had stored in his storage ring but l was also unveiling some facts about the memories the Odyssey seed had provided to him.

It took him quite a while to figure out things, but Nial was slowly getting the hang of everything.

Unfortunately, this didn't make things easier for him. After all, the things he had comprehended were quite terrifying.

Nial had believed that their runic armaments were worth quite a bit and had hoped to earn a good fortune through it but that was not the case, at all.

Maybe their value was high for mankind. However, that was only the case because their knowledge and technology advancement were far below Nial's expectations.

"That…is that the truth?" Bella just mumbled, starting to feel a little bit dizzy the more Nial spoke.

Her expressions paled a bit, but her hands kept moving, as she stored all the books within the room in her spatial ring.

"With all the knowledge we procure from all the towers and possibly the palace as well, it should be possible for us and mankind to advance by leaps and bounds.

If my guess is not wrong, the tierless armaments we own will be deemed worthless once mankind starts nurturing proper Runiciers!

Ordinary weapons will be scrapped, and even mythical weapons will lose most of their value over time …"

Mathias was merely stating a few facts for himself to calm down.

However, his heartbeat quickened the more he understood the immense value of the books he had in his hands held.

If every single tower and the gigantic ruin of the palace held different but valuable information altogether, mankind could make use of it and advance several hundred, if not thousands of years ahead in terms of understanding and technological advancement.

This was quite terrifying, even more so considering that they had merely plundered two shelves worth of books so far.

There were more than ten rooms to clear on the third floor.

Mathias beamed at the thought of claiming more such treasures for themselves. He looked over to Bella and Nial to share his excitement with them.

However, after seeing how shocked, and somewhat scared Bella seemed to be, Mathias grew a bit confused.

Yet, even more confusing was Nial's expression. Mathias was unable to tell what he was thinking, which was quite unexpected in the given situation.

'Isn't our discovery something to be happy about?' The more he looked at the others the more confusing everything became for him.

"It is certainly good that the ancient ruins dungeon appeared, and that we can claim everything for ourselves, but I don't really think that everything is…all that great…"

Nial had already noticed that something was off, but Bella was the one to reveal the same thought he had.

There was something in particular that made her feel as if it was just too much of a coincidence for the ancient ruins dungeon to manifest in the deepest parts of the cave where the Teradan military base was located.

And by adding the pieces of information Nial had shared about the origin of dungeons to her assumptions, everything became more than a little bit terrifying.

"What do you mean by that, Bella?" Mathias was utterly dumbfounded. It was quite obvious that their find was terrifying…but on the good side.

The information they had procured so far was so good that it could be considered terrifying.

"Well, of course, it is not exactly bad, if you solely look at our finds, but there is something that bothers me…"

After saying this, Bella halted for a moment, debating if she should reveal her worries or not.

But before she could come to a decision, Nial interfered, clearing the suspicion she had.

"What Bella is worried about is quite simple but also unnerving. First of all, the ability to produce runic armaments will help mankind improve its combat prowess by leaps and bounds.

That is great, and it allows us to clear more and stronger dungeons. Even the Originals with a low talent will be able to use certain runic armaments, thereby elevating their strength.

However, as you should have noticed by now, every runic armament radiates a tiny trace of mana.

With a small number of runic armaments this is not a problem, but the moment we create billions of runic armaments, the amount of mana that radiates from the runic armaments will nourish the surrounding, and strengthen it.

This will allow the surroundings to create mana on their own, providing enough mana and the opportunity for many humans to awaken their Origin.

Of course, this is also great, but let's look at it from the other side.

Officially, mankind only has a total of nine well-hidden shelters. By creating numerous runic armaments, the surroundings of the shelters will be richer in mana, and more Originals will awaken, which will in turn enrich the surrounding even more.

We will be able to grow much stronger, but at the same time, far stronger dungeon portals will manifest in our surroundings as the mana-rich surrounding won't prevent their manifestation anymore.

Do you believe that it will be possible for the strongest Originals of mankind to face existences that exceed the prowess of the strongest and most terrifying beasts they have encountered until now…by manifold?"

Nial had far more to say, but he chose not to bombard Mathias and Bella with a lot of information in one go.

In fact, he had problems digesting everything as well. Thus, he forced himself to stop talking as it would only increase everyone's worry.

"So you mean someone intentionally accelerates the speed at which mankind progresses, in order to find out our exact location…by scanning the mana density all over Jundra? Isn't Jundra a bit too large to achieve this? Based on my knowledge so far, mankind was never able to figure out Jundra's size as well...

And…" Bella wanted to keep saying things, but she felt a bit low after hearing everything Nial had said.

Thus, she shut her mouth, and soon the three friends felt a sudden gloominess fill the room.

Nial understood the confusion and nervousness of both his friends. But even then, he felt that it was necessary for him to state one or two points that were quite important to understand.

"Well, that might be the truth, but I actually believe that most Gods are already aware of our shelter's location. But that is not the important point right now because the Gods will have other things to take care of than to eradicate a race that won't even be able to survive being in their presence.

We are simply too unimportant for them to care about…if one looks solely at our strengths and the talent we can exhibit right now.

However, they can still use us to gain an advantage over other Gods, for example, by conquering more lands with stronger beasts.

They can be summoned through dungeons that will be manifested in the mana-richer areas, which can handle these dungeon portals…"

The lands that mankind inhabits would turn into a huge battlefield, where all kinds of powerful beasts would emerge, and start fighting one another.

Everything in their surrounding would turn into an area of death and destruction.

And meanwhile, mankind would be devastated simply because they wouldn't be able to keep the defenses of their shelters intact when powerful monsters would start emerging around them.

In fact, even if that were to be possible owing to some miracle, the knowledge about the runic armaments Nial and the others procured were solely for ungraded and Tier-0 runic armaments.

It was entirely useless to create such armaments if they were to face existences that wouldn't even get scratches from Tier-0 runic armaments…

"That simply means…the Gods want to rush us, to make us improve a lot faster…so that they can start the War of the Gods on Jundra…to determine who will be able to gain supremacy over the planet and every single existence living on it…"

Mathias missed a few points, but the essence of his words was correct.

However, Nial felt that his friend missed the most important point.

'Why are they in such a rush?'

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