Ark the Legend Vol 16 Ch 9 PĀ 1
Investment Funds Inauguration
Ark was in the secret hideout, Elim’s Sanctum, inside the S-20.
-hmmm, Alkan race….
Tote, the ancient Elim’s master, who had been guarding – well, it was more like being stuck inside and not being able to go anywhere, but – the Elim’s Sanctum spoke out as if he was recalling a long memory.
-That’s right, Alkans were the rulers of the Estana before the Murats came.Ā  However, Alkans were a horrible race that slaughtered various races without a care.Ā  So Murats stopped them from killing and enslaving other races, and Alkans pretended to be intimidated by the technologically advanced Murats and listened to them. Ā However, when the Murat’s expedition team left the system, they showed their true colors and started a war to obliterate all the other races in Estana.Ā  At that time, Alkans were the strongest race in Estana.
That’s right, the natives weren’t able to offer any form of resistance, and thus, were repeatedly chased from city to city.Ā  Then, while in despair and almost in a state of extinction, it was as if their prayers had been answered, and light opened up the heaven.Ā  The Murat’s military stepped in.
-I wasn’t there so I don’t know the exact circ.u.mstances, but I was told the war was brutal.Ā  Then after a long war, the Alkans from all the corners of Estana were systematically eliminated and pushed to their origin, but by that time, the leader had gathered the remaining Alkans and had disappeared, never to be seen again.
Parao, the leader of the military force was worried because he didn’t think the leader of the Alkans would silently disappear without schemes for revenge.Ā  Therefore, they couldn’t leave the system.Ā  There were already too many that died due to their negligence, and they weren’t about to repeat the same mistake.Ā  Ultimately, their solution was to raise a warrior that would remain to obstruct Alkan’s evil deeds.
ā€œThat warrior was….ā€
-Right, the Elim
Tote spoke with proud eyes.
-And the last place that the refugees of war gathered together was right here, the Pagos Mountain.Ā  This was also the place that the Murat military came and initiated the counter offence.Ā  That’s why the people called Pagos Mountain a Holy Mountain.Ā  And it was at that time that the representatives of all of the races gathered together to meet here as well.Ā  That’s why Elim’s Sanctum is located here, so that when the representatives from each race gather, and if the Alkans were to move again, it would be easy for the Elim to be on the lookout.
That was the reason for the Elim’s Sanctum in Pagos Mountain!Ā  It was also the reason why the Galaxy Federation knew that religious people often come here for the observations.
However, in truth, the people that gathered at the Pagos Mountain were not religious, but the representatives, and they gathered here on a routine basis so that they would not forget the thankfulness that they bear in their hearts and minds toward the Murat race and to look out for any possibility of Alkans crawling out of the darkness to wreck havoc again.
-However, to think that the Alkans were hiding in such a place.Ā  Not only that, they were obliterated by the very weapon that they built to revenge against the Murats….I can only say I pity them.Ā  The beings that only depend on strength to solve any and all things end up like them.Ā  I am sure you have learned a lot from this experience.Ā  It is good that you are building strength, but you have to think deeply when using that strength.
He ended the story with off the wall moral lesson.Ā  Of course, thinking back, Tote was considered as Elim’s moral teacher.Ā  In other words, he was Star War’s Yoda – in reality, the Tote that Ark saw at Muratio Star was exactly like Yoda from Star Wars – like being.
This was Tote’s role.
Well, whatever!
It was true that the adventure, this time, was meaningful.
It was good that Ark could spend extended time with Irina – it was regretful that she returned to her Federation office as soon as they got out of the Jura.s.sic World –, ultimately, there were too many that were killed, but Silverhand members were saved.Ā  It was when they were leaving the Jura.s.sic World on Silver Star…..