Suddenly, the images on the holographic screens changed and showed a world of darkness where barely any light reached.
’Hum? The underworld?’ Rean wondered for a mont before quickly refusing that possibility. ’No, it is different...’
Lotan quickly began to explain. "That is called the Evernight World. This is located at the northwest side of the Divine Snow World... beyond the border that separates us from the rest of the Divine Realm."
"Oh..." Rean pondered a bit. "Does that an there is a world of darkness to go through if you want to leave the Divine Snow World?"
"Not exactly," Lotan shook his head.
Turns out that the Evernight World only occupies a small percentage of the area separating the Divine Snow World from the Divine Realm. As for the rest, it was mostly just a normal land where the constant snow slowly disappeared as one got further and further away from the Divine Snow World. There were a few other exceptions, just like the Evernight World, but Lotan didn’t go into detail about those places.
There was a problem, though. Not considering the exceptions, all the areas that separated the Divine Snow World from the rest of the Divine Realm were strictly monitored by the Supre Palace, and that’s where the problem lay.
"What do you an? Are you intending to leave the Divine Snow World?" Rean asked, confused.
"That’s exactly what our sect intends to do," Lotan confird.
Rean narrowed his eyes. Why was this guy telling him everything? "This sounds fishy..."
"It does," Lotan didn’t deny that. "You are probably thinking: Why go through all that trouble? Just wait for the day when you breakthrough into the Divinity Realm, and then you will be sent out."
"That’s indeed what I was thinking about," Rean confird.
However, that was another problem in itself. "It is possible, but we aren’t sure if it is secure. Also... you can only go alone. You can’t bring anyone with you."
Rean could already see where it was going, but Lotan continued to explain anyway.
The Divine Snow Mountain Sect had so main concerns. The first one was this requirent to reach the Divinity Realm. If one of them did it, they could only go alone out of this place. What happened to them on the way out? No one knows.
The second one was the idea of having to give up the biggest sect of the entire Divine Snow World. Wouldn’t it be better if the entire sect could move? That way, they could build their presence outside pretty fast, so the Divine Snow Mountain Sect always wished to move entirely.
The problem ca from the Supre Palace. The Sect reached the Inquisition Hall that exists in the Divine Snow World to question them about it. Too bad that the answer was the sa. The only way out remained. You had to reach the Divinity Realm and could only go out alone. Trying to hide soone in their Pocket Dinsional Realms was aningless as the Supre Palace seed to have thods of finding others in there.
Another concern was what to expect. Why can’t they never enter into contact with their sect mbers once they exit? What happened to them? Were they truly just allowed to leave? Or could it be they all died instead? They didn’t know. Even when so visitors from the Divine Realm were questioned, they seed to not know anything regarding this process. After all, they ca through other thods and could leave whenever necessary.
Last but not least... just what was the Divine Snow World about? The higher-ups of the Divine Snow Mountain Sect had always thought about this. Why keep this Isolated world where no one could stay beyond the Divine Realm? Up to this day, no answer has been provided.
"However, things changed 53 years ago," Lotan explained.
Rean raised his hand, stopping Lotan. "Alright, let’s put a pause here. Why are you telling all of this? Have you considered the possibility of going out and warning the Inquisition Hall about this? What if I’m a spy or sothing? I’m afraid that the more you speak, the harder it will be for to get away from all this ss."
"That isn’t a big deal," Lotan spoke, bringing out another one of those Soul Binding Contracts. This was a special version fabricated by the Divine Snow Mountain Sect itself, so they were absolutely sure of its efficacy. "As long as you sign it, your mories of this conversation will be sealed. Not even in the Inquisition Hall will be able to get anything from you with this contract in place."
Rean narrowed his eyes but nodded in the end. He had no fear of those contracts anyway. "Fine, the contract resolves the spy issue. But it doesn’t resolve the part where I might not want to be part of any of this."
"Do you intend to stay in this place forever?" Lotan asked back. "You said it yourself. You wanted to see the world, didn’t you? What better way to do that than to go to the real world, the real Divine Realm?"
Rean went silent for a mont. Well, that was true. He did intend to leave the Divine Snow Realm at so point with the others. It’s just that they found the Glacial Corridor, and Roan thought there was possibly a passage into the Underworld in that place. If that was the case, they would leave this place through the Glacial Corridor instead. Let’s not forget that they intended to go find the Light Trees in the Underworld to cultivate there once they get Celis back. The only issue was that they weren’t certain an entrance to the underworld really existed there.
"Fine, I’m listening," Rean considered the possibility that perhaps the Divine Snow Mountain Sect was the only secure way out. "Now, how about you tell why am I so important? What exactly do you need for?"
The images of the Evernight World on the holographic screens changed again, this ti showing a hidden place in the sect. There, Rean could see a few strange humanoid robots, all of them turned off. "Those guys are where you co in. They are special, and they only work with those with ridiculous control over Light Elent. They are our passes out of the Divine Snow World. Also, I must explain what the answer that appeared 53 years ago was about."
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