Chapter 230: Three Questions

Chapter 230: Three Questions

Tap, tap, tap. The radio transceiver spat out an illusory sheet of white paper. Written upon it in Loenese were the words:

“Great Master, your loyal and humble servant Arrodes has finally, finally caught up with your footsteps again!”

…There’s no need to be so excited… Mm. Magic Mirror Arrodes’s conversational skill is as professional as ever. It didn’t express any resentment about being unable to contact me for so long, nor did it ask why I haven’t looked for it all this time. Instead, it directly placed the blame on itself and considered that it had failed to keep up with my footsteps… It actually makes me feel a little guilty. Still, precautions that need to be taken must still be taken… For a moment, Klein did not know how to respond.

Arrodes did not wait. Using the radio transceiver, it made the illusory white paper tap out an expression that carefully poked its head out to look around.

“Great Master, ruler above the spirit world, your servant senses that you have come one step closer to returning to your holy seat. Is that so?”

This fellow is evolving so quickly. It has already progressed from using kaomoji to building the prototype of reaction images… In Arrodes’s understanding, am I a true god who is gradually reclaiming Himself? That is why, even though it clearly knows I am currently only Sequence 5, it doesn’t show the slightest contempt, but instead becomes even humbler? Klein understood that Magic Mirror was deliberately asking a question. He nodded calmly.

“Yes.”

“You have answered my question. As an exchange, as the rule that I must obey, you may ask me one question,” Arrodes replied with flying speed, adding a smiling face at the end.

Klein did not hesitate and asked directly, “Where can the Bizarro Sorcerer potion formula be obtained?”

The illusory white paper was immediately spat out for a long stretch. It was filled with countless complicated symbols, which then formed a mirror-like surface and presented a real scene.

It was a deep, gloomy hall without any natural light source. Inside was a gigantic, wriggling thing. It was so blurry that it looked like a pencil sketch erased by an eraser, making it impossible to see any concrete details.

However, Magic Mirror Arrodes thoughtfully attached a long paragraph of text beneath the scene:

“This is Zaratul. He lost control while advancing to Sequence 1, Servant of Mysteries, and became a monster. However, great Master, you must be careful. He is an extremely cunning fellow. Perhaps this entire appearance is something He has deliberately created.

“I cannot look directly at Him. It would harm me. Aside from Him, you will not be able to obtain the potion formula from any Secret Order demigod, because back then, Zaratul directly provided the High-Sequence potions. And there is almost no way to reverse-divine those from Beyonder characteristics.”

The answer is so detailed. It even let me learn additionally that Sequence 1 of the Seer pathway is Servant of Mysteries… Does that mean an angel who serves mysteries? It seems that the Secret Order path requires directly facing Zaratul to have any possibility of obtaining the potion formula, but I can’t even look directly at Him… No wonder the Snake of Fate, Will Auceptin, only said to find the mad Zaratul and didn’t mention the Secret Order… Klein was actually touched for a moment by Magic Mirror Arrodes’s attitude. If he had not felt that he currently lacked the status and strength to control this Sealed Artifact, he might have genuinely regarded the other party as his servant.

Amid the crisp tapping sounds, the illusory white paper extended again, displaying another scene:

It was a majestic mountain peak. Above it stood a ruined palace, and within that palace, the outline of a gigantic stone chair could be vaguely seen.

Klein was far too familiar with that image. Without needing Magic Mirror Arrodes’s annotation, he knew what it symbolized:

The Antigonus family’s treasure…