Age of Adepts
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chapter-73
Unlike the eternal darkness, the Underground Cave was never a calm place.
Because most of the regions had only been vaguely surveyed, even the native underground species who had occupied this domain for a long history, didn’t own a completely reliable map.
The underground tunnels could stretch for miles; sometimes they expanded into massive caverns more than a thousand meters wide and sometimes they narrowed so even the Cave Dweller couldn’t squeeze through. The biggest cavern was like a miniature surface world: there were hills, valleys, an underground river, and lakes. In this three-dimensional environment, most of the species could utilize the cavern ceiling and walls, using their innate ability or a magic spell to fly, hover, or even ride on some of the creatures who could walk on walls (like the giant spiders or some kinds of lizards) and travel freely in this domain.
As the only city built in the Underground World by the exiled Adepts, the location of Elysium City was top secret. The rock stratum, rich in metal, could easily isolate any ill-intentioned probes from the outside world, and, together with the dark and deep caves scattered across the entire Underground World, the creatures of darkness hiding in the tunnels, Golems, and underground natives, made it so no outsider could distinguish the single passage that led to Elysium City from countless winding tunnels in the darkness without being led by an Elysium City resident.
Some said the mighty Second Grade Fallen Adept of Elysium City had set up a massive formation of illusion outside of the city, and it was able to wipe out every single trace of Elysium City’s existence. With that, even if an enemy really did find his way to the area, he still wouldn’t be able to identify the exact location of the city, even if he left no stone unturned.Elysium City, Catsear Tavern.
When the huge firestone hanging high up on the cavern ceiling started to go off, the tide of darkness flowed on.
For the Fallen Adepts who lived in the dark Underground World, there wasn’t a clear difference between day and night. Without using something to reference the time, their life would become muddled and it would become tough to arrange everything in a regular manner. Thus, having inherited some habits from the surface, the Fallen Adepts with powerful abilities and a bagful of amazing tricks mined a huge number of firestones from the underground and used a magical array to make them light up according to the time on the surface world.
Thus, Elysium City finally attracted a large group of Apprentice Adepts who had been driven into a corner and made them the city’s first batch of loyal residents.
When the night screen was down, the streets and alleyways of Elysium City lit up with torches and bonfires and a dimmed oil lamp hung on the door of Catsear Tavern.
