Legacy of the Betelgeuse

Chapter 175 - Episode 175: The Paradise City.

A sphere-looking building that is floating above us that looks like a planet rather than a building or a tower. That thing is rotating so slowly and I really think that the Paradise City is not a city, but a world itself. I thought it would be like a flat platform, but how can I be so wrong and how can Becker thought something like this.

Ezira is looking at the Paradise City.

"That is the place where all the people of Orion are going to live."

I'm scoffing and shaking my head.

"Unbelievable... I thought that the Paradise City will be like any other floor, but it looks like a planet. Is that thing attached to the tower?"

Ezira shakes her head.

"No, it floats above the tower, but it does still a part of the tower. You will understand when you see it for yourself."

I'm humming with understanding and then look at Ezira.

"Can I ask you a favor?"

Ezira is looking at me from the corner of her eyes.

"A favor? As long as I can do it, then sure."

I grab Hacal's letter from my inventory and show it to Ezira.

"I need to give this letter to someone in the Paradise City. I heard from Cleadlyn that the heroes can't enter the Paradise City, and Cleadlyn said that only you and the other legendary heroes can enter the Paradise City freely."

Ezira is putting her hand under her chin while humming with understanding.

"That's true that we can get in and out from the Paradise City, but that does not mean we can enter the city so freely. We still need to get permission to enter and we need a really good reason for us to get that..."

Ezira looks at me and continues.

"I will tell you this. I can try and ask for permission to get inside the Paradise City, but I cannot guarantee you that we are able to enter the city. We heroes cannot enter the Paradise City, and it goes the same to those who live inside the Paradise City, they cannot leave and go down to the tower."

I'm furrowing my forehead and tilting my head.

"You need permission? From who?"

Ezira is looking at me for quite a while and then she opens a portal. She looks at me and pointing her hand at it.

"You will see..."

I look at the portal and then look at her. She nods and then I walk toward the portal. Ezira snaps her fingers and her Amruchi disappears. I enter the portal and Ezira is following me from behind. As soon as I get out of the portal, my whole body is shaking and it gives me chills all over my body. This scenery is beyond my imagination. I'm standing on a vast flat platform that seems to be made of stone, and all I can see around this place is just space with stars surrounding me. There are 4 pointy pillars that look like nails at the edge of the platform. Those pillars releasing some kind of blue aura that is flowing toward the Paradise City. I guess those auras are the ones that make the Paradise City float. I see something familiar floating on the middle of the platform, it's so small and yet so bright.

Ezira is putting her hand on my shoulder.

"Are you finished admiring the beauty?"

I'm startled and look at Ezira. I nod.

"Yeah..."

Ezira then removes her hand from my shoulder and smirks.

"Then follow me."

Ezira is walking toward the thing that is glowing so brightly in the middle. I'm following her from behind and now that I realize it, we are so far away from the middle of the platform. Ezira is walking graciously and looks at the stars around us. She snaps her fingers and then her Amruchi appears beside her. Ezira is pointing at something on the right and then her Amruchi immediately runs to where she's pointing at.

The closer we are to that glowing thingy, the more I realize that this is the same gemstone that Krestan had, the [Ulsur Gemstone]. This is the gemstone that I need to get. I wonder if I'm allowed to destroy it, but that would be impossible because this thing seems to be playing an important role to the heroes and to the Land of Sigrid. If I asked this to her, I might get beaten to death and I don't know what she can do to me, and there's a high chance that she could take my [Hero] title from me and kicked me out from the Land of Sigrid and won't be able to enter again. Ezira then standing in front of the gemstone and she's touching it. She takes a deep breath and exhales deeply. I'm standing on the side while watching her doing nothing.

Azrael is looking at me and put his paw on my right leg. I look at him and raise my eyebrows. Azrael is then pointing his nose at the gemstone. I look at him and then look at the gemstone. I guess he's telling me to pay attention to them.

[Skill [Understanding] has been activated!]

I look at the gemstone and an information screen appears.

[Ulsur Gemstone III]

Ulsur Gemstone 3? So this one is the third stone. I believe that the one that Krestan had is the first stone. I think I won't be able to get anything if I destroy it since I haven't found the second stone. I need to pay attention to this matter. I then look at Ezira and I immediately get choke by my own saliva.

[Name: [Seventh Hero] Ezira Alexus

Level: 1.900.000

HP: ???

STA: ???

Status:

STR: ???+??? [ATK: ???+???] [DMG: +???%]

AGI: ???+??? [ASPD: ???%] [SPD: ???%]

DEX: ???+??? [CRIT: ???%] [S.DMG: ???%] [C.DMG: ???%]

INT: ???+??? [M.ATK: ???+???] [WIS: ???]

LUK: ???+??? [DDG: ???%] [LCKY: ???%]

VIT: ???+??? [DEF: ???+???] [M.DEF: ???+???]

CHR: ???+??? [REP: ???] [FAME: ???]

ART: ???+??? [SMIT: ???%] [ARTIS: ???%]

[Skills:

[Concealment (Lv.Max), [???], [???], [???], [???], [???], [???], [???], [???], [???]...]

Ezira slightly opens her left eye and looks at me from the corner of her eyes. I'm clearing my throat and pretend that a speck of dust is entering my mouth. Ezira then closes her eyes again and continues focusing on the gemstone. I look at her status screen once more and I notice that [Concealment] skill is the reason why I can't see her stats. I can only see her title, names, and her level.

How the hell did she manage to reach that level? There are not that many monsters in the Orion that have hundred of thousands of levels. She died when she fought [Ardor] in history. [Ardor] is also one of the invasion bosses, and I fought him as well back then. His level is not that far from [Shazjae]. That concludes that she raised her level here and something way stronger than the invasion bosses do exist in this world, and Ezira raised her level that much from defeating those things.

Ezira then sighs and looks at me. She shakes her head.

"I did not get the permission to enter."

I raise my eyebrows.

"How did you know that you didn't get the permission?"

Ezira looks at the gemstone.

"The gemstone did not react to my wishes to enter the Paradise City. It should be reacting to my wishes by glowing brighter than this."

I'm humming with understanding.

"So, what happened if you enter the Paradise City without getting permission from that stone?"

Ezira shakes her head.

"I cannot enter the Paradise City without the portal that is provided from this gemstone. I am very sorry, but I think I cannot do anything else to help you. As I said earlier, I cannot guarantee you to be able to enter the Paradise City."

I look up and understand that it will be impossible to get in there even if we try to fly up there. It might seem close, but our eyes can deceive us. That city is too far away to be reached from flying, and not to mention that there seems to have no entrance whatsoever for us to get in. There's something I can do about this and it's worth trying. The reason why I'm so confident with this is because I got a quest to enter the Paradise City and to send this letter to Leonia and Hermia. There's no way a system is giving me this quest if I can't even enter the Paradise City.

I'm humming while rubbing my lips. I look at Ezira and raise my eyebrows.

"Can I try it?"

Ezira raises her eyebrows and smirks.

"You? Sure, be my guest. I would be amazed if you can even put your hands on it."

I smirk and chuckle.

"I'm your disciple, so of course I can."

Ezira moves away from the gemstone and pointing her arm at the gemstone. I'm standing in front of the gemstone while keeping my [Understanding] skill active. I take a deep breath and then touch the gemstone, but nothing is happening. Ezira is raising her eyebrows while smiling. I'm confused because there's literally nothing even though I activate my [Understanding] skill. But then I remember that I might need to use the title that was given to me.

[Exclusive Title "Hero" has been removed]

[Exclusive Title "The Chosen One" has been equipped]

I try to touch the gemstone one more time, and the gemstone immediately shines so brightly. Ezira is so surprised that her eyes are widened.

A notification appears in front of me.

[You who has been chosen and received the power shall seek for your wish]

There are no answers or anything to choose from, am I just have to say it out loud? When I'm about to open my mouth a notification appears, the same notification that happened when I planned to evolve Azrael.

[Exclusive skill [Understanding] has interfered the System]

[Exclusive skill [Understanding] has answered the question for you]

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[You may enter the Paradise City, the Chosen One]

A portal is forming behind me and Ezira is looking at me with disbelief. I smile and shrug.

"As I said, I'm your disciple, I can do this much. Shall we go to the Paradise City?"

Ezira is scoffing and then laughs while shaking his head.

"Unbelievable..."