Chapter 157: Return

"Every creator has their own different ideas. She believes that without such great variables as human beings, the world could maintain balance for at least tens of billions of years."

"As a result, each world may operate differently, and it all depends on the creator's own ideas and understanding. Take the world you are in as an example, a big world is divided into three small worlds, the divine realm, the human realm, and the abyssal realm. But you should know that not every world works this way."

"Some have only one small world, but it's also a world, like the world you see now. And some worlds may be made up of dozens of different small worlds. Do you understand?"

Ace nodded, then shook his head. He still finds it strange because it completely goes against his original worldview. It is clear that it is impossible to understand in a short time.

"Well, you don't need to understand these things now. Let me show you a different perspective on the world!"

As soon as Hades's words came out, Ace felt another flower appear in front of him, and the surrounding environment changed again.

He looked around and saw that there was green everywhere, even under his feet.

For a moment, he felt that the "ground" did not seem to be very hard, and there was an indescribable feeling.

On the green "ground", he could see that there were bumps everywhere.

"Where are we now?" Ace looked at Hades blankly.

Hades smiled and pointed away. "Look at this."

Ace looked up and saw a large white object in the distance.

The white stuff is shaking slightly.

When Ace was confused, the white stone suddenly cracked.

Soon, a huge head came out of it, and two huge tentacles kept turning, and on the top of his head there were two rolled antennae.

"Uh, is that a butterfly coming out of a cocoon? Why is it so big?" Ace asked uncertainly.

Hades nodded, "Yes, you watch the whole process carefully!"

Ace finally realized that the place where he was standing was not the ground, but a giant leaf. Those uneven ravines are the texture of the leaves.

In other words, Ace and Hades have become smaller than ants.

As a result, Ace felt that the butterflies coming out of the cocoon would be so large that he could barely see the top of the cocoon when he looked up.

After a long time, this huge butterfly finally broke through its tough cocoon and then perched on a very strong branch, as if recovering its health. Breaking out of the cocoon requires a lot of physical strength, which makes it tiring.

It didn't take long for the butterfly, which had broken free from its cocoon, to seem to have rested enough, and suddenly flapped its wings and flew into the distance.

The wings are sprinkled with countless colored powders, making the whole sky colorful.

"How? Do you see anything?" Hades asked with a smile.

Ace thought for a moment and said, "Break out of the cocoon and be reborn."

Hades didn't nod or shake his head, but continued, "This happens all the time in nature, but we ignore it. We only see what we want to see, or what interests us."

"But if we can't see it, does that mean it didn't happen? Of course not!"

Ace seemed to grab something right away, but it seemed to slip away quickly, which made him feel a little sore in his head.

Because this is not the first time he has encountered such a situation. Before that, when Hades first appeared in front of him, he also felt this way.

This feeling, it seems that he has found some clues, but these clues are like sand between his fingers, and they quickly slip away.

Seeing that Ace's eyes were full of anxiety, Hades on the other side said, "Let it be. If you can't think of it for a while, you don't have to think about it. There are some things that cannot be forced."

Hearing this, Ace let out a sigh, and then, as Hades said, he stopped thinking about this fleeting inspiration.

Hades looked at Ace and said, "Anyway, what you can get out of it is the most

Vital. Alright, let's go somewhere else!"

In this way, Hades takes Ace to several other places to see the world from a different perspective.

From birth to death, from hope to despair, from a drop of water in the ocean to a star, from the birth of chaos to the destruction of the world

In just a few hours, Ace has seen almost every corner and stage of the world.

In the process, Ace has been thinking, and every time he seems to be able to think of the most crucial point, but every time he misses it unexpectedly.

In the end, when Hades takes Ace to see all the worlds, Ace's mind is in a mess.

"How? Is there a catch?" Hades asked.

Ace smiled bitterly, "To be honest, I don't know because my mind is too confused to understand."

Hades shook his head and said, "Needless to say, you may not be able to comprehend everything now, but as long as you keep in mind what you just saw, when you slowly recall it, you will find that these memories will have a huge impact on you!"

Ace was still confused at this point. He was still immersed in every scene he had just seen. It seems difficult to relax in a short period of time.

But as Hades said, if he can't fully understand it now, that's okay, and he will be able to understand it slowly in the future. qδ

But Hades said, "Well, my mission is done, I have to go. Hopefully we can meet soon."

Before Ace could react, Hades disappeared completely.

Ace regretted it a little, he still had a lot of questions to ask, such as how to maintain the balance between the human realm and the abyss realm, how to restore the arrangement of the five forbidden places to their original state, and so on.

"Ahh Ace sighed.

Seeing a golden light appear in front of him, Ace hesitated for a moment and walked towards the golden gate that had just appeared.

Although he didn't achieve my main goal this time, he did gain a lot, at least he witnessed the creation process firsthand.

He witnessed the whole world from scratch. Although the process was a bit quick, at least he saw it.

Ace soon entered the Golden Gate. The moment Ace disappeared, the third floor of the underground palace world also completely collapsed!

As Ace walked out of the Golden Gate, he found himself in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

At his feet there is a five-square-meter stone pillar. This stone pillar, which appears at an unknown time, seems to go straight to the bottom of the sea.

Ace looked around blankly and found that the huge whirlpool that had been there had somehow completely disappeared.

The turbulent spectacle is no longer there, replaced by calm.

Looking up at the sky, the thick dark clouds that have been hanging over the Pacific Ocean for years are gone.

With the sun shining directly on the sea, this blue sea looks calm.

Ace was overwhelmed and didn't know what was going on.

But in fact, the situation is quite simple. When they entered the Land of the Underworld, the Maelstrom ceased to exist and the Land of the Underworld vanished.

When they left the first floor of the underground palace and entered the second floor, the first floor of the underground palace immediately disappeared.

Let's say, until they left the third floor of the underground palace, the mini-world that Hades had created in this ocean also completely collapsed.

Ace looked south and saw that the small fishing village on the boulder on the shore still existed.

With the sea breeze blowing, this small fishing village looks very peaceful in the blue sea and sky.

"According to Demacia, that's supposed to be their family's residence." Ace whispered, then summoned the dragon wings and prepared to fly to the small fishing village by the sea.

At this moment, Ace's slightest thought swept through the space bracelet in his hand, and found that it was full of various treasures.

After Ace got the space bracelet, he found that he could know what was inside without having to take out what was inside.

Ace couldn't help but be ecstatic, because there were not only a large number of philosopher's stones of various elements, but also many alchemical herbs, codes, forging techniques, and ancient alchemy books.

To his surprise, there were several codex that recorded the knowledge of various types of magic. most

The important thing is a handwriting called "Fusion". Ace felt this in his heart and was immediately ecstatic, because this book records how to integrate the magic of all departments.

This is what his mother has explored and pursued all her life. Unexpectedly, he actually got such a note, which made him happy and excited.

"Unexpectedly, Hades, the king of Hades, gave me all the treasures on the first floor of the underground palace!" Ace exclaimed secretly.

He didn't know, because Ace hadn't touched any of the treasures on the first floor of the underground palace at the time, and Hades chose to give him all the treasures. At that time, if Ace touched anything on the first floor of the underground palace, he would not get anything.

It was also a pleasant surprise.

Ace calmed down for a moment, then flew quickly to the fishing village by the sea.

When he flew to the small fishing village, he found Demacia and Ciro waiting for him there.

But the two men stood a little farther away, ignoring each other.

"Man, you're out. What do you think? What happened when I got in?" Ciro said as he looked at Ace with a smile on his face.

Ace smiled and replied, "Not bad! I've got a lot of treasures!"

As Ace said, he took out two magic books from the Void Bracelet, one for fire and the other for space.

"Well, that's really good! Hades' magic books are all unique! Do you see him?"

Ciro seemed to be casual when he said the last sentence, but Ace knew that what Ciro wanted to ask was actually the last sentence.

Ace didn't hide it: "I saw it."

"How? Did you get the answer you wanted?" Ciro continued to ask questions.

Ace smiled bitterly and shook his head, "No! He just told me things I didn't understand, and didn't tell me the answer directly!"

Ace does not mention the whole process of "creation".

Seeing that Ciro was about to ask again, Ace quickly asked, "Where is your sword of Calasso?" Did you find it?"

Ciro smiled and said, "Hehe, of course I found it. Otherwise, I won't be running for nothing."

"You said that when you got the Sword of Calasso, you wanted to open the passage between the human realm and the divine realm. If I'm right, you'll be ......."

Before Ace finished speaking, Ciro coughed in embarrassment: "Okay, this, that......

"Oh! By the way, we've been waiting for you here for two days. Aside from the time we spent on the first and second floors of the Underground Palace, it's been about four days since you entered the Land of the Underworld. Time is of the essence! Let's go together!"

Ciro quickly changed the subject, saying that he wanted Laace's arm.

Ace stood aside and said, "Don't worry! It's only four days, not ten days and a half months."

Then he looked at Demacia next to him and said, "What did you get?"

Demacia shrugged. "I don't have anything!"

Ace was surprised that he and Ciro got something. Why didn't Demacia get anything after entering the third underground palace?

But Ciro said, "He was the first to come out. According to him, when he stepped into the Golden Gate, he appeared directly on the stone cliff of the Pacific Ocean and did not step into the third house of the earth!"

This made Ace even more confused.

However, after careful consideration, Ace found the answer.

Ciro gets the sword of Calasso that he wants most, and Ace himself encounters Hades. Both of them reached their original goal. The only difference is that Ace doesn't know how to seal the Abyss Gate.

What Demacia wants most is for his family to complete their mission to defend the Maelstrom and regain their freedom.

He's done his family's mission, so he can take his family out of this place they've been guarding for thousands of years.

"Where is the Sword of Calasso? Show us!" Ace looked at Ciro and said.

However, Ciro looked weak-hearted and made a silent gesture to Ace. Then he pointed to the sky, lowered his voice, and said, "Do you know what I mean?"

Hearing this, Ace to Ciro's

The identity is more affirmative.

Obviously, this guy is from the divine realm, which means that he used to be a god. He wanted to get the Sword of Calasso and open the passage between here and the Divine Realm, so that he could return to the Divine Realm.

As for why this guy broke into this world, Ace didn't know.

Ace turned to Demacia and said, "Now that your family has completed their mission, have you ever thought about where to take your family?"

Demacia smiled innocently, "Not yet! But I did leave here on behalf of my family, but I haven't decided where to go yet."

Ace said, "You've never left the Pacific Ocean in years, have you?"

Seeing Demacia nodding, Ace suggested, "From here to the south, there is a vast grassland, completely different from your environment. You can go with Ciro to see it."

Demacia and Ciro rejected the offer in unison.

Ace was dumbfounded. Although he had known these two men for a short time, only a few days, he thought they were both very good people.

Demacia is simple and kind. He has a great deal of responsibility for his family's mission. Ace's senses have always been good.

As for Ciro, as a god of the past, he was surprised that he was so approachable and didn't have any contempt or disgust for Ace. Therefore, Ace thinks that Ciro is a friend worth making.

But he doesn't know why, Demacia and Ciro don't like each other, they don't like each other, which makes Ace feel weird.

Faced with the situation where the two of them vetoed their proposals at the same time, Ace couldn't help but feel embarrassed.

"My next step should be to go south, but I'm not going to go with this guy." Demacia said coldly, her eyes widening at the same time.

In his opinion, Ciro was not qualified to enter the land of the underworld at all. He just used Ace to break into the underworld. This is a scumbag who takes advantage of loopholes.

Ciro didn't even look at Demacia. He looked at the sky and said, "Here we are!"

For this result, Ace could only sigh, and then said to Demacia, "I'll go with you. I was going to the prairie and needed to take care of something."

In a strange voice, Ciro said, "Why don't you choose to be with me?"

Ace didn't even look at him, "Do you think I can be as fast as you?" You're too fast, I can't catch up!"

Ciro pretended to be sad, lowered his head and sighed, "Alas! It's all an excuse!"

Ace only felt goosebumps all over his body: "Don't make me nauseous!"

After talking for a while, Ciro said, "Well, I've got what I wanted. Let's go now. We'll see you later."

Ace waved his hand and said, "Okay, I'll see you when I get a chance."

"Do you know which tribe of the prairie I am?" Ciro asked curiously.

Without hesitation, Ace replied, "It must be the largest tribe, and there is no need to think about it at all!"

Ciro was a little surprised, and then said, "You're too smart. Sometimes that's not a good thing!"

With that, Ciro disappeared into the same place, only to hear a voice in the sky: "You two goodbye!"

Seeing the lightning in the sky, Ace couldn't help but smile bitterly, "Clever? When have I ever been wise?"

Looking back at his experiences in the last few years, Ace really feels stupid.

But now he thinks that without these experiences, it might be difficult for him to grow quickly.

"When are you going to leave?" Ace asked.

Demacia pondered for a moment: "The day after tomorrow! After all, after leaving this time, I don't know when I will come back! So I need to be well prepared!"

Ace nodded, "yes, okay!"

Demacia looked at the vast Pacific Ocean, sighed, and said, "I'm about to get out of here. It's really hard to leave this place that has bound our family for thousands of years!"

Ace smiled and said, "Don't worry, the outside world is exciting, and of course, full of dangers and challenges. But at least life won't be as monotonous as it is here."

"Humph! We've really been here for too long. For generations, we have been tasked with defending the Eye of the Sea. Now that burden is gone. To be honest, we're not used to it yet!" Demacia was very emotional.

Looking at the endless, calm and blue sea in front of them, Ace and Demacia fell silent one after another. They all had their own concerns and didn't say a word.

Two days later, Ace and Demacia led their people to the south.

Ace specifically asked for freedom to fly to the subhuman tribe in advance, and he chose to walk with Demacia and them.

Of course, they didn't quite walk, as Ace came up with some unique Anemo scrolls.

Now Ace is very rich. His entire space bracelet was filled with almost all kinds of treasures.

There are almost countless Wind Support Scrolls at the level of the Great Mage.

Feeling like they were walking as fast as they were flying, the members of their family gradually became more stable from the initial panic and finally became very excited. They have fully adapted to this speed.

It was the first time they had left the Pacific Ocean. They are always curious about the outside world. Now that I can finally see the outside world, I am looking forward to it.

Soon, they came to the savannah.

They had never seen a grassland before, so when they saw the boundless green grassland and the cattle and sheep running on the grassland, they were very excited and novel.

They saw sheep and cows, and they didn't even know their names.

Only Demacia, because he followed Ace into the underground palace built by Hades and saw the mountains, grasslands, and forests, was not as excited as the others.

At this time, Ace suddenly felt a strange expression and kept staring at him.

He turned to look, only to find a dirty little girl looking at him with wide eyes.

Seeing Ace looking at herself, the little girl shyly looked away.

For some reason, Ace always thought the kid was special. Unlike other children, others will yell when they see something new. But she was always quiet. Although she had a smile on her face, she didn't make any sound.

Ace smiled at the girl, then slowly walked over to him and asked, "What's your name?"

The kid looked a little flustered and quickly hid behind the adults next to him, looking introverted.

But Demacia sighed and said, "Alas, Maria can't speak!"

Ace was stunned for a moment, feeling sorry that such a cute child was mute.

Ace reached out to touch the little girl's head, but the little girl panicked and dodged away.

When Demacia saw this, he couldn't help but say, "Maria, Ace isn't a bad person. You don't have to be afraid."

The little one glanced at Demacia, then at Ace, her alert eyes softening slightly.

"Maria has been an introvert since she was a child. She is only close to her mother, but is wary of everyone else. I hope you don't mind." Demacia pointed to the innocent little girl.

Ace always felt that this little girl was special, and his instincts were generally accurate, but he couldn't say exactly what was special.

But Ace had a feeling that there was something about the little guy that didn't belong to her.

When Ace was confused, he heard a shout from the crowd, "Look there!"

All looked in the direction he had pointed out, but in the distance there was a tribe, consisting of more than a dozen camps.

Members of the Demacia family, who have lived on the Pacific coast since birth, have never seen anything like it. For a moment, they were surprised, not knowing that the tent was made of sheepskin and cowhide.

Ace explained with a smile, "These are the houses of the subhuman tribe, and they are really different from the houses in your small fishing village. Because the people here live a nomadic life and often change pastures, they don't live in the same place for long. The tents you see are easy to dismantle and build, and are more suitable for their nomadic life."

"There are many such tribes in the savannah. The tribes you see now should be considered relatively small

Tribe. Many large tribes even have hundreds or thousands of such camps."

One of them shouted, "Thousands? How many people can live in that camp?"