The literary girl never disappoints. She lowered her head, her slender green bangs covering her eyes. She was focused and quiet, making it impossible to tell what she was thinking. But this time, Ethan felt an indescribable heaviness, all of which stemmed from the distorted symbols, as if they were pulling on some deep inner emotion. Just holding the book felt like experiencing the fragmented emotions within.

At the same time, they heard the whispers, completely different from the enthusiastic style of Bazatous.

"Kadela, you must complete this experiment, no matter the cost."

A shadowy figure appeared in the pitch-black corridor.

Half-transparent, it floated out like dust from the opened pages.

The semi-transparent figure looked extremely unstable, its outline constantly changing and twisting. It seemed completely unaware of Ethan and Lindong's presence.

After all, a figure existing for thousands of years couldn't possibly predict events thousands of years in the future.

They all heard the name of the figure.

Kadela, sharing the same name as the God of Trickery known to them.

Ethan followed the steps of the distorted figure. The figure seemed very familiar with the library, weaving through it until it finally selected a book.

But they couldn't see the book's contents. The book supposedly taken by Kadela was still displayed on the shelf, with a date written on the cover—it was from much earlier, a few hundred years ago, before the war erupted, when people worldwide were immersed in the drama designed by the Old Gods.

The figure's actions seemed more like pantomime. He sat at the table with the book, and began to attentively flip through it.

His actions, and the way he communicated with Sincaro, made Ethan feel somewhat familiar.

A graduate student and mentor, and just now, Kadela's mentor had assigned him an important research topic, a thesis that might determine whether he could graduate successfully.

The library also had tables set up, but they seemed more temporarily put in place.

Squeezing out a vacant area between several bookshelves, a table was shoved in, making the space look extremely crowded. Kadela had to curl up while flipping through the book, his back tightly pressed against the bookshelf. It wasn't hard to see that this bookstore was originally not open to the public.

The time ticked away, second by second.

After an unknown amount of time, Kadela's action of flipping through the book finally changed.

The blurry, distorted figure picked up a pen and started writing fervently on a piece of paper they couldn't see.

"What is he writing?"

Ethan had to seek help from the knowledgeable literary girl.

The literary girl silently raised her hand, tapping on the table. Etched words floated into view: "Descent of the God."

These two words were not unfamiliar.

This ancient and mysterious ritual was almost inseparably linked to the Empire's history over the past hundred years. It involved the secrets of the Margaret Clan's bloodline and seemed to always imply an older history, filled with many unresolved mysteries.

For instance, the relationship between Ave and Saint Mary.

The Margaret bloodline began after the Empire's establishment; they were the inheritors of the Golden Era's technology. However, Mary lived in the distant Third Epoch, separated by a millennium from the founder of the Margaret Clan.

Mary was recognized by the Life Divine Teachings as the last chosen one by the Gods, described by the church as "her existence is akin to the Goddess of Life walking upon the earth."

To those with extreme faith among the Life Divine Teachings followers, this was the highest praise, so much so that a small number of people believed Mary was the reincarnation of the Goddess of Life, bringing salvation to humanity once again when disaster struck.

Although Old Ba didn't mention it, from the information Ethan currently possessed, it wasn't difficult to deduce that the Goddess of Life was likely Old Ba's initial chosen one.

Clearly, Lindong also saw the signs, "He's researching Old Ba's powers."

From the results, Kadela's research achieved remarkable success, the existence of the Divine Attendant was the product of the "Descent of the God" ritual. Through some ancient ceremony, they preserved human souls, preparing new vessels at a necessary future moment for their rebirth.

She hadn't expected that this research was initiated under Sincaro's instruction.

So...

The relationship between Kadela and Sincaro was more complex than they had imagined.

Unlike the rightful gods who "raised their banners", Kadela's ties with the Old Gods were much closer, causing Lindong to suspect that the reason Kadela came up with the plan to seal the Old Gods was because he unexpectedly found clues in one of the inconspicuous books in this memory library.

"You said that Sincaro only allows those he trusts to appear here."

"Hmm."

Ethan nodded.

Kadela might have been one of the only three who received permission to browse the books before them.

Flor also mentioned this library, but in his description, the wisdom trials were more like a backdrop, with many books there, yet he couldn't even see the dates and words on the book covers.

During the conversation, more words appeared after "Descent of the God."

At this point, Kadela's ideas were still in the budding stage. It wasn't difficult to see from these snippets of words that he had recently been investigating the magic net.

Under Sincaro's instruction, he had grown close to the Elemental Shapers, gaining access to the magic net.

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