The weight of these words was sothing Reiger, newly arrived, could not quite comprehend.
Yet, he was quite aware that for a pope of a church to speak in such a manner, his own status in their eyes must be highly elevated.
Even disregarding that point, from the current situation alone, with a beautiful maiden comparable to a goddess proactively declaring herself as willing to beco his attendant or even maid, it was evident that his status in her eyes was exceedingly extraordinary.
Reiger had a mind to correct her, but as always, he felt that if he tangled himself too much in this matter, it would likely never end.
He might as well go along with it.
With a strong capacity for acceptance, Reiger convinced himself in an instant.
"Then I shall call you Naisa," Reiger nodded and said, "Could you explain what exactly my current situation is?"
"Alright." Naisa replied respectfully, "I understand that you are a visitor from another world, and may not be familiar with this one, so I will start from the beginning to explain to you. Is that acceptable?"
"Of course." Reiger nodded without hesitation.
To start from the beginning was precisely what he desired.
After all, unlike his past experiences of Dinsional Travel, this ti he had arrived in a completely unfamiliar world, of which he knew nothing.
Even when he traversed to the Akasha Continent before, Reiger at least had the mories of the original host, allowing him to learn much about the Akasha Continent from those mories.
This ti, however, he was entirely in the dark, knowing nothing at all.
Fortunately, this ti he did not need to hide his identity, and could openly seek information as a visitor from another world.
Naisa was evidently not unfamiliar with this situation, and knowing Reiger was not of this world, she proceeded with practiced ease to explain the world’s situation to him.
...
This was a world far more wondrous than the Akasha Continent.
Although the history of the Akasha Continent could be traced back to 11,000 years ago during the Ancient Magic Civilization Period, its understanding of that era’s origins was limited.
What Reiger knew about the early situation of the Akasha Continent was rely that, before the prevalence of the Ancient Magic Civilization, it was a world dominated by magical creatures, where humans were a fragile race struggling for survival, always teetering on the brink of life and death, regarded as prey and food by magical creatures, until the ancestors of the Reinnaier clan appeared, and the "gods" ntioned by them descended, leading humans to gradually flourish.
Unlike the Akasha Continent, this world possessed a clear recognition and record of the origins of life and even the world itself.
According to Naisa, long ago, this world was a chaotic mass, without life, without borders.
Until one day, the world was born out of chaos and divided into two opposing planes.
The upper plane, oriented towards light and water, is the origin of all things and is called the "Source."
The lower plane, oriented towards darkness and fire, is the origin of magical creatures and is known as the "Abyss."
The Source and the Abyss have always been opposed.
This is mainly because the Abyss seeks to devour the Source, occupy it, and reduce everything into ashes.
For the creatures of the Abyss, the lives residing in the Source hold an extrely lethal appeal, being a great tonic for growth and evolution.
Therefore, since ancient tis, the Abyss has been attempting to corrode the Source, aiming to engulf it.
"Since ancient tis, the life that proliferates within the Source has constantly been at war with the Abyss, resulting in countless sacrifices."
"In the past, this land once had many races and many magical lifeforms, but due to repeated invasions and massacres by the Abyss, many races went extinct."
"Humans were not the first life race to appear in the Source; before our birth, many life races had already gone extinct."
"Compared to those legendary races, we humans are actually frail and powerless, but our ability to proliferate is strong, allowing us to survive nurous incursions by the Abyss, never facing extinction."
"As a result, today, humankind has beco the most nurous and strongest race within the Source, but it’s not because we are stronger than those past races, but because they have all gone extinct, leaving the world to us."
Speaking of this, Naisa’s voice was filled with lantation.
Because, indeed, it was a very lantable matter.
Humans did not beco the primary life race in the Source due to strength; rather, it was because those strong life races had perished, that it was humanity’s turn to lead.
From this matter, Reiger sensitively slled the scent of danger.
"So, it ans humans are fundantally unable to resist the invasion of the Abyss, right?"
Reiger straightforwardly pointed this out.
"Yes," Naisa lowered her eyes, saying, "In the past, so many powerful races eventually fell under the Abyss’s invasion, disappearing without a trace."
"We humans did not beco the biggest life race in the Source because we were stronger than them, which ans, even with our current status, we are still hardly able to halt the Abyss from invading."
Humans have beco the largest life race in the Source, but the danger only increased.
Now, it is up to humans to be the main force against Abyss invaders, failing which would an following those races’ sa path, facing extinction.
"In the distant past, humanity faced nurous crises of near extermination due to this."
Suddenly, Naisa’s voice beca brighter.
"Until one day, the savior arrived."
Hearing this, Reiger narrowed his eyes.
The savior Naisa ntioned was initially just a visitor from another world.
He was a human, an ordinary one without any redeeming qualities, so ordinary that he was utterly incapable of fighting.
Yet, this human brought hope to the Source at that ti.
"He presented a strange iron to the blacksmiths of the dwarf race, entrusting them with the task of forging a weapon from it."
"The dwarven race sensed an extraordinary power within the strange iron, and thus, combined the strength of the entire race to collect nurous precious materials across the Source, collaborating with other major races to refine the strange iron."
"After the strange iron and many precious materials were refined together, the weapons were finally forged by the hands of dwarven blacksmiths into three holy swords."
"On the day of the holy swords’ birth, the entire Source World was illuminated by their brilliance, countless life races instinctively poured their power into them, bestowing the holy swords with the power to open chaos and sever the Abyss."
Naisa unconsciously clasped her hands together in front of her chest, making a gesture of prayer.
"Since then, the holy swords have beco divine artifacts protecting the Source and safeguarding myriad life races."
The Holy Sword Church was born under this historical context.
The church’s original purpose for being founded was to guard the holy swords.
Those who could gain the holy swords’ acknowledgnt and wield them freely would be considered saviors.
"That visitor from another world who presented the strange iron to the dwarves beca the first savior recognized by the holy swords, granted the right to wield them."
"The holy sword he drew was called Moslo’s Sword."
"Since then, he also nad himself Moslo, with the full na being Moslo Reinnaier."
Naisa’s words lingered in Reiger’s ears, refusing to fade.
Much like Reiger’s emotions at this mont.
Reiger instinctively turned his gaze towards the Marfa’s Sword beside him.
It was one of the three holy swords.
Now, Reiger had drawn it.
So, he had beco what the Holy Sword Church referred to as... the savior.
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