Sisyphus said, "That is indeed a possibility. But the founding cornerstone of the Knight Resolution Council is your morality and sense of responsibility, otherwise, it wouldn't have achieved such high merit."

Realizing that the Speaker wasn't joking at the moment, A Xiang also put on a serious face.

The blond young man said, "Believe me, although the relics of the Deus People are difficult to conquer, the rune stones and decaying weapons left there will suffice for your needs.

"This is actually a form of advance payment, and if the Demons indeed attack, you will surely be on the frontline of resistance.

"However, once equipped, please do not trade them externally for wealth. The guild's intelligence network will keep a watchful eye. Just satisfy personal and team needs only.

"The convenience of obtaining a batch of high-tier Light and Dark attribute weapons is a privilege granted to you by this meeting, but please do not abuse it."

Sisyphus summarizingly said, "In short, although we still don't know the true nature of the Deus People or the truth behind their technology, nor whether they've encountered Demons in their long civilization, their power can be used by us to prepare for a formidable enemy's arrival."

Zoe questioned, "What about us? We're not members, our team also needs funding."

There was no greed in her eyes, just straightforward thoughts and questions.

Sisyphus gently said to her, "You who experienced the Demon incident have achieved significant merit and, of course, have the right to know about this matter. Moreover, I was planning to provide you with corresponding rune stones and decaying weapons as a reward."

"That's great, thank you." Zoe raised both hands, her innocent smile looking towards Li Ang.

Giving her a smile, Li Ang bluntly asked, "One per person?"

Sisyphus smiled wryly, "Limited stock, you and your team members will receive two shares in total."

The Speaker obviously understood that the four young ladies had limited strength, with little actual effect in battle.

Mort said, "My share goes to Li Ang."

"Are you sure, Mr. Mort?" Sisyphus confirmed.

"Yes, in the Flashing Field, I received great help from Li Ang, and in combating the Demons, I relied on his power. I promised the reward would go to him, and I keep my word."

Li Ang said to Mort, "This comes with a Light and Dark attribute equipment."

"I can gather it myself, knowing this information is a huge fortune."

Mort earnestly looked at Li Ang, "About the previous matter, I hope you can assist as much as possible."

"I'll try my best." Li Ang nodded.

Dorothy said, "Then our team suddenly has four exquisite weapons, all with Light and Dark attributes."

"Oh?" Sisyphus asked, "Is Lady Farina's share also given to Mr. Li Ang?"

Elaphia said, "That's right, I witnessed her say so."

"Nonsense!" Balbanus urgently shouted, "She is my team member, and since she's not here, I cannot let her reward fall into someone else's hands!"

"Oh, you got it wrong, you big lug head."

Elaphia crossed her arms, "Farina intends to leave the team and join Li Ang's group afterward."

"What!?"

Niu Nan stood petrified like a statue.

"Wow." Olivia's eyes sparkled, "It's really going to escalate now."

"Petrification" gradually lifted, and Balbanus angrily said, "Someone actually wants to leave the Banquet of the Gods! How outrageous! I don't believe it!"

"You're a bit too overconfident, aren't you?" A Xiang jokingly said while lounging, "It's perfectly normal for people to come and go from a team."

"We're not like your lax group! Everyone who comes is elite; if they leave, where else is a good place!?"

Otto said, "With pursuits, one can walk alone and cultivate to the extreme."

Virgil stayed silent on the side but seemed to support Otto strongly.

The Heart-slaying Swordmaster and Demon Lord were both lone wolves.

A Xiang said, "Then when you were bumped to second by The Soul Apex, what would you say?"

Balbanus petrified again, with his facial expression becoming utterly frozen.

A Xiang laughed, "Oh right, apparently The Soul Apex jumping to first place was also Li Ang's fault."

Li Ang sighed, "If you stir the pot any further, I'll hit you first."

"Damn you!"

Balbanus pointed at Li Ang, "You must fight me, else I will explode! Ahhhh!"

"Silence."

Sisyphus once again cast Silence Technique on Niu Nan, saying, "Elaphia's guarantee is quite convincing, let's temporarily hand it over to Mr. Li Ang, and discuss again if an unexpected situation arises."

If Li Ang were to deceive, the Order Knights would find him.

Sisyphus raised his staff and summoned over ten decaying weapons, suspended behind him.

"These weapons come in different types; let the Star Flower Travel Corps choose now."

The commonly seen weapon categories of Nebis include guns, bows, axes, hammers, staffs, gloves, swords, knives, harps, and guns, making up ten types. Hence, the ones found here are of the same ten types, with no exotic weapons.

Li Ang deduced based on his artisan knowledge that since the decaying weapons used as their foundation were crafted by the Divine People, it must be convenient to model these basic ten types first.

Just now, observed that when combined with the Island Heart Refined Gold, it transformed directly.

Weapons like harps are already seldom used, and if used even less, the cost would likely increase significantly, Li Ang speculated.

"Records say there's a type of decaying armor, but it's extremely rare, and it seems the Deus People don't particularly need it," said Sisyphus.

Among these several weapons, swords, knives, and staffs are most commonly duplicated, indicating that the Divine People likely use them more often as well.

The young girls granted Li Ang the authority to choose, so he selected four decaying weapons: a knife, a sword, a staff, and an axe.

As for the Rune Stone brought out by Sisyphus, he asked the girls to hold it for him. He didn't dare to touch it.

The Rune Stone crumbled into powder because the system extracted the energy within it.

The Rune Stone actually stored the "Creation Formula."

In the ruins on Satus Island, Li Ang attained an accuracy of 7%. Upon defeating a demon, it suddenly jumped to 23%. Combining with the power of the Six-armed Demon for the Material Magic Scripture's reforging consumed 10%, leaving 13% remaining.

This particular Rune Stone contained a 1% progress of the formula.

Looking at it now, this unique energy, formed by peculiar runes, when reaching 100%, Li Ang isn't certain what will transpire. The system speaks of the Power of Creation, suggesting a transformation from quantitative change to qualitative change, perhaps enabling mastery of some outrageous ability?

A major gain from this meeting was learning where to gather this Creation Formula.

The decaying weapons aren't the main focus.

After Li Ang made his selection, the council members cast passionate glances, and Sisyphus further explained how to best utilize them.

The guild's understanding is also limited; essentially, the better the materials combined with it, the better it becomes.

However, it can only absorb one type of material, so it must be chosen according to necessity.

Giving it 8-tier materials makes it 8-tier; this surprised the previous strong individuals because producing exquisite equipment requires an enormous effort and consumption far beyond usual means.

Yet Li Ang believes, the founders likely thought this is indeed the Seed of Treasures.

Speaking of Divine Remnants, Satus Island can also be counted, except it's still operational and hasn't turned into a Desperate Secret Realm of the Demon Disaster Realm.

Is it just partially attributable?

The Divine Remnants of Satus Island spawned the Star Soul – the Earth Serpent.

If the Star Soul was created or cultivated by the Deus People, then with their technology, it wouldn't be impossible to produce Treasure Artifacts. The rarity of Treasure Artifacts is considerably lower than Star Souls; Star Souls are simply beyond human understanding.

These foundational weapons can't just be simply and coarsely enhanced with materials alone; there must be other technologies making them more complete and stronger.

In the current scenario, if the Light and Dark Elements aren't considered capable of harming demons, then the previously mentioned sword is just a rather excellent Exquisite Weapon, enough to earn a corresponding reward when conquering the Desperate Secret Realm.

The key is that the decaying weapons can absorb the Creation Formula, which Li Ang previously obtained from the Star Soul Incubation Institute and the Crimson Demon's body.

Li Ang even feels that ultimately, the decaying weapons could be reinforced to a level unimaginable to current beings.

Even a thousand years ago, Ernest could create Treasure Artifacts, but there was no mention of needing energy left by the Divine People.

However, for now, the decaying weapons aren't that treasured. Li Ang plans to use them to initially raise the team's level, keeping one or two in reserve for unforeseen needs.

Sisyphus also gave some confidential instructions and summarized scholars' gathered folklore and legends potentially involving demons, using Li Ang as an example to caution everyone about the demons' lurking potential.

This meeting was about to conclude, although Balbanus was reluctant, he was still ushered away by Sisyphus, leaving Li Ang behind.

"There are some individual matters I'd like to discuss with Mr. Li Ang."

Li Ang noticed that Sisyphus did not ask Elaphia to leave either.

Blondie Douding said, "And also talk about the events from last night."

After everyone else had left, Li Ang asked Sisyphus, "Why are you helping me?"

The young Speaker smiled and asked, "About what?"

"A large Rune Stone doesn't just disintegrate over time; you said that yourself. But you explained to help me and said it would fade away with time."

Sisyphus said, "In the remnant information recorded by predecessors, it is said those who oppose demons might be affected by them. I suspect it might be related to something about Mr. Li Ang. Can we talk about it?"

"Sure, but before that, I have a question. I've been concerned why is it all fragmentary information; as the guild founder, wasn't there a systematic set of information left?" asked Li Ang.

"It was destroyed."

Sisyphus's smile faded, "In three hundred years, although the Arcane Protection Shield was rarely broken and gradually optimized and strengthened, the Holy City being invaded was not an isolated incident either."

"Forty-three years after the Holy City was established, Sword King Esperada passed away, Lady Fufu left, Siegfried Vaiwen disappeared, leaving only Lichman Cha'ain in the Holy City.

"A group of mysterious individuals attacked the Council Tower, destroying a large number of records.

"Speaker Mikuri recorded—"

Sisyphus pointed to beneath Li Ang's chin.

"—they bore a pattern of a large eye on them."

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