Chapter 134: Something Suspicious Among the Xenos!
Click—
After everything returned to silence, the surroundings had already turned into a complete mess.
The Xenos, led by Lyd and Rei, were all shocked by Ethan's absolute strength.
Whether human, Xenos, or monster, all living beings instinctively felt awe toward the strong.
They were naturally no exception.
Especially since a small portion of them had already been shocked by him once before in the Artificial Labyrinth.
Immediately afterward, Lyd opened his mouth, wanting to help Ethan clean up the battlefield.
After all, with so many spoils and magic stones, collecting them all would be a problem.
Buzz—
However, he had clearly thought too much.
A crack-like passage opened.
One magic stone after another, along with the monster drops, were all stored inside Imaginary Number Space.
From the beginning of the battle to the cleanup after it ended, Ethan had remained completely calm from start to finish.
His expression was still as still as an ancient well.
It was as if everything had always been under his control.
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"Ouranos, did you see that?"
Only after everything ended did Fels finally snap out of his daze.
The strength Ethan had displayed was simply too unbelievable.
If someone said this was a Lv.3, no one would believe it.
"Ah."
Ouranos was also somewhat shocked.
Although he had already believed as much as possible that Ethan's future was limitless, he had not expected him to display such strength already.
And those golden rings, along with those weapons.
As a great god who could be considered top-class even in heaven, Ouranos could tell that those were absolutely not "ordinary" weapons.
They were more like a special kind of weapon.
A little like "divine artifacts."
However, in the lower world, all gods had their power sealed.
Forget divine artifacts.
Even half-divine artifacts did not exist.
After all, anything touched by the word "divine" had power that surpassed the limits of the lower world.
One small mistake could easily cause serious destruction.
Because of that, things like divine artifacts were not allowed to appear in the lower world.
"Fels, find a chance to make contact with that child. Bring him to meet me."
"Mm… Hm?"
Fels instinctively answered, but then immediately turned his head.
Bring him to meet you?
Did that mean Ouranos had chosen him?
In all of vast Orario, including even the gods, only a handful of people were qualified to meet Ouranos.
And now, Ouranos actually wanted to meet Ethan.
How could Fels not be surprised?
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Rustle—
Everything had ended, and Ethan let out a breath of stale air.
He had to admit, Gate of Babylon really was convenient.
It was much easier than opening Imaginary Number Space, and the consumption was also extremely low.
It was almost equal to zero.
After being interrupted like this, Ethan no longer had any thoughts of continuing deeper.
That was because, ever since he had made contact with Lyd, he had constantly felt like he was being "watched."
It was a sensation he could not quite describe.
But it felt like a thorn lodged in place, making him extremely uncomfortable.
Combining it with certain plot points from the original story, Ethan guessed that the one watching him was likely the person who had once been known as a "sage" and now called himself a "fool."
In Sword Oratoria, during Loki Familia's final battle, everything had been broadcast in real time to that person through a crystal.
And in the story, the Xenos did indeed have a crystal used to contact Fels.
Whether it had a surveillance function or not, Ethan was not sure.
However, based on this incident, he already had some guesses.
If it were only the skeleton of a "former sage," that would not be a big deal.
The truly troublesome one was Ouranos behind him.
That great god had personally created the current Orario.
He was also the first god to descend to the lower world.
The first Falna had also been granted to the children of the lower world by him.
Because of that, this feeling of being "watched" was definitely not baseless.
"You really are strong, Ethan. Was that magic just now?"
Lyd walked over at that moment, patting Ethan on the shoulder as he spoke.
With his carefree manner, he did not look like a Xenos at all.
Instead, he looked more like an overly sociable person.
"You could say that."
"Amazing."
That praise was completely sincere.
Lyd did not have the scheming thoughts humans often carried.
At the same time, on the altar elsewhere—
"Speaking of which, the 'spatial rings' that have been popular in Orario recently seem to have come from Ethan as well."
"Spatial rings? They are indeed quite interesting. Compressing space and storing it inside a tiny ring is quite a creative idea."
To the gods, such things were not especially rare.
The main point was that this was the lower world.
Throughout Orario's entire history, adventurers who awakened spatial magic or spatial skills were incredibly rare.
Let alone someone who could take that power and play with it in such a creative way.
After exchanging a few more casual words, Ethan left.
As for Lyd and Rei, they watched his back gradually disappear and remained silent.
On Ethan's side, after he had walked a certain distance away, the feeling of being "watched" disappeared.
Clearly, Lyd and the others definitely had something on them.
"Ouranos, huh…"
Thinking that he might now be exposed in the eyes of that great god, Ethan felt somewhat helpless.
After all, that person was similar to a "game administrator."
The gods' "game" could be considered something he had planned.
During a War Game, the only divine technique allowed to be used, the Divine Mirror, also required Ouranos's permission.
Only after that god nodded could it be used.
"Hm? It's done?"
At that moment, Ethan sensed that the "Holy Grail" he had drawn earlier had already been "blackened."
After obtaining the Holy Grail, he had immediately established a connection with it.
Then he used "All the World's Evil" to corrupt it.
This Holy Grail was not the Greater Grail created by the Three Founding Families.
Rather, it was a pure crystallization of magical energy.
After turning it black and transforming it into a "Black Holy Grail," Ethan could continuously draw magical energy from it through the contract he had formed with the Grail.
Not only that, the Black Holy Grail would automatically absorb magical energy from the atmosphere and accumulate it.
It was like a "mana pack" that could recover automatically.
He could use it whenever he wanted, and the quantity was large enough to satisfy him.
As for making wishes, this Holy Grail did not have that function.
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