Chapter 538: An Architect At Last
Nyx’s Territory...
This was all Nyx’s Territory?
This...this was something he did not know. No consensus was made on where exactly the White Abyss was, only that it was in a special region riding among the Current of Darkness like every other afterlife and dimension. Oh, yes, there were some scholars who disputed it. Those scholars believed the White Abyss was riiight outside the normal universe, close enough to Earth for souls to be able to travel here. It was called the Near Earth Theory.
"But Nyx does not control the Heavenly Tower," Dasha pointed out.
"She does not. No one controls the Heavenly Tower, not even the Administrators that built it. The ability to bring souls from Earth, the ability to create planets and even universes—it is the ultimate creation that is facilitated by the Tower and no one else. The Administrators and the Architects may be able to create their own gate three times every ten gates, but nothing more."
Only three times...
What a specific number. Suspiciously specific.
"You know far more than I expected. I get it, your masters worked on the Heavenly Tower with the Administrators."
"No, not just them. I was there to help with the Heavenly Tower’s construction. I..." Alþjófr grunted. "I am a former Architect."
Behind his mask, Dasha went wide-eyed. "So that is where you learned such sophisticated runes. The Heavenly Tower....!"