Online Game: I Started with Max Charisma and Caught the Goddess's Eye - Chapter 521

521: Chapter 521: Approaching the Truth 521: Chapter 521: Approaching the Truth In the boundless expanse of dim yellow light, Luca remained perfectly calm.

There was no panic in him-if anything, he felt his situation had improved compared to before.

At least here, he no longer had to worry about his body being frozen completely by the power of dusk.

“This place… it’s filled only with the power of dusk.

It’s so strong that it repels even primal energy and chaotic force entirely.

Could this be… the inside of the Dusk Seal?” He murmured to himself as his eyes swept across the endless, glowing horizon.

Although the immense dusk energy surrounding him had yet to attack, its sheer dominance and the absence of any other power gave the air a constant, silent threat.

Once he confirmed that his body was intact, Luca began to explore.

But no matter which direction he moved, no matter how far he walked, the scenery never changed-only the same, endless yellow radiance stretching on forever.

A faint unease began to creep into his heart.

He had decided long ago to move in one direction and keep going straight, but with no landmarks, no shadows, no change in light-he couldn’t tell if he was truly walking a straight line.

“Something’s not right.” Luca stopped abruptly, his tone grave.

“If I were really inside the Dusk Seal, I should’ve already been completely under the control of its power.

But if I’m not inside it, then I must be caught in some kind of trap.

And yet… nothing has attacked me.

None of this makes any sense.” He realized just how bizarre his current situation was, yet no solution came to mind.

As he frowned in thought, something flickered at the edge of his vision-a faint shadow in the distance.

Instinctively, he turned toward it.

But just as he expected, the shadow vanished immediately, as if it had never been there at all.

Everywhere his eyes reached was still flooded with the same dim yellow light.

“Maybe it was just my imagination… or maybe someone’s trying to send me a message.” Luca muttered under his breath.

Without hesitation, he began walking in the direction where he remembered seeing the shadow.

He had gone no more than two hundred meters when, suddenly, he felt it- a surge of dark power materializing all around him.

At that very instant, Luca seized his chance.

A surge of shadow swept over him, engulfing his entire body.

The power of darkness flooded through every inch of his being.

Calling upon his Authority of Darkness, he allowed himself to be completely assimilated by the dark force in a single breath.

The surrounding dusk energy recoiled violently, scattering like mist before a storm.

A patch of shadow materialized not far from him.

Without hesitation, Luca reached out and touched it.

The moment his fingers brushed against the shadow, his consciousness was drawn into it- absorbed completely.

A flood of chaotic memories erupted within his mind.

In the first vision, the owner of the memory stood upon a vast island, gazing up at the sky.

The heavens were shrouded in a crimson glow, thick and oppressive.

Countless meteors streaked down, each carrying immense destructive force.

And upon those falling stars rode grotesque, indescribable monsters-twisted abominations descending from the burning sky.

The air reeked of decay and death.

As the meteors struck, the entire ocean ignited into flame.

Towers of fire rose from the sea, and from within that blazing inferno, swarms of monsters surged forth.

The memory’s owner was trembling in terror-Luca could hear their ragged, heavy breathing echoing in his own ears.

Moments later, hordes of creatures surrounded the island, their countless eyes fixing upon the lone figure who stood there.

In the final instant of the scene, every monster lunged toward that person- and the vision dissolved into chaos.

Then came the second memory.

The owner now stood amidst a colossal army, appearing to be one of its soldiers.

Their uniforms were strange-somewhat similar to the military attire of the All-Beings Empire, yet distinctly different in design and insignia.

The vast army was marching toward a mountain pass in the near distance.

Suddenly, thunder cracked across the heavens.

The man lifted his head just in time to see it- a massive black dragon, its entire body wreathed in a storm of lightning, soaring straight toward the pass.

The second vision ended abruptly there.

The third and final memory followed immediately.

This time, the memory’s owner stood atop the walls of a magnificent city.

Below the walls stretched an endless tide of monsters, surging like a living ocean.

The entire city teetered on the brink of destruction, about to be swallowed by that monstrous flood.

The sky was entirely tinted a dim, ocher yellow, and within it, countless suns faintly shimmered-layer upon layer, their hazy outlines overlapping in the distance.

At the same time, Luca could feel immense waves of primal power pulsing all around him, surging through the space like a living tide.

As the final memory dissolved, Luca snapped back to consciousness.

He immediately sensed that the power of darkness within him was growing stronger-far stronger than before.

“Those memories I saw… they must be connected to the Goddess of the Night!

She’s trying to tell me something-something crucial!” Luca made the connection almost instantly.

Piecing together the three visions, he realized they were the memories of people who had lived thousands of years ago in the Eternal World.

Back then, the Ancient Gods had launched their great invasion against that world.

The scenes he’d witnessed must have been fragments of those long-forgotten battles-mortals standing against the Ancient Gods and their monstrous legions.

“I have to get out of here-fast!

Dragon Bone City is about to come under attack from the Dragon King!” Anxiety flared in his chest.

Without hesitation, and with no time for careful preparation, he unleashed the deepening power of darkness within him.

The black energy roared outward, crushing the surrounding dusk power beneath its force.

Moments later, his consciousness tore free from the dusk-saturated realm.

When his awareness returned to his physical body within the cavern beneath the Dusk Pier, he was immediately met by Sophia’s panicked voice.

“Luca!

What happened?!

Why aren’t you responding?!

Don’t tell me you’ve fallen completely under the control of the Dusk Seal?!” Sophia hadn’t yet realized that Luca’s mind had returned.

She was still calling to him over and over, desperately trying to wake him.

Luca didn’t answer right away.

He took a moment to assess his condition.

The power of dusk no longer posed a significant threat to him.

He reached out, grasped the Dusk Seal firmly in his hand, and began climbing out of the cavern with all possible speed.

As he moved, he spoke quickly to Sophia through their link.

“I was almost taken over by the Dusk Seal… Luckily, I’d already inherited part of the Authority of Darkness!

I don’t have time to explain everything right now.

We need to get back to Dragon Bone City immediately!” After those urgent words, Luca fell silent again.

He needed every ounce of focus to escape the Dusk Pier as quickly as possible.

And the instant he emerged from the cave, the world around him shifted violently- the entire landscape of the Dusk Pier transforming before his eyes.

The dim yellow glow that had blanketed the world vanished completely.

From both the pier and the river, hordes of monsters erupted, their roars echoing through the air as they charged straight toward Luca.

Under normal circumstances, Luca would have immediately chosen to eliminate every single one of them.

After all, his mission this time was to cleanse the Dusk Pier of its abnormalities.

But he didn’t.

Because the one thing he lacked right now-was time.

Ignoring the swarm of creatures rushing at him, Luca sprinted straight out of the Dusk Pier.

With the Dusk Seal now removed, the barrier formed by the power of dusk collapsed completely.

As a result, countless monsters flooded out into the open, spilling into the world beyond.

“What are you doing?!

Our mission was to eliminate the Dusk Pier’s anomalies!

Yes, you’ve taken the Dusk Seal and broken the barrier-but now the monsters are escaping!

Shouldn’t we be stopping them?

If they reach other areas and cause more destruction, the Crimson King will hold us responsible!” Sophia’s voice trembled with anxiety as she tried to reason with him.

But Luca didn’t respond.

He just kept running-faster and faster-heading straight for Dragon Bone City.

As he moved, his eyes were fixed on the distant skyline, a growing dread tightening in his chest.

“Why won’t you answer me?

What’s going on?

What did you see during that time you blacked out?” Sophia wasn’t a fool.

Luca’s behavior had become far too abnormal, too deliberate.

Given how out of character he was acting, she quickly deduced that whatever he had witnessed during his trance must have had a direct, critical connection to what was happening now.

The moment her words left her lips, a thunderous explosion erupted in the distance.

From the direction of Dragon Bone City, the enormous skeletal dragon-its towering bones long serving as the city’s landmark-collapsed in a single, earth-shaking crash.

Sophia’s eyes widened in utter shock.

She couldn’t comprehend how something like this could happen.

Luca, however, didn’t look surprised at all.

After seeing the hint given by the Goddess of the Night, he already knew that this would inevitably happen.

The dragon clothed in lightning that he saw in the memory was the Dragon King!

The power the Dragon King wields was granted by the Ancient Gods!

For this very reason, all the great dragons of the Eternal World are vassals of the Ancient Gods.

When the Ancient Gods’ last invasion failed, the dragon race remained in the Eternal World.

They spent thousands of years adapting to the rules of that world.

But they never forgot their mission: to assist the Ancient Gods in invading the Eternal World.

The civil war inside the All-Beings Empire right now was stirred up by the Dragon King.

And the moment he ignited that civil war coincided exactly with the moment the Ancient Gods began their renewed invasion of the Eternal World.

Everything made sense now!

To stop this new invasion of the Ancient Gods, every member of the Eternal World’s dragon race must be eradicated!

Even if it is impossible to destroy them all, they must at least all be sealed away!

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