Birth of the Demonic Sword
chapter-1354

Noah left the underground area and resurfaced on the island in the middle of the vast lake. The guards that he met shot careful glances toward him, but Noah ignored them and pressed forward until he returned in the wilderness.

After Noah left the lake's range, he activated his robe and dived toward the surface to hide among a short forest that stretched for a few kilometers.

Noah didn't stop even at that point. He continued to march toward the Land of the Fallen without even bothering to check if messages had arrived.

His priority was to leave the areas around the Pyramid. As long as he was in the wilderness, the Balrow family wouldn't be able to catch up with him easily.

Noah traveled for two entire months before stopping near a series of short mountains and creating a cave. The Land of the Fallen could wait for him to complete his ploy and study his reward.

Only one message had reached his inscribed notebook. Fergie had updated Noah about his position. His team had reached the Land of the Fallen while Noah was inside the Pyramid. Still, nothing noteworthy had happened in those years.

'He is in Silkpost city,' Noah thought after hearing the mental message, 'The last human settlement before the domain of the magical beasts.'

Noah could feel that he had gotten closer to the reign of those creatures. The violent aura that filled the sky had become more intense. Luckily for him, his mind had become used to it, so the negative feelings that had afflicted the first part of his travel didn't reappear.

The Shadow Sword spell inside Fergie had enough energy to last a few more years, so Noah wasn't worried that the spy could escape his control. He could focus on other matters after he took care of hindering the Balrow family's plans to explore the Pyramid without external cultivators.

"Do you have any method to spread reliable reports?" Noah asked through his inscribed notebooks. "Can you use some of the channels of the secret organization?"

Noah put the notebook back inside his separate space at that point. He had to wait for Fergie's answer to start his ploy, so he could inspect his gains at that point.

The old book retrieved in the room with the creator's corpse appeared in his hands after he performed a few training sessions. A few complicated symbols filled its tough cover. They resembled an old language that told Noah the tome's title when he inspected it with his mind.

'Artificial cores and the workshop,' Noah read on the cover. 'First part of six. Inheritance of the Great Builder.'

Needless to say, Noah felt intense waves of emotions surging in his mind after reading that title. He didn't only learn the name of the creator. He had also confirmed that the book contained part of his inheritance.

Noah stopped thinking and began to browse through the book. He didn't recognize the language of its symbols, but they radiated an aura that made him understand the meanings that they contained.

He could read even if he didn't know that language. It felt even easier to memorize those words. The aura of those symbols improved his understanding of those topics.

The first part of the book spoke about items that could replicate the centers of power. Noah linked them to the oval seized from the feathered puppet, and his interest increased at that discovery.

Noah had initially planned to improve his mind and destroy the oval to study its structure, but the book explained those topics. He didn't need to lose that item anymore. He could sell it or modify it depending on his needs.

The explanations about the flow of energy and storage capacity enlightened Noah. They taught him how to improve the fake centers of power and even make them surpass the real versions.

Noah even gained a few ideas on how he could prolong the duration of the Shadow Swords spell inside Fergie. His hands itched to test the things described in the book, but he preferred to read through all of it before deciding his next move.

What he had learnt in the book was only a mass of theoretical knowledge. He needed to test it to see what could work with his expertise. After all, the book didn't explain Great Builder's inscription method. Noah still had to use his techniques to create items.

Moreover, his replica of the centers of power wasn't outdated nor inefficient. His creations seemed to be fundamentally superior to the ovals mentioned in the tome.

They had a few flaws that the book taught how to solve. The storage capacity was a severe issue that Noah could overcome with that knowledge, and the same went for the improved flow of energy described among those pages.

Noah moved on to the second part of the book, but Fergie contacted him at that point, which forced him to postpone his study.

"I can't spread a report without showing any proof that it tells the truth," Fergie said in his message. "Still, the organizations will investigate on the matter if the news is interesting. What is this about?"

"The Pyramid has activated," Noah replied through a mental message. "The true inheritance has appeared, and the Balrow family wants to close it to the public. I want to arouse the interest of the masses in that place again."

"Isn't it better to keep the news for yourself?" Fergie replied a few minutes later.

"Just do as I say," Noah answered. "If they have doubts about the report, tell them to check for any seismic activity. The whole Pyramid has started to shake. I'm sure that they will find something that confirms my words. Mind you, do not use my name."

The conversation ended there. It would be up to Fergie to create a believable story. It was enough for one trustworthy expert to confirm his words for a horde of cultivators to appear around the Pyramids.

Even the mighty Balrow family would have to compromise in that situation. The Pyramid belonged to that force, but other experts from important organizations would surely know how to apply some political pressure.

'I will seize everything if they can stop themselves from finding the secret areas in the other five layers,' Noah concluded as he put those matters in the back of his mind.

The Balrow family had powerful cultivators in its ranks, and the same went for the other organizations. Its experts had stopped exploring the Pyramid because its defenses were too hard to overcome, but everything would be different now.

Noah had opened the path for true inheritance. That would make the Balrow family and the other force spend a fortune to overcome every protection inside the Pyramid.

It wasn't a matter of gaining a few valuable items anymore. Those forces could seize the legacy of an expert who had managed to fend rank 8 cultivators off with his creations. His knowledge was priceless.

As for Noah, he continued to study the first piece of the inheritance. The book began to describe a strange technique after it explained the functioning and structures of the fake oval centers of power.