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Chapter 23 - Past of the Ancient city (Lore-focused chapter)

Note:- this chapter is mostly just a lore drop about the fanfic and about the few things I changed. If you aren't interested, you can always skip because it would mostly be just Yap.

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π™°πš‹πš˜πšžπš 𝚊 1000 πš’πšŽπšŠπš›πšœ 𝚊𝚐𝚘, πš’πš— 𝚊 πšπšŠπš›πšŠπš πšŠπš’ πš•πšŠπš—πš. πšƒπš πš˜ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš• πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πšœπšπš›πš’πš™πš™πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπš’πšπš•πšŽπšœ πš‹πš’ πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πš πš˜πš›πšœπš‘πš’πš™πšŽπš›πšœ πšŠπš—πš πšπšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš  πšŠπš—πšπš•πšŽπšœ.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ 𝚌𝚊𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎𝚎𝚍𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πšπš˜πš—πšŽ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš‘πšŠπšπš˜πš πšœ. πšƒπš‘πšŽ 𝚝𝚠𝚘 πšŠπš—πšπš•πšŽπšœ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πšžπšœπš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš•πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚊𝚜𝚎𝚍 𝚝𝚘 πšŽπš‘πšπš›πšŠπšŒπš πš–πšŠπš—πšŠ πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽπš–.

"π™½πšŽπšπšŠπšπš’πšŸπš’πšπš’ πš‹πš›πšŽπšŽπšπšœ πš—πšŽπšπšŠπšπš’πšŸπš’πšπš’." πšƒπš‘πšŠπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πš›πšŽπšŠπšœπš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚝𝚠𝚘 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπš– 𝚐𝚊𝚟𝚎. π™·πš˜πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš—πš˜ πš˜πš—πšŽ πš•πš’πšœπšπšŽπš—πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πš™πš•πšŽπšŠπšœ, 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπšŽπš•πš•πš˜πš  πšŠπš—πšπš•πšŽπšœ πšŠπšπšπšŠπšŒπš”πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽπš–, πš‹πšŠπš—πš’πšœπš‘πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ πš•πšŠπš—πšπšœ 𝚝𝚘 πš˜πšŒπšŽπšŠπš—.

πš†πš’πšπš‘πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πš“πš˜πšžπš›πš—πšŽπš’ πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚠𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜. π™Ύπš—πšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽπš– πšπš’πšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πš‘πš’πšœ πš’πš—πš“πšžπš›πš’πšŽπšœ, πšŠπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš› πšπš›πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πš‘πšŽπš› πš•πš˜πšœπšœ πšŠπš—πš 𝚊𝚜 πšœπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 𝚏𝚊𝚌𝚎 πšπšŽπšŠπšπš‘, πšœπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš™πšŽπš—πšŽπš πš‘πšŽπš› 𝚎𝚒𝚎𝚜.

πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš‘πšŠπš πšπš›πš’πšπšπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 𝚊 πš’πšœπš˜πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš πš•πšŠπš—πš. 𝙰 πš•πšŠπš—πš πš πš‘πšŽπš›πšŽ πšœπš‘πšŽ πšπš˜πšžπš—πš πš‘πšžπš–πšŠπš—πšœ πš πš‘πš˜ πš”πš—πšŽπš  πš—πš˜πšπš‘πš’πš—πš πšŠπš‹πš˜πšžπš πš–πšŠπšπš’πšŒ.

π™Έπš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšπš’πšŠπš—πš πš’πšœπš•πšŠπš—πš, 𝚊 πš™πš•πšŠπšŒπšŽ πš’πšœπš˜πš•πšŠπšπšŽπš 𝚊𝚠𝚊𝚒 πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ πš‹πš’πšπšπšŽπš› πš πš˜πš›πš•πš πšπš‘πš›πš˜πšžπšπš‘ 𝚊 πš‹πšŠπš›πš›πš’πšŽπš› πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πšŠπš—πšŒπš’πšŽπš—πš πšπš‘πšŠπš— πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš•πšœ πšπš‘πšŽπš–πšœπšŽπš•πšŸπšŽπšœ.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš•πšœ 𝚘𝚏 πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚍𝚎𝚊𝚍 πš”πšŽπš™πš πš›πšŽπš’πš—πšŒπšŠπš›πš—πšŠπšπš’πš—πš πš˜πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšŠπš–πšŽ πš’πšœπš•πšŠπš—πš. πš„πš—πšŠπš‹πš•πšŽ 𝚝𝚘 πš•πšŽπšŠπšŸπšŽ, πšπš˜πš›πšŒπšŽπš 𝚝𝚘 πš•πš’πšŸπšŽ 𝚊𝚜 πšŽπšŸπšŽπš›πš’ πšœπš˜πš›πš 𝚘𝚏 πš˜πš›πšπšŠπš—πš’πšœπš– πš–πšŠπš—πš’ πšπš’πš–πšŽπšœ.

𝙰 πš‘πš˜πš™πšŽ πš›πšŽπš”πš’πš—πšπš•πšŽπš πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš•'𝚜 πš‘πšŽπšŠπš›πš 𝚊𝚝 πšπš‘πšŽ πš˜πš‹πšœπšŽπš›πšŸπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—. π™·πšŽπš› πš–πš’πš—πš 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜𝚎𝚍 πš˜πš— πš πšŠπš’πšπš’πš—πš πšžπš—πšπš’πš• πš‘πšŽπš› πš™πšŠπš›πšπš—πšŽπš› πš›πšŽπš’πš—πšŒπšŠπš›πš—πšŠπšπšŽπš.

πšƒπš‘πšŽπš— πšœπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŽπšπšŠπš— πš™πš›πšŽπš™πšŠπš›πšŠπšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ, πš–πšŠπš”πš’πš—πš 𝚊 𝚠𝚊𝚒 πšπš˜πš› πš‘πšŽπš› πš™πšŠπš›πšπš—πšŽπš›'𝚜 πš›πšŽπšπšžπš›πš—, πšœπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπšŸπšŽπš 𝚊 πšŒπš’πšπš’ πš πš’πšπš‘ πš–πšŠπšπš’πšŒ.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš’πš–πšŠπšπš’πšŸπšŽ πš‘πšžπš–πšŠπš—πšœ πš•πš’πšŸπš’πš—πš πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚌𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚜 πš’πš–πš–πšŽπšπš’πšŠπšπšŽπš•πš’ πšπšŽπš•πš• 𝚝𝚘 πš‘πšŽπš› πš–πšŠπšπš’πšŒ. π™·πš˜πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš’πš—πšœπšπšŽπšŠπš 𝚘𝚏 πš‘πš˜πšŠπš›πšπš’πš—πš πš’πš, πšœπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπšœπšœπšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πš”πš—πš˜πš πš•πšŽπšπšπšŽ 𝚘𝚏 πš–πšŠπšπš’πšŒ 𝚝𝚘 πšπš‘πšŽπš–.

πš‚πš˜πš˜πš— πšœπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšŽπšπšŠπš— πšπšŽπšŠπšŒπš‘πš’πš—πš πšπš‘πšŽπš–. π™΄πšŸπšŽπš—πšπšžπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš‹πšŽπšŒπš˜πš–πš’πš—πš 𝚊 πšπš’πšŸπš’β€”

Thud

"Wait-wait-Wait!!" Asta interrupts the story, "why the heck are we listening to a story? Hell where in hell is the narrator's voice even coming from!?"

Conrad gives Asta a annoying side-eye gaze, smacking him in the back of his head. "Shut up..! Turns to the statue What happened next?"

The statue coughs for the aesthetics, continuing the story where it was interrupted.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ π™°πš—πšπšŽπš• πšœπš˜πš˜πš— πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš’πšπš˜πš• 𝚘𝚏 π™·πšžπš–πšŠπš—πšœ'𝚜 πš πš˜πš›πšœπš‘πš’πš™, πš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πš˜πšπš’ πšŠπš—πš πšπš’πšŸπš’πš—πšŽ πš™πš˜πš πšŽπš›πšœ πšœπš•πš˜πš πš•πš’ πš›πšŽπšŒπš˜πšŸπšŽπš›πš’πš—πš 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš’πšπš‘ πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ πš‘πšŽπš› πšœπšπš›πšŽπš—πšπšπš‘.

πš‚πš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš—πšπšžπšŠπš•πš•πš’ πš›πšŽπšπšŠπš’πš—πšŽπš πš‘πšŽπš› πš πš’πš—πšπšœ, πšœπš˜πš˜πš— πšœπš‘πšŽ πšπšŠπš’πš—πšŽπš πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πš™πš˜πš πšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŠπš— πšœπš‘πšŽ πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πš‘πšŠπš πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ. π™·πš˜πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πšœπš˜πš–πšŽπšπš‘πš’πš—πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 πšœπšπš’πš•πš• πš•πšŠπšŒπš”πš’πš—πš πšπš˜πš› πš‘πšŽπš› 𝚝𝚘 πš‹πšŽ πšœπšŠπšπš’πšœπšπš’πšŽπš.

"πšƒπ™·π™Έπš‚ π™²π™Ύπš„π™»π™³ 𝙱𝙴 π™Έπšƒ!! " πš‚πš‘πšŽ πš™πš›πš˜πšŒπš•πšŠπš’πš–πšœ, " πšƒπš‘πš’πšœ πšŒπš˜πšžπš•πš πš‹πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽ πš™πšŠπš›πšŠπšπš’πšœπšŽ 𝚠𝚎 πšπš›πšŽπšŠπš–πšŽπš 𝚘𝚏!"

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš•πšœ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπšπšŠπš—πšπš•πš’ πš›πšŽπš’πš—πšŒπšŠπš›πš—πšŠπšπš’πš—πš, πš‘πš˜πš πšŽπšŸπšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πšŠπš—πšŠ πšπš‘πšŠπš πšπš˜πš›πš–πšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπšŽπšŒπš˜πš–πš™πš˜πšœπšŽπš πš–πšŽπš–πš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚊 πšπšŠπš’πš—πšπšŽπš πš πš’πšπš‘ πšŽπš–πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πš‹πš˜πšπš‘ 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 πšŠπš—πš πšŽπšŸπš’πš•.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšŠπš—πšπšŽπš• πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπšπš›πšžπšŒπšπšŽπš πšŠπš—πš˜πšπš‘πšŽπš› πš‹πšŠπš›πš›πš’πšŽπš› πšŠπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš πšπš‘πšŽ πš’πšœπš•πšŠπš—πš, πšŒπš›πšŽπšŠπšπš’πš—πš 𝚊 πš™πšžπš›πš’πšπš’πšŒπšŠπšπš’πš˜πš— πšŽπš—πšπš’πš—πšŽ πš’πš— πšπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš›πšœπš πšŒπš’πšπš’ πšœπš‘πšŽ πš‹πšžπš’πš•πš.

πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšœπš˜πšžπš•πšœ πš πšŽπš›πšŽ πš™πšžπš›πš’πšπš’πšŽπš πš‹πšŽπšπš˜πš›πšŽ πšπš‘πšŽπš’ πš›πšŽπš’πš—πšŒπšŠπš›πš—πšŠπšπšŽπš, πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšŽπšŸπš’πš• πšŽπš–πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ πšŠπš—πš πš›πšŽπš•πšŠπšπšŽπš πš–πšŽπš–πš˜πš›πš’πšŽπšœ πšœπšπš›πš’πš™πš™πšŽπš πšŠπš—πš πšœπšŽπš™πšŽπš›πšŠπšπšŽπš πšπš›πš˜πš– πšπš‘πšŽ 𝚐𝚘𝚘𝚍 πš˜πš—πšŽπšœ.

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"That sounds.... Just like the devils!"

Smack.

Conrad smacks Asta once more for interrupting the story again. The wizard king than mercilessly tore his own sleeve and shoved the cloth into Asta's mouth.

"Say one more word and I am gonna murder you! Right here! Right now!" Conrad said to Asta, receiving a subtle and reparative in return before he turned back to the statue once more.

" Ahem. as I was saying– "

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πšƒπš‘πšŽ πš—πšŽπš‘πš πš‹πšŽπš’πš—πš 𝚠𝚊𝚜 𝚏𝚎𝚍 πš˜πš— πšπšŠπš›πš” πšŽπš–πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ, πšπš›πš˜πš πš’πš—πš πšœπšπš›πš˜πš—πšπšŽπš›, πšπš‘πšŽ πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πš’πš πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπšžπš–πšŽπš πšπš‘πšŽ πšœπšπš›πš˜πš—πšπšŽπš› πš’πš πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ.

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πšƒπš‘πšŽ πšπš’πš–πšŽπš—πšœπš’πš˜πš— πš‹πšŽπšŒπšŠπš–πšŽ 𝚊 πšπšžπš–πš™πš’πš—πš πšπš›πš˜πšžπš—πš πšπš˜πš› πšπšŠπš›πš” πšŽπš–πš˜πšπš’πš˜πš—πšœ, πšŒπš˜πš—πšœπšπšŠπš—πšπš•πš’ πš‹πš’πš›πšπš‘πš’πš—πš πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πšπšŽπš–πš˜πš—πšœ 𝚊𝚜 πšπš‘πšŽπš’πš› πšπšŽπšŠπšπšžπš›πšŽπšœ πšπš›πšŽπš  πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πšŠπš—πš πš–πš˜πš›πšŽ πš‘πšžπš–πšŠπš— πš˜πšŸπšŽπš› πšπš‘πšŽ πšŒπšŽπš—πšπšžπš›πš’πšŽπšœ.

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.... Huff.

"Then about five hundred years ago, a blonde brat managed to crack down my barrier and found this buried city. " The angel spoke with enthusiasm, " I gifted him that sword hilt *points at Elsdocia hanging at Asta's waist* It was a key to the new barrier the brat helped in making."

... Conrad gives Elsdocia with a suspicious look before turning back to angel. "So...You gave the first wizard king, Lemiel. The hilt of Elsdocia as a gift?"

"maybe...More of a surveillance tool to spy on his creativity and his successors, but you could say it was a gift."

The blunt truth left Asta and Conrad flabbergasted. The angel wasn't even bothering to hide her intentions.

However the next moment a few words left her mouth that turned the situation upside down.

"So how about a deal you two?" She gave the two of them an offer. "I just happen to be troubled with a bunch of problems and you two happen to be the best solutions to them."

"Problems?" Asta focuses on the problem part.

"Solutions?" Conrad followed behind.

The angel nods, extending her hands towards the two of them.

"The sealed dimension of the so-called Devils are at it's limits and the people above that are war hungry aren't exactly helping in keeping peace above... *Angel slow turns to the pulsing sphere* Become my arms in fixing this and I will help you complete your dreams."

Immediately, The chamber descends into a situation of suspense and doubts. The Wizard king and the hybrid Asta together narrow their eyes at Angel. Their minds were immediately filled with thousands of questions, questions they couldn't help but ask.

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