In the Kingdom of Stars, in the girls' dormitory at Sword Flower University, Adelle was lying on her bed anxiously scrolling through the school forum.
"Details of the Ghost Prophet Revival Incident"
"Four Saints Have Fallen"
"Eternal City Closed! Rumored to Have a New City Lord! Follow for Updates!"
"We Still Don't Know Who Acquired the Lake Light Inheritance"
The top of the forum was pinned with these four red-highlighted posts, all of which were the most explosive news in the past two days. Even Adelle, a typical university student who wasn't even a mage, was keeping up with the updates.
The most eye-catching among them was undoubtedly the Ghost Prophet revival incident.
Although most people had no chance to participate in the Ghost Inheritance, the "Ghost Manual" had already become the best-selling book in Jiale City. In the latest monthly book sales chart of Jiale City, "Ghost Manual," "Time Manual," and "Lake Light Manual" occupied the top three spots. After all, which publisher would miss out on such hype-filled yet royalty-free books?
The sales of the "Ghost Manual" alone were several times the combined sales of the other two, and there were even rumors that the Thousand Star Commerce was already planning a film about the Ghost Prophet. After all, the Ghost Prophet, with keywords like 'rebirth,' 'cruelty,' 'cunning,' and 'revenge,' was irresistible to directors and screenwriters.
In this kind of public opinion environment, the news of the Ghost Prophet's revival exploded in the mage community of the Dazzling Star. After all, the Ghost Prophet living on the Light Screen was a popular character full of dramatic tension, but if he appeared in reality, who could handle that?
Moreover, the revival of the Ghost Prophet was not something far away. So far, four Dazzling Star Holy Domains had died due to his revival, and this number was definitely not the final figure, because many Holy Domains like to live alone for research, and it takes a certain amount of time to assess their survival status.
The pinned forum post about the revival incident details was basically the 'official version' circulated by Holy Domain professors from Truth University. Besides this, there were also 'enhanced versions' shared by other Holy Domains, showing everyone the perilous process of Dream Heaven from various angles.
This news wasn't spread by chance: when the four inheritances appeared, the Noble House opened an inheritance forum and established an information rating system. All valid information about the inheritances could be directly exchanged for noble points on the forum, which could expedite advancement to nobility or exchange for various rewards, and this information was provided free to all browsers.
Due to the inertia of sharing information, when the Holy Domains returned to reality, they naturally rushed to the forum to discuss the Ghost Prophet revival incident—let alone the fact that they had been in the Void Realm for almost a whole day and night. Holy Domains were the backbone of society, and their collective disappearance had long since attracted the attention of all parties.
Originally, Adelle was enjoying following the updates, but now as she looked at the forum, she was so furious her whole body trembled, gritting her teeth, wishing she could drag the posters out through the Light Screen and beat them up.
"Rhythm Sword Saint, Hidden Hand Sword Saint, and Other Holy Professors Are Safe!"
"Miss Sevi Hasn't Appeared for Over 60 Hours, Theoretically, All Holy Domains Should Have Returned to Reality 24 Hours Ago"
"Weapon Master Mentions Seeing the Red-haired Swordswoman in Dream Heaven"
"Only When the Tide Recedes Do You Discover Who's Been Swimming Naked"
"Not a Single Piece of News About Sevi? Such a Rare Talent Surpassing Truth Is Just Gone?"
"Those Who Should Have Come Back Have Returned, Those Who Should Not Will Not Return"
Adelle clicked into the posts to read the replies inside, rolling around on her bed in anger, her straightened legs nearly kicking the ceiling. "What are you freaking out about again?" Lois asked.
"Everyone on the forum is making those weird jabs cursing Nia!" Adelle's tone was as if she herself had been cursed.
In reality, of course not, although there's freedom of speech, cursing people to die is clearly against moral regulations—in a mage world full of miracles, such expressions could become rituals and would be closely watched—but the crowd's creativity in language is infinite. Not to mention the main users of a university forum are the most imaginative yet the most bored group, though they can't curse others to die, they can bless others to live instead.
Adelle opened those posts that mentioned Sonia, each pretending to care about the Swordswoman's situation with remarks like 'hope she's okay,' 'if it's true then I hope it's false,' 'the shooting star shines brightest for a moment,' all not forgetting to add various emojis at the end. If others accused them of being sarcastic, they could even turn the tables and accuse others of cursing the Swordswoman. They truly had figured out how to play the forum system.
Of course, these people only dared to act sarcastic now because Sonia wasn't there anymore. If she were, she herself would have forum management rights. Instead of banning these people, Claw Club Sword Saint would directly expose their real identities and publicly call them out—she had done it once before, and all the accounts she named had self-deleted.
Now the problem is, she's not around.
Adelle now dared not even open her chat software, as the members of Claw Club kept bombarding her with messages, asking if there was any news about the Sword Maiden.
Earlier, Adelle could motivate herself to reassure them and get into flame wars with others on the forum, but now even she had become dispirited, only daring to sulk with her plushie.
As early as 12 hours ago, when Truth University announced the details of the Ghost Prophet's revival, everyone realized something had happened to Sonia. Because, along with the announcement, the Noble House released a list of Jiale City's Holy Domains, and only two Holy Sanctuary Mages could not have their lives confirmed.
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