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Arslan hesitated for a moment but still didn't agree with Travis's idea: "We mages can't quite grasp the affairs of the gods, but one thing we can be sure of.

Their earthly divine kingdoms are not immutable.

As the gods become more and more powerful, the defenses they set up for their earthly divine kingdoms will become stronger and more bizarre.

Even the Dark Night God Temple allows ordinary believers to enter and kneel to pray! Has there ever been a problem?

During the White Dragon's rampage..."

"The White Dragon has never formally confronted the gods of this world," Travis suddenly interrupted him.

Arslan's eyes widened slightly, as this was completely different from what he had always believed.

But he also knew that history had been painted with many colors due to the disappearance of many gods and the passing of powerful mages.

If these remaining few wanted to make their image more glorious, it wouldn't be impossible to modify some records.

Just as mages never treat the books in Scroll Mountain as the most authentic history books... They respect the God of Knowledge because he can truly do it, allowing later generations to see four or five parts of the truth.

It's impossible not to embellish at all, especially when it comes to matters related to the war with the gods.

The God of Knowledge will only stand on the side of the gods.

Therefore, even if mages leave behind some ancient books through their own means, no one can guarantee that they are the truth.

At most, mages can rely on corresponding with the historical books of Scroll Mountain to find a bit of truth in history.

Compared to these half-truths, the news from the White Dragon's side is more credible.

After all, that thing has really lived a long time.

Travis could be so sure because Luskania must have obtained authentic information from an ancient White Dragon who participated in it back then.

Tsk ~ Arslan suddenly sneered.

Back then, no one doubted the gods' position, naturally because their churches and their believers also paid a heavy price; even several church leaders sacrificed themselves on the battlefield.

The gods had never been stingy in offering their divine power to support these believers fighting on the front lines.

So, no one ever doubted... But once the fog in front of his eyes was cleared, Arslan couldn't imagine what these gods had contributed besides their divine power.

Believers? Priests?

Were they important to the gods who could easily descend into the world back then?

Even a guy like the Lord of the High Tower, who hadn't officially ascended to the divine throne, could easily create an avatar like Kyle Montes!

After the Ice Dog King was born, he was indeed constantly dying and being resurrected, but... weren't all the human believers he brought with him the ones who completely disappeared in the end?

In the end, what really suppressed the White Dragon wasn't the united efforts of the gods and humans, but an unexpected disaster from beyond the heavens.

Of course, Arslan couldn't deny that during that period, the gods had officially confronted the White Dragon Elder Council led by the White Dragon King.

However, he had never seen any battle damage reports, only the so-called 'reaching a consensus'.

However, the White Dragon should have suffered a slight loss; otherwise, they wouldn't have been so proactive in joining forces with humans to fight against the gods when humans rebelled against the gods.

No, or rather, it was because both the White Dragon and humans understood that from beginning to end, it was themselves who were dying... Believers and church leaders were all people, weren't they?

That's why they could so easily abandon their past hatred.

Arslan shook his head slightly.

Didn't they mages understand very early on that the gods were untrustworthy, which is why they were so determined to find a way out?

Mages are unlike those gods who can leave the earth at any time; they can only try to reach the limit of their abilities in the mortal world, and then try to reach among the stars, looking for a glimmer of opportunity.

However, the laws between the earth and the stars are similar but different.

And human life is limited.

Although mages know that as long as they stay away from the astral realm of the material plane, people will no longer continue to age, but how to get there?

Just thinking about it, you know that the world has been closed for so long; which strong person above level 16, whose life has passed halfway, doesn't want to live among the stars?

It's just that most people can't do it.

But level 16 mages still have this ability... Although it's more difficult to live after rushing out.

If there is a teacher or blood relative who can be relied on a little, that's okay.

Otherwise, they can only live a miserable life in a remote corner.

Of course, this is still because most of the people who go out eventually have to choose to return to the mainland to wait for the end of their lives; otherwise, where else can they go?

But they can't help it; who told them they can't adapt to the special laws in the starry sky?

But as far as Arslan knows, the current near-star orbit... This is the White Dragon's term; the mages think it's quite suitable, so they also use it... There are at least more than a hundred level 20+ mages scattered and living in the only remaining part of the space left behind by the gods' divine kingdoms.

This is still because there are only a few gods left in this world.

Even if the divine kingdoms of these few are extremely vast, occupying almost one-third of the space in the near-star orbit, level 20 mages can still build their own fortresses in at least one-quarter of the remaining space.

As for the remaining level 16 mages, the best outcome is to live attached to a certain extraordinary fortress... Regardless of whether they are bullied or spend money, at least they can learn the true laws of the stars.

The remaining people can only pitifully build a small metal house for themselves, hoping that one day they can have a flash of inspiration and find the way forward themselves.

Thinking of this, Arslan sighed silently.

His life is good, but also not good.

The good thing is that he has good talent and advanced to level 16 very early, and he also gained common sense related to the astral realm when he went out to explore.

The bad thing is that the old mage who told him this common sense and came back from the starry sky was really coming back to die.

Even though he taught Arslan a lot of ancient magical knowledge during his last period, the old mage himself didn't understand the laws and information related to interstellar space at all.

Arslan glanced gently at Travis, whose expression was serious and who was probably still considering the problem on the Lord of the High Tower's side, and a faint stream of light flashed in his eyes.

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The reason why he trusts Travis so much and never violates Travis's wishes is certainly not just because of that little bit of uncle-nephew affection.

How much true affection can there be between two people who only truly met after Travis became king?

But Arslan has always firmly stood behind Travis, even those who died were his own nephews.

Of course, now the feelings between the two of them have indeed improved a lot due to long-term interaction and understanding, but that's only because Arslan has worked hard to restore the friendship under the premise that they must be together and must become friends.

For Arslan, who already knows the near-star orbit very well, Travis, no, it should be said that Luskania beside Travis, is the most important existence.

Between the gods and the mage fortress area, the White Dragon's lair, which drags together large areas of ruins of fallen gods, is the strongest force in the starry sky.

The gods are certainly not afraid of the White Dragon, but they also don't care about those things they don't care about in the first place.

As long as the White Dragon doesn't extend its claws near their divine kingdoms, the gods don't care about anything.

Actually, you can see it from the results.

Originally, after the end of the final struggle between the three major forces, they each occupied one-third.

However, human mages did not establish themselves in the starry sky as easily as they had initially thought.

As time went by, the White Dragons, who often roamed the starry sky, naturally took a few steps towards the large area vacated by the human mages.

As far as Arslan knows, although the White Dragon King has been guarding the earth since the world was sealed off... As long as they don't use power that exceeds the world's limitations, they won't be thrown out of the world... But the White Dragons in the near-star orbit, no matter how strong they are, are very convinced of this White Dragon King.

No White Dragon has ever dared to touch the king's residence in the very center of the White Dragon's lair.

Arslan didn't think about getting any benefits from the White Dragon; he still has his senses.

He just wants to be able to live near the White Dragon's lair when he also has to go to the near-star orbit to seek his future path.

It's still empty there now.

The fortresses of those level 20 archmages are located on the distant other side.

They would rather be neighbors with the gods they once schemed against than like those White Dragons who like to visit.

After becoming familiar with Luskania, Arslan can also understand why the mages would choose this way.

However, he also understands why these so-called transcendent ones can no longer find a way forward.

Although Arslan doesn't know much about those histories, he really doesn't think that back then, those human powerhouses, especially the mages, who strongly supported the humans behind the scenes in their struggle for living space from the gods... were really for the sake of humans themselves.

It's still understandable that the nobles want more power and bigger territories.

However, back then, the gods' churches, even the most useless ones, occupied the most fertile land.

But what were the mages for?

In the end, it wasn't to save the future of mankind.