Silent Crown

Chapter 465 Legend and Wine

Chapter 465 Legend and Wine

"All the viewpoints seem to make sense but all are different. I can only tell you one thing, Charles: the Holy Cauldron truly exists." Constantine closed the iron box and ignited his pipe. But looking at Charles's transfixed look, he couldn't help laughing. "You really are Abraham's student. Perhaps I should fire you and let you be an ancient scholar."

Charles finally reacted and shook his head in shame. "I was just frightened. My teacher told me these as bedtime stories. I did not expect the legend is actually true."

"Are you interested?" Constantine took a bottle of wine from the cabinet and placed a wine glass before Charles. "Make me some more ice. There should be good wine when listening to a good story."

Charles immediately condensed the water vapor to make ices and sent to Constantine attentively. "I can even make an iceberg for you! How about I massage your shoulders and legs to help you relax?"

Constantine looked at him speechlessly, shaking his head, and exclaimed, "I have to clarify that I heard this rumor from an antique shop owner. It may not be false but it may not be true. After all, except those who experienced it, who knows what happened in the past?"

Before the golden age of mankind, it was the Dark Age that was never recorded in history. After the illusory era of myths, man appeared in this cold and cruel world, hungry and homeless. They had no power, no civilization, no history, or any records.

At that time, the world was dark. Winter seemed eternal. This mysterious period was called the 'Dark Age' by historians. No one knew how it long it had lasted.

At that time, the world was still under the control of natural catastrophes. The first cave paintings were of the four living creatures. Other than phenomenal natural catastrophes that humans could not observe, such as the Silver Tide, human beings saw catastrophes that lived like them for the first time. They were so strong, so terrible. Like a nightmare, they could not be resisted. A tiny movement of theirs could destroy mountains and the earth. They were monsters in the world, irresistible natural catastrophes.

Hecatoncheir occupied the land. Leviathan set off endless waves in the sea. The descendants of the Dark Gaia walked amongst the mountains and the waters. The Shadow Cereus bloomed in any place with aether. Because of their strong vitality and nature, the four were distinguished from other natural catastrophes like Silver Tide, Holy White Storm, Blood-Scorched Soil, Illusion Mire, and so on. They were known as the 'four living creatures'.

After the 'eight phenomena', the 'four living creatures' appeared so in human history. Man was born in this world but found that the world did not belong to them.

The world was not kind to people. It had never been kind.

Just as how you could die at any time while alone in a foreign country or walking in a dark valley, humans struggled to survive among the natural catastrophes. It was like a fire in the darkness, burning feebly and extinguishing silently. Once there was a gust of wind, nothing would be left. Therefore, that era was called the Dark Age.

The transition in the middle of the Dark Ages was the appearance of the 'three wise men'.

When human were about go extinct in this world, three wise men with advanced wisdom came from the east. They mastered one-third of the world's truths respectively. They brought frankincense, gold, and myrrh to mankind and guided humanity to build their tribes in the Dark World and even...build nations.

Romulus' founding emperor Aeneas was helped by one of the three wise men so that he could live for three hundred years as a human and turn into the Holy Spirit after his death.

With the help of the three wise men, men found all kinds of prehistoric relics from which they extracted incredible treasures. It was said mechanical engineering had started developing at that time.

Not only did the three wise men bring language, civilization, and treasures, but also prophecies from the depths of the aether world, from the Originator. It was the birth of 'God'. Guided by the prophecy, human ships sailed to the end of the legendary world: the Ultimate.

At that time, the Ultimate was not yet the end of everything, but the place where the aether and material world crossed most deeply. It was also the closest to the Originator. All miracles flowed from there.

There, man found the prototype of God—the Holy Cauldron. In this way, mankind created 'gods' from the chaotic Originator. It was the existence of omniscience, omnipotence, full intelligence, full vision, full authority, and full creation.

It was omnipresent, omnipotent, omniscient, intangible, benevolent, self-reliant, and unique. This was the first 'element' created by mankind.

When this concept integrated into the Originator, it turned from the unreal into reality and began existing...and the Ultimate fell into chaos! That terrible shock from the most central transformation of the Originator emerged from the depths of the aether world and rushed into the aether sea. It descended into the material. It could almost be described as...earth-shattering.

The rivers turned upside down, the mountains collapsed, and the ocean rolled up to the sky, exposing the dry seabed. It was like the end of the world.

Everything was upended.

At that time, humans did not even know if they were successful. They could only infer from the aftermath of terror that terrible changes were going on in the depth of the Originator.

After seven days, God was born.

The world became meaningful. Now, the world of mankind was finally created. Man finally possessed the power.

When the element of gods was written into the Originator, the aether path was built on the foundation of God's existence. With this fulcrum, human beings pried the Originator and wrote new rules into it, thus acquiring the mysteries of aether and music theory.

They finally had the power to confront the natural catastrophes.

The seven schools of musicians, all movements, all notes and music theories... The source of all knowledge came from this.

This was why the Church took the Holy Cauldron as the incarnation of a deity that could not be observed or described, even though it had been silent for thousands of years and could not respond to the prayers of the world.

This was the origin of the Holy Cauldron.

The age of mankind began then.

But in that terrible turmoil, more than one deity was created.

Once one had a ruler, one would be able to tell what was straight and what was not. Once there was light, darkness would be born. When the air rose, the turbid gas would fall.

When the elements of the Holy Cauldron started operating in the Originator, the first instruction was made—'let there be light'—and the dark abyss was born from the aether world.

Ambiguous chaos was broken. Hyakume was born along with the Holy Cauldron. The former represented all the negative elements while the latter represented all the positive elements.

Immediately thereafter, when two incompatible elements collided with each other, it was like hell clashing with heaven. It stirred the deep power of the Originator and created riots of destruction.

The two gods themselves stood for everything. They were the endorsement of all things, so their confrontation also reflected in all aspects. Everything in the world was involved and no one could escape from this huge struggle. Even humans were divided because of this.

As a result, the Babel Tower collapsed. The only country divided into two and the two sides fought with each other endlessly. In that war, countless people died.

In order to fight for the Ultimate, countless holy spirits turned into stars and rose up into the sky. The inferior dark followers of Satan were born from the abyss. Even with the deaths of countless people, there was no sign of cessation of the war.

The war would never stop. This was the prophecy of the three wise men. The war would break all the rules and destroy the existing world. The rules would be reset again to reshape the Originator. It would go until both were destroyed and the Originator returned to calmness. All would fall into the chaos of nothingness.

But then, the neutral element separating the two, the Silent Moon, was born. Representing judgment, balance, and aether, the Silent Moon stood between the Holy Cauldron and Hyakume.

The three constituted the perfect balance and became the ultimate natural catastrophe at last, which was what human beings now witnessed—the Three Pillar God.

Thus the path of musicians led to the Originator and the crowns of the three kings was cast from the Holy Cauldron.

The three pillar god, three wise men, four living creatures, eight phenomena as well as the best of natural catastrophes also appeared in this world.

The world became complete.

That huge change caused a violent collision between the material and aether world.

After the creation of countless disasters and miracles, the Ultimate was completely destroyed. It became the end of the world where everything died.

The Originator sank into the depths of the aether world and no one could reach it. The survivors who experienced it recorded it all. It became the Book of the Ultimate—the classic interpretation of human history and the classic teaching material.

Speaking here, the slightly drunken Constantine shrugged. "Of course, I've heard several different versions since then. But I personally prefer this, so I am willing to take it as the truth. What about you, Charles?"

He asked, "What do you think of the story?"

Charles was silent for a while. He could not help asking, "This... Is it really just a legend?"

"Of course." Constantine nodded firmly. "People from that time died long ago. They didn't even have a written language. How can there be records left? The Asgardians and Easterners even say that they came from heaven but no one believes them either. Charles, don't believe things so easily.

"Besides, the owner of the antique shop is the one who likes to lie and cheat--that's the story he used to trick me into buying this amulet, which is supposedly from the dark ages. Look!" Constantine rolled up his cuffs and showed him the amulet on his wrist. "Nice, isn't it?"

Charles nodded. Amber and animal bones were strung on the rope. It truly was nice.

"This bracelet costs me more than two thousand pounds." Constantine sighed. "But in Burgundy's markets, a single pound is enough for one wholesale box! So, don't trust the guys who tell you stories. In order to earn your money, they can make up anything!"

Charles stared at his bracelet blankly for a while and could not help laughing. While laughing, he raised his glass and toasted. "To your bracelet."

"No, this is for my story," Constantine exclaimed and raised his glass. "Cheers!"

Bottoms up.

Everything in the past seemed to fade away with the wine in the cup.