novelAnother World
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Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
"This portal can only work for half a month! It is not stable, so it can't support a long-term operation. Also, once it is opened, it can't be closed. Half a month from now, the space cracks will tear apart everything around the portal, " Lu Zhiyu said.
He was standing on the bottom mountain slope of the tower. The red dragon, which had not seen him for nearly three hundred years, was now calmly sitting at his feet.
At this moment, all of the wizards present were those who had decided to stay in the wizard tower. They were staring at Lu Zhiyu, wondering why the red dragon, which had always been arrogant and ferocious, was now like an adoring puppy at Lu Zhiyu's feet.
When Lu Zhiyu waved his hand, the huge gates appeared at the bottom of the black mountain where the wizard tower sat. Instantly, all of the wizards let out numerous cries of surprise. However, Catherine was not surprised at all. After all, in her eyes, Anthony, the great sage, was already understood as being omnipotent.
The huge gate looked magnificent as it sat at the bottom of the mountain. Lu Zhiyu looked back to see the shocked faces of all of the wizards present. There were 300 of them in total, plus around 1, 000 of their family members. The busy wizard tower that Lu Zhiyu had remembered in the past no longer existed.
Lu Zhiyu's eyes swept over everyone. These people looked at Lu Zhiyu with curiosity, shock, and even some glimmers of hope.
For Lu Zhiyu, this wizard tower was no longer the one that he was familiar with. Now, in his eyes, it was just a lonely building that was standing on the black mountain near a beautiful castle.
Moreover, the wizards here were no longer the ones that Lu Zhiyu knew. Those who were taught by Lu Zhiyu had since become apprentices, then great wizards, while many had long passed away in history. When he turned to Catherine, Lu Zhiyu finally felt a semblance of familiarity.
Catherine went to Lu Zhiyu and stood on the steps of the space portal. Then, they climbed up them together, slowly.
As Catherine turned to face Lu Zhiyu, her first question was, "Mentor, what's at the other end?"
Lu Zhiyu's hand touched the rough surface of the portal as he replied calmly, "It's another world, a world where extraordinary powers have not completely emerged yet. It is a world without restraints from any gods!"
Lu Zhiyu looked at Catherine and added, "There, you will see the future of the wizards!"
Speaking of this, Lu Zhiyu's expression looked somewhat complicated, "But, to get there, you may have to leave here forever, departing from your homeland and going to another unknown and distant world! It's much farther from this current world than you might think. It's a distance that is hard to describe with units. Are you ready take everyone to an unknown world and open up the future you want? Specifically, Catherine, do you really want to leave this place?"
Catherine smiled confidently and calmly. She looked as if she didn't feel the slightest sadness, but only hope.
She then said, "Since it is impossible for me to come back again, let me take everything and everyone that is special and important with me! Fortunately, the space portal you built is big enough to take the whole wizard tower and everything else we would we want to take away... In fact, most everything I know has already disappeared in the recent years!"
Although Catherine was still smiling, during the last sentence she spoke, her voice grew hoarse. As Catherine looked at Lu Zhiyu, she recognized that, although they both looked young, the vicissitudes shown in their eyes still revealed everything that they had been through.
Catherine turned her head and avoided Lu Zhiyu's gaze. Then, after a long time, she calmed down and turned to face Lu Zhiyu again.
"Well, let's not talk about that. Let's talk about the future instead!" she said.
Sunshine streamed down on them and a refreshing afternoon breeze blew over the lawn at the bottom square of the tower before gently whistling through the surrounding devil camphor trees. Clouds accumulated like mountains in the distance, but the clouds over their heads seemed thin.
Catherine's face burst into a new smile. She stretched out in front of Lu Zhiyu, as if embracing the breeze and sunshine, as well as the past and the future to come.
She then exclaimed, "I will inherit the will of Bohr, Akkad, Li Weisi, Henry and Uruk, building the future that all of our tower wizards and apprentices have hoped for together! It will be a civilized kingdom of wizards and a dream place for all of us... A new world of knowledge, order and freedom!"
The sunshine seemed to hug Catherine, while her bright smile that she beamed at Lu Zhiyu was as warm as the sunlight itself.
She then called out to him, "Mentor, I know you haven't told us many of your secrets! I know, Bohr knows, and Akkad knows! But, we are all very grateful to you, as it was you who taught us how to recognize the world, gave us the power to pursue truth and knowledge, and gave us the future and the hopes of wonderful lives! In any case, going down this road was each of our choices, and I know our lives will be wonderful because we made those choices!"
After hearing Catherine's words, Lu Zhiyu was so touched, he was rendered speechless. After a long time, all of his emotions could still only be translated into a simple three-word reply, "Thank you, too!"
Lu Zhiyu stayed awhile longer, while Catherine accompanied him around the entire wizard tower. Catherine told Lu Zhiyu everything that had happened here, and he did not leave until the sun set.
In year 308 of the San Calendar, Catherine led the remaining members of the tower and the summoned wizards from other places out of Maria's World. Nearly 500 wizards in total left with her to journey to the Starsoul World.
Thousands of family members and ordinary people also left with them. This was made possible by Catherine's using witchcraft to move the whole wizard tower, as well as most of its buildings, thus allowing them to be transported to the other world.
After all, since her mentor Anthony had told her it was impossible to come back, she had decided to just take everything that she couldn't give up with her! Together, all of them crossed the space portal and headed to the other side of the vast astral. In the new world, they would have a new future!
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