Chapter 3673: DismissedEditor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

Darcy had always been ambitious.

He had always felt that he was only lacking an opportunity.

And he was different from Sawyer.

He did not believe Fang Heng had either the strength or the guts to cause trouble on Sea God Island.

As long as Fang Heng was sent away, that would be enough.

Darcy looked at Fang Heng and extended his hand toward him. "Hand over the divine authority to me. I’ll take you to the priestly grounds right now to choose a divine statue."

Cao Ge and Meng Qingyu both found Darcy’s sudden one-hundred-eighty-degree change in attitude strange.

They had already prepared themselves to outwit Sea God Island, yet the other side had agreed just like that?

There had to be a trick!

The two quickly exchanged glances.

No rush.

First, they would see how Fang Heng handled it.

However, what they saw was Fang Heng very readily taking out the divine authority and tossing it toward Darcy.

"Take it."

Darcy’s eyes lit up the moment he saw the divine authority. He caught it in one hand and turned it over repeatedly, examining it carefully. His heart pounded wildly.

It was divine authority, no doubt about it!

This resonance of faith could not be faked!

Fang Heng said, "Confirmed? Can you take us to the priestly grounds now?"

"Fine."

Darcy took a deep breath, suppressing the joy in his heart, and said in a low voice, "Follow me."

The group followed Darcy into the priestly grounds.

Fang Heng frowned.

The moment he entered the cavern, he felt that something was off.

The fluctuations of faith within the priestly grounds had dropped significantly.

After a brief moment of thought, Fang Heng recalled what Princess Willow had mentioned not long ago—High Priest Sawyer had personally led a fleet and left the island. He immediately guessed what had happened, and a trace of disdain curled at the corner of his lips.

So they were resorting to such cheap tricks?

Fang Heng said nothing and followed Darcy into the display chamber beyond the priestly grounds.

The display chamber was a carved-out cavern.

Along the rock walls, niches had been manually carved out one after another.

Inside each niche stood a divine statue.

Darcy said, "Fang Heng, this is the display chamber of the priestly grounds. As you can see, there are hundreds of deities here. You may choose any one of them and take it with you."

Fang Heng had already been here the night before. He walked to the center of the chamber, swept his gaze around, then focused on one side of the rock wall. Pointing toward the rock wall concealing the hidden passage, he asked, "What’s behind there?"

Darcy’s heart stirred, and he fixed his gaze on Fang Heng.

As expected, Fang Heng knew about the secret section of the priestly grounds!

Fortunately, they had moved the three divine statues in advance.

But how had he known?

Aside from himself, only five others knew of this place.

Once this was over, he would have to investigate thoroughly.

"Hahaha, Fang Heng, it seems you came prepared."

Darcy did not mind and laughed loudly. He walked over to the rock wall of the hidden chamber and quickly condensed several seals before him, then pressed his hand against the stone wall.

"Crack... crack... crack..."

The stone wall responded and slowly slid open to both sides.

"This is the secret chamber where Sea God Island stores its high-tier divine statues. Under normal circumstances, it is not open to outsiders."

As Darcy spoke, he stepped through the stone wall first. "However, since you obtained divine authority for Sea God Island, you have made a great contribution. High Priest Sawyer has specially permitted you to enter and choose a divine statue here."

Fang Heng and the others followed him into the secret chamber.

The secret chamber was much smaller than the cavern outside.

Likewise, niches had been carved into the chamber walls.

Divine statues were placed inside each one.

The moment Cao Ge saw the divine statues, his heart jumped.

So strong!

The divine statues stored in the secret chamber were all of extremely high rank. Any one of them was stronger than what he had seen in the royal treasury of the Oz Empire.

Fang Heng’s gaze also swept quickly around the chamber.

Not bad.

All high-grade goods.

However, the few divine fluctuations he had sensed before were now gone.

It seemed Sawyer had taken away the strongest few when she left.

Cao Ge and Meng Qingyu both looked toward Fang Heng.

They did not know that the three highest-tier divine statues in the secret chamber had already been moved in advance. They only knew Fang Heng could judge the strength of divine statues, and they were simply waiting for him to choose a high-tier one to take.

Fang Heng pointed toward several empty niches in the cavern and asked, "There should have been divine statues placed here as well, right? Why are they gone?"

Darcy frowned.

The empty niches Fang Heng pointed at had originally held the three Transcendent-tier divine statues, which Sawyer had taken with her not long ago.

He did not believe it was a coincidence.

Fang Heng had definitely come prepared!

The information about the divine statues in the secret chamber must have been leaked!

Who could it have been?

Darcy pondered inwardly and said, "My apologies. You arrived one step too late. Those divine statues were taken away not long ago. In any case, there are still plenty left here, and their ranks are not that different. You may choose whichever one you like."

"Is that so?"

Fang Heng had no intention of letting Darcy off so easily. Wearing a faint smile, he continued, "But the marks above still look fresh. It seems they were just moved not long ago?"

Darcy was already displeased and no longer wished to entertain Fang Heng. He merely said coldly, "I don’t know."

"Oh? You really don’t know? I heard High Priest Sawyer left by ship not long ago. Surely he didn’t just happen to take those divine statues with him?"

Not good!

At the side, Brigit’s heart skipped a beat as Fang Heng exposed it so directly. His expression immediately turned uncertain.

Darcy’s patience had already reached its limit with Fang Heng’s attitude. He said, "So what if he did?"

Now that the divine authority was already in hand, he no longer cared to hide it.

"High Priest Sawyer promised that as long as you completed the mission, you could choose any divine statue on the island. Sea God Island has not violated the agreement. If you still want one, then hurry up and choose a divine statue as your reward. If you don’t want one, then leave at once and stop being an eyesore!"

"Everyone, choose as you please. I have other matters to attend to, so I’ll be leaving first."

As he spoke, Darcy shot Brigit a glance, then turned and left with his two subordinate priests.

"After choosing a divine statue, inform Priest Brigit. He will help arrange it for you."

As Darcy hurried off with the divine authority, lines of game prompts appeared across Fang Heng’s vision.

[Hint: The player team had completed the mission-Divine Authority of Whispering Island.]

[Hint: The player team’s favorability with Sea God Island had greatly increased. The player team’s reputation had increased. The player could choose any one divine statue on Sea God Island.]

At that moment, Brigit was already cursing Darcy to death in his heart.

He had no idea why Darcy had suddenly changed the plan and openly fallen out with Fang Heng. He could only brace himself and follow the original plan to stabilize Fang Heng and the others, "Everyone, Priest Darcy has not been in a very good mood these past two days. Please do not let it affect you. May I ask, which divine statue has caught your eye?"

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