Chapter 313: Breakdown and Repair (1)
Creáto was looking up at the lighthouse under construction at the Altar. The majestic height of the long structure—rising in the middle of the Land of Destruction as if to touch the sky—would more appropriately be called a tower, yet the Altar stubbornly insisted on calling it a lighthouse.
"... What is the purpose of this tower?" Creáto asked the construction supervisor, who was a high priest of the Altar.
"It is a lighthouse," replied the high priest of the Altar.
“I am aware. I am asking what its purpose is.”
This lighthouse was the only structure on the surface of the Land of Destruction, and therefore, it was a major undertaking for the Altar. All of the Altar's increasing workforce was being poured into it.
"First, it connects to the Capital. With this, we can corrupt nobles or knights blinded by power."
The Altar had recently been secretly delivering a potion to the Mage Tower and the Knights' Order. It was an elixir that, upon consumption, would unlock human potential and artificially elevate their very limits.
"The side effects will be severe, won't they?" Creáto replied, twisting his lips with a sneer.
"No, there will be no side effects."
"By what means could that be true? You, the Scarletborn, whose very history is stained with the creation of human chimeras."
"You may analyze it yourself. Human chimeras were certainly our error, but they were a necessary process. Without that track record, our Altar would not have been maintained until God's coming," replied the high priest of the Altar, pulling out a potion from inside his robe.
"Beyond the portal's function, then?" Creáto inquired, slipping the vial of blue liquid into his pocket.