Chapter 53: Gains

Chapter 53: Gains

Above the gray fog, inside the ancient palace.

One crimson star after another flared up, forming several figures.

The Star Leonard casually swept his gaze around. Then his eyes suddenly froze, stopping on the silver-black “jewelry box” placed upon the mottled long table.

If he remembered correctly, this should be the Grade 0 sealed artifact that The World Klein Moretti had specifically emphasized during their previous private gathering: the Box of the Great Old Ones.

The Saint of Secrets Botis really controlled this Grade 0 sealed artifact? And he actually took it out and used it? In the end, Madam Hermit and Miss Justice still succeeded? Leonard’s pupils dilated slightly. For a moment, he almost could not believe his eyes.

As an orthodox official Beyonder and a Red Gloves captain of the Church of Evernight, he had a clear concept of what Grade 0 sealed artifacts were. He knew those objects could destroy a city with casual ease, make people drop dead without warning and without resistance, and that when facing them, one should not only avoid contact—one should also avoid learning about them as much as possible.

Leonard had originally believed that once Madam Hermit and Miss Justice truly encountered a Grade 0 sealed artifact, they would follow the contingency plan, withdraw from the battlefield, and think of another way to rescue Miss Magician. Who could have imagined that they had actually succeeded, and even brought back the Grade 0 sealed artifact, the Box of the Great Old Ones!

“Has Madam Hermit’s Mystical Re-enactment become that powerful? Can the Banquet of Betrayal she mentioned really make a sealed artifact rebel? Or perhaps Mr. Fool offered a certain amount of help?” Leonard muttered silently while glancing toward The World Klein Moretti seated at the very bottom of the bronze long table. He discovered that this former colleague of his was exceedingly calm.

Klein looked around and laughed hoarsely.

“Congratulations, everyone. This hunt was very successful.

“All the spoils are here.”

As he spoke, he lifted his right hand and condensed a great deal of mysticism knowledge into a ball of faint white radiance. Attached to it were also a few legends and tales from the East, such as The Peach Blossom Spring and the Rotten Axe Chess Game. He wanted Madam Hermit to try whether they belonged to mystery and whether they had any real origin.

“Madam, this is your payment.” The World Klein made the ball of pale-white light fly toward The Hermit Cattleya. Then he pointed at the Box of the Great Old Ones, the Secrets Sorcerer Beyonder characteristic, the Traveler’s Bag, Botis’s eyeballs, nine Star Worms, and a large quantity of gemstones and materials laid out on the table. “In addition, you have the right of first selection.”

After the demigod-level battle to hunt the Saint of Secrets Botis, The Hermit Cattleya truly possessed the bearing and confidence of a saint. She first received that ball of pale-white radiance, closed her eyes, and digested the mysticism knowledge contained within.

“During the Second Epoch, the ancient gods believed that the Original Creator left behind certain things. They might be ‘kingdoms’ evolved from parts of His body, or they might be objects He created…

“These things contain sefirot. There are nine in total: the Chaos Sea, Sefirah Castle, the River of Eternal Darkness, the Knowledge Moor, the Tenebrous World, the Brood Hive, the Nation of Disorder, the City of Calamity, and the Key of Light…

“The ancient Sun God came from a place called Chernobyl…

“Sequence 0 of the Marauder pathway is called Error…

“Emperor Roselle’s fairy tales may have originated from things that once truly happened…

“…”

As that mysticism knowledge echoed through her mind, The Hermit Cattleya could not help opening her eyes and looking toward The World Gehrman Sparrow.

There was far too much within it that shocked her, overturned her understanding, and opened the door to an entirely new…