A Beautiful Woman

This crystal was found in the library. It is the lifetime memories of the founder of the Sacred Wind Academy Francisco Marshall.

Ethan believed that the reason why the war happened 200 years ago was for this crystal. This was just his theory. He didn't have any evidence to back it up. So he believed that the reason behind the war that happened 200 years ago might be hidden in this video.

Ethan sighed. He had a quest which has SSS Rank. So he felt that if he found any clue from this crystal, then he will have a better chance of completing the quest.

Ethan didn't know how to operate this at the beginning. But he read a book on how to operate this crystal. It is very easy though. One had to insert their Inner Energy into the crystal. And the crystal will be easy to operate.

Generally, a crystal is not accessible if the owner of the crystal is alive. Since the owner is dead, the defensive formations and arrays will be gone. Since his academy's founder is dead, he could now access this crystal.

Since he is now a cultivator, he could use his Inner Energy. So on his will, invisible energy came out from his hands and entered the crystal. Ethan was excited. He was from earth. And this kind of magical stuff like the Inner Energy is completely new for him. But it also gave him a weird feeling.

He quickly came back to reality. He played the crystal. Very soon his consciousness entered the crystal. He was initially stunned. But he knew that he was not in any harmful situation. His consciousness was entering the records of the crystal.

This is how the mechanism of the memory crystal works. When someone's consciousness enters the memory crystal, they find themselves in a virtual reality world. They will experience as if they were watching everything live that is recorded in the memory crystal.

Ethan's view changed. His consciousness was no longer in his dormitory. Of course, his body was in his dormitory. But his consciousness was within the memory crystal.

It was an unknown time period. There was a young kid whose age was around 12-14 years who was hitting the wooden puppet with his wooden sword. Surprisingly, this kid's cultivation level was at the 3rd Level of the Elementary Stage.

This kid was training in his sword diligently. Ethan could see the determination in his eyes. He was sweating. His little hands were on the verge of going numb from constant practice. Even so, he didn't give up. He was still practising his sword arts.

"Ha ha ha ha ha! You are still practising diligently as always, Frank!", At that time, Ethan heard a voice from behind. Of course, no one could see him even though he was in the illusionary world created from the memories of the founder of the Sacred Wind Academy.

This voice was directed to this kid who was practising his sword arts. The kid named Frank stopped his training. He turned back and saw another kid around the same age as Frank looking at him with a smile on his face.

"What's wrong with practice? I like swords. So I am training in swords. You already know this. Then why are you asking me, Leo?", Frank said nonchalantly.

"You are the master's favourite disciple. So why are you still working like this? You need to learn to take a break from time to time in order to keep your body in good condition for future development.", Leo told Frank.

"What is the purpose of your visit?", Frank was direct with his question.

Leo said, "Master summoned both of us. She wants to see us immediately. Judging from her tone, it's in something very important. So let's go."

"And you're telling me now? Why didn't you tell me this the moment you came here? Let's go immediately.", Frank stopped what he was doing. He placed his wooden sword on the ground and immediately left with Leo to meet their master.

The recording ended there. Ethan's vision suddenly changed. The scenery changed. This time he was in a cave. A beautiful girl was sitting in a meditation pose on a rock. She gave a calm feeling when one see her. Ethan had an intuition that this woman was definitely strong. She might be stronger than anyone else he had ever seen so far. And her cultivation might have reached an unfathomable height.

"Master!", Both Frank and Leo kneeled on the ground and greeted that beautiful woman. That woman opened her beautiful eyes and gently smiled after looking at both Leo and Frank.

She gently said, "I called both of you here for an important reason. Today I will give you a very important task. You need to stay united all the time and do your task seriously."

"Rest assured, Master!", Frank said with confidence, "No matter what. We won't let you down."

"That's right master!", Leo also replied, "No matter what, our friendship will never be broken by anyone or anything."

"I have faith in your comradeship.", That beautiful woman said, "But to accomplish this mission, you both had to settle down in the Grace Continent!"

"Grace Continent?", Both Leo and Frank looked at earth other in confusion. Then Leo asked, "But why should we go to such a backward place like the Grace Continent Master?"

The beautiful woman shook her head and said, "I am leaving this place. I might be strong here. But at that place, I am the weaker one. I have important and valuable things which I don't want to lose at all costs. So I am going to hide them in a secret zone. And the location of that secret zone is in the Grace Continent."

She continued, "Since Grace Continent is the weakest continent in the Mortal Realm, no enemy will ever even imagine it. By the time they will get the sniff of it, I will come back and take it back."

She sigh and said, "This is the reason why I secretly groomed you two. No one knew about you two existence. No one will ever imagine that you two were my disciples. This is for your safety. By the time I come back and take my stuff, I will proudly announce that you two were my disciples. Until then, you two need to protect that secret zone with care."

Leo asked in confusion, "But master, what exactly we will be protecting? What kind of thing makes even someone as strong as you take so many precautions?"

"This is not the time to tell you any of this.", That beautiful woman replied after a while, "Whatever it is you people are about to protect, it is an extremely important thing. If this thing falls in the hands of the Vicious Lord, then the entire Mortal Realm will be gone for good. So keep in mind that you will never try to know about that thing."

"Vicious Lord!!!", As soon as they heard this, Both Leo and Frank were stunned.