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The Great Magus’ expression was calm. Apparently recalling something, he lifted his hand; the entire banquet hall shook briefly, but then nothing happened at all.

Akasha spoke as she stood on his side: “To remove a C-class authority, a unique password is required, please enter the unique password”

“Is that so, so Stim still had a card hidden here” the Great Magus chuckled in realization.

Akasha was an artificial intelligence system that he created to manage the Grand Library on the basis of the polyhedron chip that once resided inside this body.

After Mequik took control of the Great Magus, she was indeed able to gain control over Akasha and the Grand Library, but the Great Magus had still managed to prepare a few minor tricks here and there that she didn’t know about.

For example, every member of the House of Mages carried an insignificant C-class authority that didn’t do much except allow them to enter the Grand Library to read some non-crucial books; but to remove this authority, a unique password that not even the Great Magus knew about was necessary.

Akasha’s authority system was set up very rigidly, so Mequik would only be able to remove this unique password by using the highest authority within Akasha’s system after spending a bit of time, but what she lacked right now was that time.

This was obviously another of the Great Magus’ preparations. If the Great Magus had succeeded, a few C-class authorities didn’t matter a lot, but if he had failed, then these few C-class authorities would become a pitfall, or even a critical opening at this point in time.

Without hesitation, the Great Magus’ mana surged forward like a tidal wave that swept over the entire banquet hall. This mana fused with the banquet hall to completely transform the large area’s structure.

Tall trees, moist and frigid mist, as well as a sense of foreboding dread.

『 Sir Negary 』

‘Negary’ looked down at one of the abominations he created earlier, which had now turned into a large crocodile-like creature, as well as the feminine figure who stood half-way within the mist not too far away from him.

〖 Lady Mequik 〗’Negary’ respectfully responded. Quite evidently, Life Bearer had shown herself on the scene by borrowing the Great Magus’ mana.

『 Try to kill all of those mages from the House of Mages, and if you have the chance, let Eternal Heat’s people obtain the Mana Fetus 』the upper half of the feminine figure was that of a naked lady, but the lower half was a mass of silvery fat tentacles.

With a single glance, ‘Negary’ felt his mana and life essence wanting to shift towards Mequik’s current form, and this was while Mequik had actively hidden within the mist to obscure her form.

〖 As expected of Life Bearer Mequik, her life structure is so much more advanced compared to my current body that my form had instinctively tried to shift towards her own 〗

‘Negary’ suppressed his body’s vitality mana with this thought in mind, then noticed that Mequik had disappeared without a trace.

A few black butterflies were hovering where Mequik previously stood, apparently waiting for ‘Negary’.

Mequik’s earlier words also caused ‘Negary’ to somewhat frown; there were no issues with the order to kill the mages from the House of Mages, but the second order was full of issues.

〖 This means that the so-called C-class authority might be a bit above Mequik’s expectations, but the Mana Fetus was originally a trap, a trap for the other Righteous Gods to fall into 〗

‘Negary’ couldn’t help but sigh at the depths of these Righteous Gods’ schemes.

The previous struggles that seemed like the last of Stim’s consciousness trying to break free, as well as the abnormalities within the Academic City, might have been an illusion that Mequik purposely set up for others to see, the goal was to lead the other Righteous Gods into a pitfall.

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〖 If that is the case, the Great Magus had already been taken over by Mequik since a while ago. The estimation of Mequik’s strength must be readjusted 〗

‘Negary’s’ expression was very serious. She was able to take full control of the Great Magus who wasn’t too much weaker compared to Negary without any signs or warnings. A part of that might have been due to the Great Magus’ impatience of breaking through his own limits that he reached out to cooperate with Mequik, but isn’t Negary also cooperating with Mequik right now?

Negary didn’t believe that he would be much smarter compared to Great Magus Stim. If Stim had been able to establish the Grand Library and prosper for over a thousand years in this Moon Tree world under the Seven Gods’ constant struggles, he couldn’t possibly be a fool, which meant that Mequik’s true trump cards were beyond his expectations.

After a bit of thought, ‘Negary’ put everything to the back of his head. The large crocodile under his feet carried him to the black butterflies, after which the butterflies began to fly towards a certain direction as a group. It was the guide that Mequik left for him.

At this point, a sensation of intense heat could be felt in ‘Negary’s’ spirit sense. Even the originally frigid mist became a bit thinner as a ray of light illuminated the gloomy forest.

〖 Eternal Heat has descended? 〗

‘Negary’ was quickly able to understand after a bit of thought. This forest was something that the Great Magus used his own mana to create, combined with the Grand Library’s authority, it was the greatest home field advantage. Evidently, Eternal Heat did not hope to see that happen, so he descended within the Saint Soul Awakened’s body.

At the same time, a mysterious song faintly flickered in ‘Negary’s’ ears. This singing was extremely alluring, rousing those who heard it to focus their senses to hear the song better, this caused the mist around them to start smelling a bit like the sea.

〖 Eulogy of the Ocean Depths 〗

Suppressing his own emotions, ‘Negary’ easily recognized the entity who caused this supernatural phenomenon: Eulogy of the Ocean Depths, who frequently resided at the bottom of the sea. His singing would usually draw fishermen of the world to fall into the ocean. During this process of sinking to the bottom, the profound terror of the ocean depths would eventually cause these fishermen to mutate into monsters.

Of course, this song wasn’t limited to just fishermen, as anyone who was suitable within the Moon Tree world would be able to hear this singing as well; and without exceptions, they would all begin their journey into the ocean depths, where they eventually turned into oceanic monsters through the song.

This transformation was a representation of Eulogy of the Ocean Depths’ profound understanding of Life, in the past, it was he and Life Bearer who killed the Scion of Life, after which they divided everything related to the power of life between themselves.

The fact that the Scion of Life’s Divine artifact was currently within the Mana Fetus had obviously caused Eulogy of the Ocean Depths to feel very tempted. If he could obtain this Divine Artifact, his Pathway would be further constructed, at which point he might even advance another step.

The black butterflies scattered into sprites of light and disappeared, ‘Negary’ looked forward and saw that the Great Bear Druid, as well as the bald ‘Negary’ and two mages, were there.

Other than that, there were also a myriad of strange and unusual creatures who were madly attacking bald ‘Negary’s’ side; if not for these creatures, the Great Bear Druid alone wouldn’t be able to fight against bald ‘Negary’.