611 Plan of Exploration (1/2)
On April 11, in the conference room of the Highest Council…
The sixteen members, including seven grand arcanists, had already been seated, when Lucien just came in wearing his double-breasted suit. He apologized, ”Sorry that I'm late.”
”It doesn't matter. Last night was your wedding night. It's perfectly normal to be late.” Klaus, the Alchemy Master, said jokingly, ”We all understand it.”
Hearing his joke, the other people either smiled kindly or showed no emotional change, except for Hathaway who stared at Lucien coldly as if she were blaming him.
Scratching his chin in embarrassment, Lucien specifically explained it for his 'mother-in-law'. ”The wound on Natasha's abdomen was corrupted by the power of time. It will take her at least half a month even if she treats herself well. However, she couldn't forget her last attack to execute Kritonia and try to grasp the feeling of burning and melting her will, belief, spirits and bloodline. Fearing that her wounds worsened, I could only try to cooperate with her while stopping her from making drastic movements. She didn't fall asleep from exhaustion until a few minutes ago.”
So, I'm definitely not late for the reason you imagine. However, when we were excited discussing and simulating the attack, she expressed her 'gratitude' in other ways.
Hathaway's eyes became gentle. Douglas simply chuckled and said, ”There's no need to explain your personal business to us. We are having an emergency meeting today mainly to discuss what happened yesterday. The Original Fire, a night watcher of the Church, was able to invite the legendary spectres of the World of Souls. It makes me wonder whether or not the Church is asking for the cooperation of the World of Souls.”
”The South Church, which is determined to purge the undead creatures, is cooperating with the World of Souls? Was it the Original Fire's personal action? He's a legendary sorcerer from the Magic Empire. Perhaps he had a deep understanding about the World of Souls.” Hathaway analyzed another possibility.
Solemnly and loudly, Fernando said, ”Whatever it is, we have to accelerate the exploration in the World of Souls! Those skeletons and bodies don't seem satisfied with the World of Souls and intend to touch the main material world, instead of calming down after the mysterious existence of the World of Souls fell asleep like we imagined in the past. Therefore, we cannot react effectively without figuring out their details.”
When they discussed, Vicente, the Lord of the Undead, remained silent. Dark red fire bounced in his eyes, as if he did not care about the things in the World of Souls.
Brook said in a low voice, ”It's true that we need to accelerate our exploration, but we have no idea what dangers are hiding behind the Furnace of Souls. We have to press forward prudently. It must be noted that almost ten ancient legendary sorcerers went missing there. Although none of them were peak, most of them were level three. They were the pillars of the Magic Empire and not weak at all.”
After the Congus incident, Lucien wrote the issues about Maskelyne into a report and submitted it to the Congress, allowing them to know the reason why the legendary sorcerers went missing and how the Grand Cross really collapsed.
”Yes. The goal that I set for now is to explore until the Furnace of Souls without pressing any deeper. After we investigate the Furnace of Souls and the peripheral area, we will return. Then, we will clear the unintelligent undead creatures and make a plan for our second adventure to press deeper.” Douglas said rationally and calmly, but he was so confident as if the strong spectres were mere common skeletons.
”But there are almost ten legendary spectres like the Lich King apart from the unintelligent legendary spectres. They are not so easy to deal with. It will be a total war.” After a long silence, Vicente began to talk.
Hearing them discuss quietly, Lucien thought for a moment and suddenly raised his hands. ”There's something that I'd like to say.”
”What is it?” Fernando looked at him with his red eyes. What other secrets was he hiding?
Lucien brought out the Sun's Corona that he didn't submit earlier. ”I found an item of divine power left by Maskelyne in the Grand Cross.”
”An item of divine power?” Asked Oliver and Erica in surprise. The Saint Truth hadn't surfaced yet when Maskelyne went missing. Where on earth did he get the item?
Not wasting time to say what he had already said, Lucien went to the topic. ”Mr. Maskelyne called it a magic item.”
”What?” This time, even Douglas, Brook, Hathaway, Hellen and Davey were shocked.
”I have reason to believe that it is related to the rise of the Saint Truth.” After so many things, and after witnessing the pope's improvement on the divine powers, Lucien was finally able to talk about his suspicion honestly and confidently. ”Perhaps it has something to do with the speculation I mentioned in the report of the changes of Ell's godhood.”
It came from the adjusted amalgamation of many people's feeble spiritual power!
”Well…” After a brief silence, Brook took out a white handkerchief to wipe his forehead. ”But the projection of Mountain Paradise is real, and so are the angels. The king of angels is in the Holy City right now. Also, we cannot find a way to perform divine powers. We can't even create a divine item without godhood.”
”That's why further exploration is needed. At the bottom level of 'Sun's Corona', Mr. Maskelyne has hidden the patterns of the coordinate changes of a certain place in the deepest part of the World of Souls. That's probably the area where they went missing in the end. There's perhaps an answer to everything.” Said Lucien solemnly before he shared the pattern of the changing coordinates.