Knowing that Bernadette was referring to Roselle, Aaron couldn't help but lower his head and re-examine the human skin in his hand, which was like a dead object.
Given Roselle's Sequence 1, "Knowledge Emperor," at that time, what he wanted to trade for couldn't simply be a "Miracle Invoker" characteristic. Otherwise, the Eternal Blazing Sun Church's 0-13, "The Last Feast," would clearly have been a better choice, so why bother going far to the Church of the Lord of Storms?
Aaron kept this matter in mind and did not continue to inquire about Bernadette's thoughts. After all, with Queen Mystic's strength at the time, Roselle would certainly not have revealed the specific plan.
"I did sense the aura that appeared in the deep-sea vortex earlier on Oravi Island. After the ironclad ship was destroyed, those people also had ideas about this Sonia Sea fleet, so Amyrius has already agreed to our secret cooperation."
Not dwelling on this question either, Bernadette withdrew her gaze from the Grade 0 Sealed Artifact and supplemented with a clear voice.
Aaron nodded, not surprised by this outcome. Amyrius was an ambitious person. To retain control of the Central Sonia Fleet in the current situation, and even to advance further, he could only cooperate with himself.
Besides Amyrius's matter, Aaron specifically met with Bernadette also to integrate the intelligence networks of Oravi Island and the East Tucker Colonial Zone in the Southern Continent.
After a brief exchange, the dense dark gold mist in front of Aaron's eyes suddenly flashed and disappeared. He raised his eyebrows slightly, as if sensing something, then chuckled lightly:
"How interesting..."
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Southern Continent, East Balam, Harvest Plain.
The Death's descendant, "Ferryman" Arsas Eggers, struggled out of the Styx River and, without any hesitation, directly crushed the dark gold crystal that Dunn Smith had given him earlier.
Then, with a gloomy expression, he looked above the Styx River, where space was distorted. Klarman, whose body was severely distorted and deformed, walked out from it. Unlike before, this Shaman King seemed to have lost his sanity.
A crack had opened in the center of his forehead, and inside it seemed to be embedded a blood-red full Moon.
Moonlight poured out like a tide, forcing out the decaying Death aura from the Underworld, which Arsas Eggers had left inside Klarman as a contingency.
Klarman's originally stiff and slow movements instantly returned to normal. In the light of the full Moon, he transformed into a mass of blood-red, splitting into countless fragments of light.
Arsas Eggers's expression was extremely grim. To escape the Rose School of Thought's ambush, he was now severely wounded, and even the core of his Underworld was corrupted. His strength could be said to be less than one-tenth of what it once was.
But he still forcibly connected to the Underworld within him, and a withering Death intent, enough to pollute divinity, surged out from his body. From the depths of that illusory Styx River, decayed arms reached out to grab the blood-red fragments surging towards him.
Missing his target, the increasingly distorted Klarman re-formed his body at the position where Arsas Eggers had originally stood.
As if sensing the residual aura after the dark gold crystal shattered, Klarman's body quickly became covered in a layer of crimson, and his belly swelled at an unimaginable speed, beginning to writhe.
The Grade 1 Sealed Artifact, "General of the Pupil-less Eye," given to Klarman by the Rose School of Thought on his shoulder, seemed to sense danger and struggled to escape.
The next second, Arsas Eggers, Klarman, and even that illusory Styx River instantly stiffened, as if sealed in a piece of dark gold amber.
A terrifying power capable of shattering Grade 0 Sealed Artifacts emerged. Apart from Arsas Eggers, who was deliberately protected, all other things were completely annihilated.
Aaron, who had summoned the historical projection of the Star Crown, emerged from the Spirit World and saw the battlefield covered and enveloped by the power of an Angel.
His gaze did not linger on the two separated demigod characteristics but looked at the crimson drop of blood in the very center that was resisting the "Judgement Domain."
With Aaron's current status, he recognized this as a drop of blood blessed by the "Primordial Moon," or rather, the "Mother Goddess of Depravity"!
His eyes slightly cold, Aaron grasped the drop of blood in his hand and, following a certain special sensation, looked towards the distant sky. Behind the shattered void, crimson eyes faded away.
"Curse King" Barranca.... Aaron snorted lightly and completely sealed the drop of blood blessed by the evil god before looking at Bernadette beside him.
Her eyes, as blue as a condensed ocean, deepened, seemingly losing focus for a brief moment. Two or three seconds later, Bernadette suddenly closed her eyes, as if an unbearable glare had appeared before her.
Distorted, abstract, and seemingly alive streams of information were stripped away by Bernadette. This bizarre scene made Arsas Eggers, who was still trying to recover from his injuries, look even more grim.
"Relevant information in the Spirit World has been corrupted, making it impossible to find the trace of that Angel from the Rose School of Thought...."
Bernadette's voice gradually became ethereal, carrying a sense of indescribable feeling.
Aaron was not too disappointed by this. Just through the momentary glance earlier, the aura emanating from the "Curse King" was already comparable to that of the former "Abomination" Scylla.
Moreover, the transformation of Barranca seemed not yet complete. After Aaron appeared, they decisively abandoned Klarman and erased all traces.
Aaron nodded slightly to Bernadette, then disturbed the corresponding Spirit World area to prevent possible divination. He then grabbed the Ferryman and quickly left the place.
Fog Sea, La Cha Island, Emerald Palace.
His shielded five senses gradually returned. Arsas Eggers saw the sea as clear as sapphire, a magnificent castle made purely of emerald, and the two Angels gazing at him.
Sighing inwardly, he rose and performed a standard Balam royal etiquette towards Aaron and Bernadette.
He had been mentally prepared for this ever since he got that dark gold crystal, but he didn't expect that two beings, who could be called subsidiary gods in the ancient era, would appear at once.
Aaron had already roughly understood the situation of this Death's descendant through Sid Watson, so he didn't need him to introduce himself and directly asked:
"What happened to the Rose School of Thought?"
Arsas Eggers reined in his Death intent, repairing his damaged inner Underworld, and responded in a low voice:
"I received news from Klarman earlier that the Rose School of Thought suffered heavy losses in the Sea of Ruins, and even the Abomination who had ruled the Rose School of Thought for hundreds of years perished as a result."
"So I wanted to take this opportunity..."
He paused here, his expression changing slightly, a hint of barely noticeable fear flashing across his face:
"But I didn't expect it to be a deliberately set trap, a trap aimed at me!"