Amber Sword-Chapter 609 - 53 Act King of the Underground (4) (2nd update)_2

Brand’s heart grew more and more puzzled, increasingly certain that the earthquake he had previously encountered was probably just a coincidence.

But could there really be such a coincidence?

If this truly was an earthquake, then it should have happened in the past in Amber Sword as well. Toniger was considered a low-level area transitioning to an intermediate area in the game, and looking at the game timeline, some players should have just recently arrived here during this period.

He couldn’t help but recall the posts related to earthquakes back then. Such posts were more common in Ostan but quite rare in Erune. A special case like this should have left an impression on his memory.

But thinking about it, he couldn’t recall seeing any related posts on the forum. However, he suddenly remembered one thing: there was indeed something related to Toniger on the forum during that period.

It was a strange post—

Brand remembered that the post was asking for an appraisal, and the items to be appraised were Cold Iron Ore and two other unknown things. As soon as these four words flashed through Brand’s mind, it immediately caught his attention.

He quickly recalled the title of that post. He remembered the title was: "Large batch of Cold Iron Ore for sale, also seeking appraisal of two unknown items." To be honest, there were no less than a thousand such posts on the forum at that time—given that players had only been in the game for a few months, there were too many new things they hadn’t seen—so it was a bit unreasonable to expect Brand to remember such a post.

However, at a time when players could barely come across any high-level materials, the sudden appearance of a large batch of Cold Iron Ore made this post go viral. Some people even doubted the authenticity of this matter at the time, which is why Brand remembered this post.

But his memory of the post was quite vague; he had forgotten most of the main content. He could only vaguely recall that the poster seemed to have received a task, and then while mining, discovered two strange items among a Cold Iron Vein.

Brand couldn’t remember why the task involved mining, but he clearly remembered those strange items. The first one was Diagonal Quartz, marking the first time Magic Eye Stone appeared as a material on the forum.

The second item, from the photo, he remembered was a silver sphere. In the end, the post didn’t reach a conclusion about it—but it didn’t just disappear from everyone’s sight. In fact, people later found more silver spheres in other places and learned their origins.

The Silver Heritage—

In the Poem of the Blue of the Cruz people, there were references to the time before the Chaos era, before Martha’s creation—what they collectively called the ’Twilight’ era.

Legend has it that in those ancient times, Gold and Silver people lived within the chaos, along with the mythical Divine People.

One theory suggests that Martha was one among the many Divine People, but another theory posits that Martha was created by the Divine People. However, what kind of existence the Divine People truly were is long beyond research. In fact, besides such ancient myths like the Poem of the Blue, they never appeared within the world of Amber Sword—not even in the bards’ widely circulated, half-true, half-false tales.

Thus, just as Martha is referred to as a symbol of rules, the Divine People are considered a symbol of reality. Players usually assume the Divine People represent the game designers. Therefore, in contrast to Martha’s semi-real, semi-virtual existence, the Divine People should be fully real, and ’non-existent’ in the game.

However, one thing is clear: history records that the Divine People led the first generation of Gold and Silver people in creating the first Saints’ Sanctuaries, and then Martha created the world of Vorn from these ’points’ with the support of the Elemental Codex.

The world’s formation was a lengthy process. Initially, the Gold and Silver people relied on the Sanctuaries to fend off the attacks of the Dragon of Dusk—until the last recorded Sanctuary, Tower of Heaven ’Babel,’ was breached.

Then came the era when the bloodlines of Gold and Silver were scattered across the earth, marking the beginning of the Chaos Year.

Before and after that, history was long buried in dust, with the bloodlines of Gold and Silver nearly vanishing as they wandered the earth through countless eras, but the ruins of those Sanctuaries remain.

Like the Land of the Elves that Brand once led the Ridenburg refugees into, the ruins of the Sanctuaries are widespread in this world.

Some are semi-material, hidden in the crevices of space and time, such as Fairyland.

Some are completely fantasy-like, such as the unbreakable fortress at the pinnacle of the world—Tower of Heaven ’Babel.’

But some are entirely material, mostly built by the Silver people. These Sanctuaries were most thoroughly destroyed in wars; examples include the Iron Plains sinking entirely beneath the earth, and the near annihilation of the Rune Dwarves.

Yet, some have remained as ruins, becoming sacred grounds today. The most famous one Brand knew of was the Gate of Heaven in the Knight Order Country.

But some are unknown, like the Sealed Country, Valhalla.

But regardless, these Sanctuaries are not empty. Like archaeology, those who enter often find things inside—these are the heritages of the Gold and Silver people.

In fact, the Golden Apple in Brand’s possession is a type of Golden Heritage.

In terms of quality, the Silver Heritage might be inferior, but its effects are still quite good.

Thinking of this, Brand could already guess that the previous earthquake could very likely have been caused by the magic resonance when a high-grade Holy Relic was unearthed. Magic Eye Gem, Cold Iron Ore—he almost identified the location of the task.

But it seemed that the Silver Heritage alone would not cause such a huge commotion.

Brand was quite puzzled.

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