Chapter 742: The Apex of the World
Chapter 742: The Apex of the World
"A Righteous Executor? Why would there be a Righteous Executor here?"
"Run!"
"..."
"If you drop the sword in your hand, I won't stop either."
"Since you've chosen this path, see it through. Don't expect me to let you off!"
On another floating island in the Dust Path World.
Alice, gripping her Law Steel Sword, was engaged in combat with another group of Awakened warriors clad in steel armor.
As Lindsey ventured to the world's center, exploring the terrain around the core pillar.
Alice also managed to find an exit from the underground cave beneath the floating island, returning to the surface. But what greeted her wasn't an empty landscape; instead, a slaughter was unfolding before her eyes.
Well-equipped soldiers on the floating island were slaying with their swords. Surrounded by them were a group of pitiful-looking sub-humans, among whom traces of beasts could be found.
Military conflicts were commonplace in the city-state-like Dust Path World.
However, among the sub-humans, Alice only saw the elderly, women, and children. The beasts, on the other hand, were domesticated, used as livestock or means of transportation.
In contrast, the warriors were well-equipped, and their bodies emanated Essence.
— A military massacre of ordinary people.
Alice couldn't bear to witness such a tragic scene.
She instinctively drew her sword, determined to end this unacceptable sight.
Lindsey called over the communication device.
Alice was kicking a human soldier at that moment.
After dealing with the immediate battle, she looked at the surrendering soldiers, who had discarded their armor, and the sub-humans, who were huddled together, too afraid to lift their heads, only daring to sneak glances at her.
Alice sighed, and then she reconnected with her friend.
Alice: "Lindsey, I'm done here."
Lindsey: "How's the battle going on your end? Do you really have time to talk to me?"
Alice: "It was just a group of Awakened warriors, and I've taken care of them."
Lindsey: "Then I'll be brief—I'm at the world's center in the Dust Path World, in front of the core pillar that anchors the entire world's spatial concept. The situation is, I'm surrounded with no way out. What do you think?"
Alice: "The world's center... Let me think—according to the records in the Chronicles, the world's center is isolated due to its significance to the entire Dust Path World. Trying to enter from the outside might even encounter a Will Barrier, making it extremely challenging."
Lindsey: "So, if I try to leave from the inside, I'll run straight into that barrier!"
Alice: "I'm not sure, but it's likely."
Lindsey: "..." Okay, then I'll figure it out myself."
After sending the message, Alice's gaze returned to the scene before her.
At some point, a young werewolf among the sub-humans was holding a pickled venison leg, trembling as he offered it to Alice.
"Sister... Thank you..."
"..."
Alice looked at the venison leg.
She paused for a few seconds before sighing and taking the leg in her hand.
Then, the Righteous Executor maiden sat cross-legged, reaching out to pat the young sub-human's head.
"I accept this."
"But first, tell me what happened here."
"..."
The Righteous Executor embarked on a path of war and redemption.
Far away, at the world's core, Lindsey also faced his challenge.
Before him stood the core pillar of the Dust Path World, smooth and lacking any edges for climbing.
Lindsey spread his arms and legs, hugging the pillar, and began to climb.
This action was not solely by Lindsey's strength.
Instead, at the position of his hands and feet, each had a strangely shaped suction cup.
[Equipment: Suction Cup]
[Wearable on hands and feet, a suction cup that adheres to the surface of objects for a period of time.]
[Ordinary climbing equipment, of low value.]
This item was something Lindsey purchased from the [Mysterious Shop], which restocks monthly.
Nowadays, with his strength, many items in the shop are of no use.
But there are also some peculiar little gadgets that can be effective in times like this.
From night to day.
Lindsey set off at night, and when the sky lit up with white light, illuminating the pillar and Lindsey's back.
He noticed the sky had brightened and turned to look below.
The bottom of the [Dust Path World] was empty, with nothing visible.
Outside the wheel-shaped world's central floating island, in the distance, floating cloud layers could be seen, but the island's shadow was still unseen.
A misstep and a fall would be a one-way trip into the abyss.
"Jumping down from here... even with gliding, I won't make it to land."
"Not high enough, keep climbing."
Lindsey continued his ascent.
Several hours passed, and by noon, he even felt like he was climbing the Galin Tower, and also like the days of climbing the skyvine.
During this time, Lindsey felt a little tired.
He took out the cube and built a platform on the pillar's surface for a lunch break.
After resting, he continued, also dismantling all the cubes on the pillar's surface to ensure the integrity of the entire world core.
After an unknown period, night replaced daylight again.
Under the cover of night, Lindsey climbed with all his might, his robust physique making him like a track-laying machine, constantly extending the path on the pillar.
Until the late hours of the night.
In the quiet sky, Lindsey stretched out his hand, but there was no 'pop' sound indicating the suction cup's activation.
Beneath his right hand, it was no longer the slightly curved surface of the core pillar.
Instead, it was a 90-degree vertical rock top that could be grasped!
"..."
"Finally... finally at the top!"
Lindsey took a deep breath, leaped into the air, and the next second, he stood at the top of the pillar.
At this moment, his gaze swept across the distance.
When describing the height of an object, there's a term called 'towering into the clouds.'
But at this moment, even the phrase 'towering into the clouds' seemed inadequate to describe the world before Lindsey's eyes.
Floating high in the sky, the cloud layers were thousands of meters beneath his feet.
The floating islands distributed in a wheel-shaped structure around the central pillar were reduced to sesame seed-sized black dots. As he gazed into the distance, Lindsey finally saw the sparsely scattered islands, floating at the edge of his vision.
He had reached the top of the core pillar and also saw the hope of escape!
"Whoosh—"
"Ah!!!"
Lindsey couldn't help but spread his arms and shouted skyward.
His voice echoed in the empty world's peak.
There was not even a single object to reflect the sound, only his shout spreading into the distance, stirring up a sense of grandeur in people's hearts.
"Haa—"
Lindsey exhaled, emptying his lungs.
He naturally braced his hands on his knees and laughed happily.
This journey lasted an entire day and night.
With Lindsey's powerful gamer physique, he had reached the limit of climbing.
Skills automatically activated, and Lindsey heard the familiar upgrade sound effect.
[Sports Sprint Rank: 3→4]
(End of Chapter)
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