The interior of the ice cave looked like an ordinary living room .

It was approximately 100 square feet wide . There were two semicircular bookshelves hanging on the walls . In a corner of the room, there was a smaller room with an embroidered screen blocking its entrance . Through the screen, one could see a large bed in it . This must be the bedroom .

In the main room, there was a large circular table . Beside the table sat the bodies of a man and a woman . Their corpses were still intact, despite the fact that they had been desiccated thoroughly and now looked like a pair of withered branches .

The expressions on their faces remained the same as when they were still alive . The man was reading a magic book, while the woman was busy carving a golden bird figurine . Their faces were serene . The man even seemed to be talking .

There was a magic book which emitted a faint blue glow in the middle of the circular table . The empty sound that Link had heard just then was coming from it .

Lots of questions now popped up in Link's mind . Who are these people? Why did they come to live here in the far north? And why did they leave this magic book behind?

Prompted by a desire to resolve these questions, Link began walking into the room of ice . No sooner had he taken his third step than a subtle current of magical power suddenly filled the air .

Stunned, Link stopped . His hand instinctively flew to the Ode of a Full Moon sword's handle .

Two seconds later, a silhouette appeared in front of him . The silhouette swirled about in the room before coming to rest on the two corpses .

Strangely enough, when the silhouette wrapped itself around them, the two withered bodies began to swell up . Link could see that their skins was gradually regaining moisture, while their gla.s.sy eyes cleared considerably, as if the two bodies had been brought back from the dead .

A drastic change swept across the entire room as well . Everything in the room, which was initially covered by a layer of dust, now shone with almost surreal cleanliness .

However, Link knew that this was all just an illusion . In truth, the bodies still remained lifeless . The magical power that Link felt just then had simply refracted the light in such a way that the bodies only seemed to have come back alive .

A moment later, the man started speaking .

"Lucia, my life's coming to an end soon . " The man's eyes did not leave the magic book he was holding as he said this . His face remained expressionless, as if his death was about as unusual as a neighbor coming by to borrow a cup of sugar .

The woman beside him laughed, not at all perturbed by what the man said . She did not stop carving the golden bird figurine . "I see . I guess we'll need to start making arrangements for that now, won't we?"

The man nodded . He stood up, walked to one of the bookcases and then took out a magic book . Link peeked at it and saw that the book the man was holding was similar to the one on the table, at least on the outside . The only difference was that it was not glowing, nor was it making any peculiar sound .

The man returned to his seat with the book and then placed it in the middle of the table .

Link noticed that there was a simple-looking magical rune etched in the middle of the table . When the magic book was placed on it, the runes on the rest of the table began to glow . Light then began flowing from the rune formation into the magic book .

Link also realized that the light did not actually come from the rune formation itself . It was flowing out from the man's hand . The magic book grew brighter and brighter as it absorbed more and more of the light . It then began to emit an empty, trembling sound .

The man was shriveling up visibly . He now looked to be 100 years old when he finally stopped pouring the light into the book .

"Dear, we can live for close to a thousand years with this power if we want to . Will you be angry at me for doing this?" said the man ruefully to the woman sitting beside him .

"No, Rosso, there's always a beginning and an end to all life . We've completed our respective journeys in life . Another thousand years would only be torment for our souls," said the woman, shaking her head .

Link noticed that for some reason, the woman's face had withered like the man as well .

This couple must have used some kind of spell to bind their life forces together, thought Link .

Just then, the man, who was still barely alive, took out a pencil and began writing slowly on the magic book before him . The woman, not at all concerned about death's approach, continued carving the golden bird figurine .

The man began reading what he was writing . "I am Rosso Schneider . I started studying magic when I was 28 years old . However, the first three years of my studies had been uneventful . When I was 31 years old, I stumbled across a Soul Stone . For whatever reason, it chose me, granting me an incredible potential for the mystic arts . Ten years later, I was given the honorable t.i.tle of Soul Dominator . Another ten years later, I began studying Prophecy Magic for five years, but without any noticeable progress . One night, when I was looking at the stars, I had a sudden epiphany . At that moment, I realized that one needs to receive the realm's blessing in order to master Prophecy Magic . No amount of rigorous training was going to help me accomplish that . . . "

The man was writing his life's story in the book . Link patiently listened in a corner, curious as to how the man's story ended . Ten minutes later, the man stopped writing . He gave a sideways look at the magic book that was emitting a faint blue glow for three seconds . His eyes then returned to the book in front of him . After looking at it for ten seconds, he resumed his writing .

"The gift of clairvoyance had allowed me to see what the future holds . It was both a blessing and the most terrifying curse one could hope to receive in this realm . I had lost all hope in life . In order to recover the hope I had lost, I had struggled upstream against the river of time, peering into the future until at last, I saw a turning point, 120,000 years into the future .

"120,000 years later, the realm's timeline had diverged into multiple branches . It was like a tree that had begun to branch out, creating mult.i.tudes of possible futures . Some of these futures I had seen were bleak, some even completely annihilated . However, there were also some filled with light and hope . The possibilities were endless . 120,000 years was too long a time . Even if I ascended to G.o.dhood, I would not be able to live that long to see which future unfolded . . . I have seen my end . I have received the realm's blessing, and then I will fade from this world as quietly as I had entered it . And so, I have decided to leave the Book of Spirits behind for posterity . "

The man finally put down his pencil . He lifted his head up and looked at Link . He then spoke, his eyes seemingly focused on nothing in particular, "To the future possessors of this book, your ident.i.ties are legion . Demons, Beastmen, servants of the G.o.d of Destruction, elves, or even humans . Whoever you may be, the fact that you have come this far means that you have pa.s.sed the Guardian's test . You now have the right to possess this book . Take it . Finally, the wisdom I have acc.u.mulated for a lifetime has an heir . "

When the man finished speaking, the silhouette vanished . Everything was back to normal . Only the magic book remained humming on the table as if waiting for Link to pick it up .

Link was not in a rush to pick up the prophet's book . He stood in the entrance and bowed low before the bodies of the two ancient sages . Only then did he walk forward and picked the Book of Spirits up from the table .

As soon as the Book of Spirits left the table, the room began to sway gently . Cracks appeared on the table, the withered corpses, the bookshelves, and even the small bedroom . They began to crumble, bit by bit .

In the blink of an eye, the whole room of ice collapsed into a pile of ash . Only the magic book that Link was holding in his hand remained unscathed .

The surrounding walls in the ice cave also began to crack, threatening to collapse all around him . At that moment, Link cast a spell to keep the walls intact as long as he could .

The sword spirit's voice sounded in Link's head .

He's the Soul Dominator . He was the most powerful ent.i.ty to ever exist in ancient times . He was the ancestor of Celine Flandre as well as a good friend of the Storm Lord . He had even tried telling the Storm Lord to keep his temper in check, or there would be consequences . However, his words fell on deaf ears . Soon, the Soul Dominator stopped telling his friend off, which ultimately led to Storm Lord's downfall .

Link was moved by the sword spirit's tale . He recalled Rosso's life story and vividly felt the hopelessness that the prophet had felt due to being submerged in visions of possible futures . Link could only imagine what it must have felt like to bear such a curse throughout one's life .

He bowed again at the Soul Dominator's body before leaving the room . As he stepped out, the room lost the support of Link's spell and instantly came cras.h.i.+ng down .

Outside the cave, the Book of Spirits in Link's hand stopped glowing . Link tried to put the magic book inside his spatial ring but failed . The book seemed to be resistant to spatial magic .

The book's cover was made of a leather specially forged through alchemy . Link decided to simply bind the book securely to his waist .

Suddenly, there was a flash of light in his vision . The game system had brought up some information regarding the magic book Link had just gotten .

Player has received the magic book t.i.tled Rosso's Book of Spirits .

Book of Revelation: Rosso's Book of Spirits

Level-19 Flawless Divine Gear .

Special effect 1: Contains all the magical wisdom Rosso has acc.u.mulated in his lifetime .

Special effect 2: The caster will be able to activate the Level-19 prophecy spell, Divination of the Fates, by channeling enough power into the book . This spell allows the caster to divine the fates of everything that exists in the Firuman realm . Higher-level targets will require more magical power . (This spell can be cast on any target, regardless of its level .

Cooldown time: one year .

(Note: This world holds no secret from me . )

Reading the message, Link let out a sigh, before saying, "Such a terrifying spell . I guess that's to be expected from a Level-19 master . "

Composing himself, Link headed towards the bottom of the ice mountain . Gretel was still frozen in stasis by his spatial spell . Her injuries were grave . Patching her up under these circ.u.mstances would be a difficult task, even for Link .

"What should I do?" said Link as he began thinking of ways to treat Gretel's injuries .

Chapter 600: Book of Revelation: Rossos Book of Spirits (1/2). Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio The interior of the ice cave looked like an ordinary living room . It was approximately 100 square feet wide . There were two semicircular bookshelves hanging on the walls . In a corner of the room, there was a smaller room with an embroidered screen blocking its entrance . Through the screen, one could see a large bed in it . This must be the bedroom . In the main room, there was a large circular table . Beside the table sat the bodies of a man and a woman . Their corpses were still intact, despite the fact that they had been desiccated thoroughly and now looked like a pair of withered branches . The expressions on their faces remained the same as when they were still alive . The man was reading a magic book, while the woman was busy carving a golden bird figurine . Their faces were serene . The man even seemed to be talking . There was a magic book which emitted a faint blue glow in the middle of the circular table . The empty sound that Link had heard just then was coming from it . Lots of questions now popped up in Links mind . Who are these people? Why did they come to live here in the far north? And why did they leave this magic book behind? Prompted by a desire to resolve these questions, Link began walking into the room of ice . No sooner had he taken his third step than a subtle current of magical power suddenly filled the air . Stunned, Link stopped . His hand instinctively flew to the Ode of a Full Moon swords handle . Two seconds later, a silhouette appeared in front of him . The silhouette swirled about in the room before coming to rest on the two corpses . Strangely enough, when the silhouette wrapped itself around them, the two withered bodies began to swell up . Link could see that their skins was gradually regaining moisture, while their gla.s.sy eyes cleared considerably, as if the two bodies had been brought back from the dead . A drastic change swept across the entire room as well . Everything in the room, which was initially covered by a layer of dust, now shone with almost surreal cleanliness . However, Link knew that this was all just an illusion . In truth, the bodies still remained lifeless . The magical power that Link felt just then had simply refracted the light in such a way that the bodies only seemed to have come back alive . A moment later, the man started speaking . Lucia, my lifes coming to an end soon . The mans eyes did not leave the magic book he was holding as he said this . His face remained expressionless, as if his death was about as unusual as a neighbor coming by to borrow a cup of sugar . The woman beside him laughed, not at all perturbed by what the man said . She did not stop carving the golden bird figurine . I see . I guess well need to start making arrangements for that now, wont we? The man nodded . He stood up, walked to one of the bookcases and then took out a magic book . Link peeked at it and saw that the book the man was holding was similar to the one on the table, at least on the outside . The only difference was that it was not glowing, nor was it making any peculiar sound . The man returned to his seat with the book and then placed it in the middle of the table . Link noticed that there was a simple-looking magical rune etched in the middle of the table . When the magic book was placed on it, the runes on the rest of the table began to glow . Light then began flowing from the rune formation into the magic book . Link also realized that the light did not actually come from the rune formation itself . It was flowing out from the mans hand . The magic book grew brighter and brighter as it absorbed more and more of the light . It then began to emit an empty, trembling sound . The man was shriveling up visibly . He now looked to be 100 years old when he finally stopped pouring the light into the book . Dear, we can live for close to a thousand years with this power if we want to . Will you be angry at me for doing this? said the man ruefully to the woman sitting beside him . No, Rosso, theres always a beginning and an end to all life . Weve completed our respective journeys in life . Another thousand years would only be torment for our souls, said the woman, shaking her head . Link noticed that for some reason, the womans face had withered like the man as well . This couple must have used some kind of spell to bind their life forces together, thought Link . Just then, the man, who was still barely alive, took out a pencil and began writing slowly on the magic book before him . The woman, not at all concerned about deaths approach, continued carving the golden bird figurine . The man began reading what he was writing . I am Rosso Schneider . I started studying magic when I was 28 years old . However, the first three years of my studies had been uneventful . When I was 31 years old, I stumbled across a Soul Stone . For whatever reason, it chose me, granting me an incredible potential for the mystic arts . Ten years later, I was given the honorable t.i.tle of Soul Dominator . Another ten years later, I began studying Prophecy Magic for five years, but without any noticeable progress . One night, when I was looking at the stars, I had a sudden epiphany . At that moment, I realized that one needs to receive the realms blessing in order to master Prophecy Magic . No amount of rigorous training was going to help me accomplish that . The man was writing his lifes story in the book . Link patiently listened in a corner, curious as to how the mans story ended . Ten minutes later, the man stopped writing . He gave a sideways look at the magic book that was emitting a faint blue glow for three seconds . His eyes then returned to the book in front of him . After looking at it for ten seconds, he resumed his writing . The gift of clairvoyance had allowed me to see what the future holds . It was both a blessing and the most terrifying curse one could hope to receive in this realm . I had lost all hope in life . In order to recover the hope I had lost, I had struggled upstream against the river of time, peering into the future until at last, I saw a turning point, 120,000 years into the future . 120,000 years later, the realms timeline had diverged into multiple branches . It was like a tree that had begun to branch out, creating mult.i.tudes of possible futures . Some of these futures I had seen were bleak, some even completely annihilated . However, there were also some filled with light and hope . The possibilities were endless . 120,000 years was too long a time . Even if I ascended to G.o.dhood, I would not be able to live that long to see which future unfolded . I have seen my end . I have received the realms blessing, and then I will fade from this world as quietly as I had entered it . And so, I have decided to leave the Book of Spirits behind for posterity . The man finally put down his pencil . He lifted his head up and looked at Link . He then spoke, his eyes seemingly focused on nothing in particular, To the future possessors of this book, your ident.i.ties are legion . Demons, Beastmen, servants of the G.o.d of Destruction, elves, or even humans . Whoever you may be, the fact that you have come this far means that you have pa.s.sed the Guardians test . You now have the right to possess this book . Take it . Finally, the wisdom I have acc.u.mulated for a lifetime has an heir . When the man finished speaking, the silhouette vanished . Everything was back to normal . Only the magic book remained humming on the table as if waiting for Link to pick it up . Link was not in a rush to pick up the prophets book . He stood in the entrance and bowed low before the bodies of the two ancient sages . Only then did he walk forward and picked the Book of Spirits up from the table . As soon as the Book of Spirits left the table, the room began to sway gently . Cracks appeared on the table, the withered corpses, the bookshelves, and even the small bedroom . They began to crumble, bit by bit . In the blink of an eye, the whole room of ice collapsed into a pile of ash . Only the magic book that Link was holding in his hand remained unscathed . The surrounding walls in the ice cave also began to crack, threatening to collapse all around him . At that moment, Link cast a spell to keep the walls intact as long as he could . The sword spirits voice sounded in Links head . Hes the Soul Dominator . He was the most powerful ent.i.ty to ever exist in ancient times . He was the ancestor of Celine Flandre as well as a good friend of the Storm Lord . He had even tried telling the Storm Lord to keep his temper in check, or there would be consequences . However, his words fell on deaf ears . Soon, the Soul Dominator stopped telling his friend off, which ultimately led to Storm Lords downfall . Link was moved by the sword spirits tale . He recalled Rossos life story and vividly felt the hopelessness that the prophet had felt due to being submerged in visions of possible futures . Link could only imagine what it must have felt like to bear such a curse throughout ones life . He bowed again at the Soul Dominators body before leaving the room . As he stepped out, the room lost the support of Links spell and instantly came cras.h.i.+ng down . Outside the cave, the Book of Spirits in Links hand stopped glowing . Link tried to put the magic book inside his spatial ring but failed . The book seemed to be resistant to spatial magic . The books cover was made of a leather specially forged through alchemy . Link decided to simply bind the book securely to his waist . Suddenly, there was a flash of light in his vision . The game system had brought up some information regarding the magic book Link had just gotten . Player has received the magic book t.i.tled Rossos Book of Spirits . Book of Revelation: Rossos Book of Spirits Level-19 Flawless Divine Gear . Special effect 1: Contains all the magical wisdom Rosso has acc.u.mulated in his lifetime . Special effect 2: The caster will be able to activate the Level-19 prophecy spell, Divination of the Fates, by channeling enough power into the book . This spell allows the caster to divine the fates of everything that exists in the Firuman realm . Higher-level targets will require more magical power . (This spell can be cast on any target, regardless of its level . Cooldown time: one year . (Note: This world holds no secret from me . ) Reading the message, Link let out a sigh, before saying, Such a terrifying spell . I guess thats to be expected from a Level-19 master . Composing himself, Link headed towards the bottom of the ice mountain . Gretel was still frozen in stasis by his spatial spell . Her injuries were grave . Patching her up under these circ.u.mstances would be a difficult task, even for Link . What should I do? said Link as he began thinking of ways to treat Gretels injuries .