Cthulhu Gonfalon Chapter 506

Chapter 506: Chapter 46-2
Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Do’Urden, a robot, ran very fast and had great strength. It pulled the bus of thirty or forty people and ran swiftly. It saw the scenery outside the window hurtling back and forth, and the bus that it pulled stopped and drove all the way. Soon, the bus crossed the long street lined with houses on both sides and came to a huge square.
Cambrona could not see how big the square was because his vision was limited on the bus, but at least he knew that the bus had stopped twice at the square. The third time it stopped, he came to the first stop of their trip—North Station of Central Square.
Do’Urden always announced the station name at every stop, but it only used a brief name. For example, the “North Station of Central Square” was called “Square North.” This statement was really strange, but it was not difficult to understand.
When the bus arrived, Cambrona got off with his wife who was still very confused at the moment and went directly to the green platform.
After leaving the bus where his vision was limited, the Central Square of Void City immediately came into his view.
“How big!”
For a moment, Cambrona could only say such a word.
Yeah, it was so big!
The Central Square of Void City was really too big!
How big was this square? He was currently standing on the bus platform on the north side of the square. At first glance, he could not even see the boundary of the square clearly. Of course, perhaps it was because Cambrona was short-sighted. But even so, the size of the square was enough to make him feel like he was at sea.
Of course, such a huge square would not be empty. There were many pools, flower beds, small and middle-sized entertainment facilities. There were also many artists performing in the open, some singing, some reciting, some performing acrobatics and some performing magic tricks. He even saw several adventurers performing.
For example, there was a female ranger who set up several targets about fifty paces away from herself. Every arrow was shot on the target.
Near the target, a swordsman in leather was practicing fencing. His swordsmanship was not very fast, but it was steady and fierce. Cambrona thought in his mind that if he could not rely on his strength as an advantage to fight with the swordsman, he would probably be defeated after several rounds.
On the other side of the target, a bare barbarian was also performing. His way of performing was very rough—he allowed ordinary tourists to hit him with thick sticks. Many tall and strong men held sticks that were thicker than their arms and hit him heavily. Although he was often hit, he did not suffer any injuries.
Ordinary people only felt intrigued when they saw this, but Cambrona felt frightened.
Oh god! Did I see that right? That should be the barbarians’ special skill “Injury Relief.” How could the barbarian practice the skill so well? He might have stepped into the high-level. How could a high-level adventurer be a street performer? My eyes really need to be treated…
When Cambrona saw several performers on the other side, he even wondered if anything was wrong with his brain to cause an illusion in his mind.
There were several mages who performed at least mid-ranked spells.
Unlike adventurers who practiced martial arts, spellcasters generally had a good life and a steady income. They did not need to perform on the street, especially those who had passed through the most difficult time of being a low-ranked mage and became a mid-ranked mage.
Every mid-ranked mage had the same wealth as a low-ranked aristocrat. Many mid-ranked mages had more wealth than most knights, and their wealth was even equivalent to that of a baron. Cambrona could not imagine that a baron would perform on the street. What’s more, looking at their faces, it seemed that they were having a good time.
Why? Shouldn’t the mid-ranked mages be building or preparing to build their magic towers? Even if they were poor, there should be a magic lab for them!
Why did those mid-ranked mages come out of their labs and perform on the street?
“There must be something wrong with the world…” Cambrona muttered. He was too lazy to see more, so he closed his eyes and leaned feebly against the pillars of the bus platform.
As a resident of the Mifata Federation, he was educated in his childhood that, “Everything is inferior; only a mage is superior.” Now he had seen several respectable mid-ranked—even higher than mid-ranked—mages performing on the street. This had a strong psychological blow on him.
Cambrona was devastated by the scene that he had seen just now and was absent-minded when he took the next bus to God Tree Station in the North Square. He walked like stepping on cotton, staggering and standing unsteadily.
If he was alone, he might fall down. Fortunately, Jane was beside him and took good care of him.
With Jane’s help, Cambrona finally managed to stand up and regained his calm.
“Every place is different. The wild vegetables that could be seen everywhere in the South may be precious food in the North. Flocks of fish in the ice lakes of the north could sell a high price at restaurants if moving them to the South… Food is like this, not to mention people.”
Cambrona spoke to himself and slowly calmed down.
Of course, this was mainly due to the green light in the air.
After getting off the bus at God Tree Station, Cambrona felt cool and comfortable. The cool feeling was not from the skin but from inner heart. What refreshed the soul was the green light that pervaded the air.
The green light came from the lush tree canopy that almost covered the sky. However, not far ahead, there was a huge trunk that needed at least twenty or thirty people to circle around it.
When Cambrona saw the huge tree, his heart seemed to have been washed away by clear water, and all kinds of confusing ideas in his mind had disappeared. He had completely restored his usual calm and stability.
He turned his head to his wife whose confusing look had disappeared already. Although her eyes were still a little confused, she seemed much more energetic than before.
“Jane, is that the tree you just felt?” He asked.
“Yes… No…” Jane nodded first and then shook her head. She frowned, thought for a while and said uncertainly, “Inside the tree… What attracts me is in the tree.”
Cambrona was stunned for a moment. He took his wife’s hand, and they went to the Tree of God together.
He looked carefully at the thick trunk but could not find even a crack on it, let alone a place to hide things.
“Are you sure? The tree seems to be whole,” he said.
Jane shook her head violently. “No! Not like this! Something inside the tree is calling for me!”
She got excited suddenly and threw off Cambrona’s hands. She squeezed her hands into fists and hit them hard on the trunk. “Open! Open quickly! Open for me!”
Cambrona was shocked; he grabbed her arms quickly and dragged her back. But Jane, who was usually weak, burst out with amazing strength. Even Cambrona who was a knight could not stop her. On the contrary, he staggered back several steps and almost fell to the ground.
“Jane! What’s wrong with you!” He was very frightened. “What the hell is going on?”
“Nothing. She is just infected by some magic,” another voice answered him. A green jellyfish appeared in front of them. He stopped Jane with its tentacles and rolled her back to Cambrona.
Cambrona saluted in a hurry to meet His Majesty, the Great Void Mask.
“I’m glad that you came so soon,” Sui Xiong smiled and said. “Her situation is very simple, but I really don’t know how to explain to you… Or I can tell you the truth but are you sure that you want to know the truth?”
He smiled and looked at Cambrona who was very frightened and confused. He then looked at Jane, who was still trying to break the tree trunk even though she was caught by his tentacles.
“Behind the truth, it is often very sad and heavy. Cambrona, are you ready to bear the sad and heavy truth?”
Cambrona was shocked and looked at the Void Mask who was smiling. He also took a look at Jane, who seemed mad and was still trying to move forward. Finally, he went into deep thought.
He thought for a long time. At last, he took a long deep breath and said, “I’ve decided not to ask for the truth.”
“Who was Jane in the past? What are her origins? Does she have any enemies? Or does she burden any missions…? Of course, I want to know everything about her,” he said. “But I know one thing for sure. The past is in the past. It is really important for us to grasp the present and strive for a better future. If the past becomes a burden on us, then we will just let it pass completely. I don’t want to ask for or know anything.”
After saying all this, he relaxed, and his worries that had been weighing heavily on his mind finally disappeared.
In fact, he had always been worried and frightened over the years.
Who on earth was his wife? Why did the Void Mask suddenly find him? What else did he say?
He did not understand why, but he knew that there must be an amazing secret behind it.
Cambrona’s wife had been in a coma for more than ten years, and this secret had something to do with it. The Legendary Master, Tu Ya’an would suddenly change his attitude and was willing to help him, probably because of this secret. Even the Void Mask would find him again and ask him to go to Void City to see the Tree of God, mostly because of this secret.
What was the secret?
Of course, he would be curious and want to know the secret, but compared with his curiosity, he wanted to restore his usual stable and peaceful life more.
He was just an ordinary man and wanted to live the life of an ordinary person. No matter what secrets Jane had, it was not worth destroying the peaceful life they were about to have.
For their stable and happy future, he had better let the secret go with the wind!