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In such a situation, Klein didn't dare to use divination above the gray fog to confirm. Just as he was hesitating whether to use the "Eye of Rusco," the ethereal voice reappeared.
Klein felt a moment of disorientation. Having had similar experiences, he clearly realized that he had been dragged into a dream. He warily surveyed his surroundings and found himself in an ancient, dim underwater ruin.
This was the ancient elven ruin occupied by Kalvetua!
However, unlike the broken state he saw in his Spirit Body, all the buildings were intact. Giant coral pillars, inscribed with strange patterns and symbols, supported exaggerated domes, and the walls and ceilings were covered with murals depicting the terror of storms.
Deep within the palace, atop nine steps, sat a coral throne inlaid with sapphires, emeralds, and lustrous pearls.
A beautiful woman with delicate features and slightly pointed ears sat high above, her eyes deep and her contours soft.
Immersed in the faint, lingering song, Klein had unconsciously arrived in the palace. His gaze suddenly froze when it swept to the base of the coral throne.
Another woman stood there, the elven demigod who had descended from the Dawn with him earlier.
Klein could feel that the two elves were communicating, but he couldn't hear them. Just as he was about to speak, the entire coral palace shattered with a roar.
Opening his eyes abruptly, Klein was somewhat startled to find that the Sea God Scepter had returned to his hand, but he still felt a bit restless, always feeling as if he had forgotten something.
A roaring sound came from the sea area shrouded in mist and storm, interrupting Klein's thoughts. After only a few seconds of hesitation, he directly rushed into the azure sea, using the Sea God Scepter to control a sea monster, taking himself swiftly away to the nearest Sonia Island.
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East Tucker County Capital, Osel.
Aaron, who had just returned to reality from the Nation of Disorder, raised an eyebrow. The surrounding space immediately rippled, and Arianna, clad in a simple linen robe, stepped out of the void.
Her dark eyes carefully scrutinized Aaron. She made four clockwise dots on her chest and whispered devoutly:
"The Goddess commanded me to bring this to you!"
As she spoke, a crystal-clear amber, like stars crafted from the night sky, flew out from the surging black tide behind her. The milky white "Die of Probability" was sealed within it.
Aaron's eyes lit up slightly, and a smile quickly spread across his face. As the crystal amber fell into his palm, an indescribable strange feeling enveloped his entire body, but it quickly vanished without a trace.
Misfortune at the level of a deity.... A realization dawned in his heart. After seeing Ms. Arianna off, Aaron finally began to examine the "Die of Probability."
This Uniqueness, which had originally been completely alive, now appeared extremely docile, but it might also be due to the influence of the misfortune seal. The "Die of Probability" could now only roll points below 3, making the already extremely exaggerated misfortune even more terrifying.
After briefly clarifying the current state of this Grade 0 Sealed Artifact, Aaron couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. After some thought, he used his finger as a pen to directly draw the symbol representing concealment and prying in the void.
With his current Beyonder characteristic that could respond across the entire world, he no longer needed a medium like a mirror; it was more like a unilateral forced summoning.
A few breaths later, the symbol, a mixture of concealment and prying, completely merged into the void, transforming into a not-so-clear mirror. Large sections of text suddenly appeared:
"Great existence, humble Arrodes congratulates you on taking another step closer to re-ascending to godhood!"
"Is there anything I can do for you?"
Aaron nodded noncommittally and said in a deep voice:
"Arrodes, tell me, where is Barranca, the 'King of Curses' of the Rose School of Thought, now?"
After jointly ambushing and killing the Abomination, Suah, in the Sea of Ruins, only one angel of the Rose School of Thought's Indulgence faction remained.
Both Abomination characteristics had been recovered. Now, the "Chained God" only had one Sequence 1 characteristic and the Uniqueness within him. To cultivate another Sequence 1 like Suah before was a pipe dream.
But the joint effort of the Mother Tree of Desire and the Mother Goddess of Depravity in the Sea of Ruins made Aaron have to take precautions. After the Indulgence faction suffered heavy losses, would Barranca be influenced by those Primordial Moon believers, adding variables to the subsequent actions in the Southern Continent?
The illusory mirror surface rippled with light, then began to tremble slightly, and a scene flashed by:
In a deep rift, a massive, incomplete puppet's body split open with countless cracks. One by one, "eyes" appeared behind the cracks, but they had no pupils, only a bloody color.
As if sensing someone prying, those bloody "eyes" simultaneously turned to look in one direction.
"This is the Mother Goddess of Depravity's corrosion!"
Sensing the danger first, Aaron instantly mobilized the power of the Nation of Disorder and proactively severed the connection that was about to form.
The image shattered with a roar. Thanks to Aaron's decisiveness, Arrodes was only startled and did not get corrupted by that terrifying pollution.
The shattered illusory mirror surface slowly recovered after a long while. Arrodes cautiously asked his question:
"Great Duke, does humble Arrodes have any imprints left by other high-level beings on him?"
Looking at this strange question, Aaron's originally somewhat solemn expression relaxed slightly. He raised an eyebrow and chuckled, asking in return:
"Such as?"
The silver words rapidly spread, intertwined, and reorganized, unhesitatingly forming two large characters: "Amon!"
Then, large sections of text appeared after that name, tearfully accusing Amon of the crimes he committed against it, this loyal magic mirror, in the underground of St. Serland Cathedral.
Emphasizing its loyalty and unyielding spirit, Arrodes subtly hinted at the end that Amon had tried to directly parasitize it to lock onto that great ruler above the Spirit World.
Looking at the long text, Aaron clicked his tongue. When Arrodes was threatened by Amon, it happened to be the same day Pallez obtained the Jacob family's treasure.
After thinking for a moment, Aaron's body surged with rich dark-gold mist, which slowly integrated into the illusory mirror surface. A hazy world faintly appeared in the mirror.
A moment later, Aaron withdrew his hand and calmly shook his head:
"You were not parasitized."
Seemingly relieved, Arrodes immediately became very excited, and the original text instantly disappeared:
"I am very sorry, great Duke, I am currently a Grade 1 Sealed Artifact of the Church of the God of Steam and Machinery, and the time to respond to your summons through the seal is limited."
He wants to find Klein, right?.... Aaron saw through Arrodes's little scheme at a glance. Having roughly gotten the answer he wanted, Aaron waved his hand, dismissing the summoning of this magic mirror.
He glanced at the Die of Probability still in his hand, recalled the giant puppet filled with bloody cracks, and Aaron's body rapidly faded and disappeared.
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