I'm not just human!

what is the reason?

The clown, startled and laughing, pondered. Of course, his parents were the ones he wanted to protect the most. There was no need for any reason; the debt of gratitude for giving birth to and raising him was greater than heaven and earth.

As for grandparents and maternal grandparents, the reason is the same.

Needless to say, his great-grandfather took care of him from childhood to adulthood, just as his great-grandfather took care of the other members of the Gilgamesh family.

As for his cousin Xia Fa... since the Clown of Surprise had already treated him as family, there was naturally no need for any reason.

If even your own family members won't protect you, then what will you protect?

……

In another empty office, Tefaro also picked up a pen, but only wrote down two names.

The first name is Dickintosh.

The second name is Xia Fa.

Dictator was His teacher, the one who gave Him the badge of whispered stars, the one who taught Him to be on the verge of losing control, and His closest confidant.

As for Xiafa, that's simple. Ever since he learned that Xiafa was the future Emperor of the Mysteries and that he was a member of the Silver Church like himself, Tefaro had decided to follow Xiafa.

If Xia Fa were to encounter danger in the future, I would certainly do everything in my power to protect Him.

Perhaps, Shafa is the second Dionysius of Caligi!

And perhaps I could become the next patriarch of the Silver Church after Osius!

……

At that moment, Xia Fa had finished writing those names on the blackboard.

Among them were his parents, his great-grandfather King Charles, his cousins, Chestnut, Benedictine, the Laughing Clown, Alexander, and Chestnut's grandfather Tyrene, the cardinal who had been kind to him.

However, Shafa hesitated for a moment about whether or not to protect Tefaro and Kazimierz.

In the end, they still wrote down Tefal's name, after all, Tefal was completely trustworthy, and the rest of them were already in the same boat.

Oh right, and Dick Tudor too.

However, Dictator seems to be a mysterious emperor rather than a transcendent monarch; it's more likely that he would protect me than I would protect him.

However, Xia Fa still wrote the name down.

Only then did he realize that since he came into this world, he had accumulated far too many ties and concerns.

But this was Xia Fa's choice. In his previous life, he was an orphan and could not experience such a precious connection and emotion.

He then wrote down the reasons in turn: Chestnut was very good to him, Tyrene was also very good to him, and Benedict was his doll girl, so he had to protect her.

There were also Holy Emperor Sharatu, Dick Tudor, the Laughing Clown, Alexander, Tefaro... and so on. Shara wrote down the reasons for all of them.

And at the very moment he finished writing—

Suddenly, the world began to spin, and Xia Fa's vision went black. When he opened his eyes again, he found himself back in that crimson wasteland.

Tefalo and the Laughing Clown seemed to have already emerged from their hallucinations and were waiting for him to come to his senses.

Seeing that Xia Fa had also regained consciousness, the enormous silver-white metal humanoid, which was 100,000 meters tall, lowered its head and looked down, but the voice came from its chest.

"Very good, you have all passed the test. If you don't have someone you want to protect, then you are not worthy of knowing part of the truth about the world."

As it spoke, the chest cavity of the silver-white metal humanoid opened, revealing a mithril-cast passage leading to an unknown room.

A sudden tremor ran through the three of them. The reason for the fall of the Celestial Saint, a part of the truth about the world, was right before their eyes…

"Now, come in."

Chapter 254 Part of the Truth About the World

The dreamlike, hazy aurora in the sky suddenly dimmed.

The colossal, mountain-like, sky-covering silver-white metallic humanoid fell silent after uttering those final words and opening the passage in its chest.

His arms hung limply at his sides, his head drooped, and the icy blue gaze beneath his silver mask seemed to slowly dissipate.

It seems that, having found a successor, the last remaining will and soul of this divinely ordained holy spirit have been annihilated.

Xia Fa exchanged surprised glances with Tefaro and the Laughing Clown, not expecting such a turn of events.

Looking at the silver giant, which was 100,000 meters tall but was as desolate as a barren mountain, and the mithril passage in its chest, the three of them felt a sense of danger for no reason.

However, since the test has been passed, it is still necessary to go and explore.

Xia Fa took off first, his whole body enveloped in azure energy, and flew towards the mithril passage.

Tefal and the Laughing Clown followed closely behind; one transformed into a hazy starlight, while the other simply took to the air and flew up at a rather impressive speed.

Xia Fa glanced back and was pretty sure that his cousin had definitely signed the high-level secret contract of "Immortal Sentinel".

The Immortal Sentinel grants its signer the ability to fly at supersonic speeds and emit heat rays from their eyes, along with extremely strong defensive and self-healing capabilities.

This is arguably one of the more popular high-level secret agreements, and it seems that Ruscondo also signed one.

Of course, no matter how popular it is, it can only be signed when guided by spiritual intuition; otherwise, everyone would be signing the supreme secret contract.

call--!

call--!

call--!

As soon as they flew to the entrance of the mithril passage, the three heard gusts of cold wind howling. The wind was filled with resentment and anger, as if countless evil spirits and vengeful souls were roaring and wailing within it.

An inexplicable sense of dread swept over Xia Fa and his companions.

"This……"

Tefaro narrowed his eyes, staring at the dark cave entrance:

"Could there really be some powerful evil spirit inside?"

Evil spirits are one type of spirit among the spirits of the Celestial Spirit Realm, but their formation method is the most unique, almost always formed after the death of powerful superhumans.

Supernatural beings and eerie deaths can also create evil spirits, but no matter what kind of evil spirit it is, it is extremely difficult to deal with.

The most powerful evil spirit, whose rank and strength are even comparable to the Protoss!

"Don't be afraid, if it really happens, I'll take care of it."

Xia Yu spoke calmly, which inexplicably reassured the two of them.

Of course, only Xia Fa himself knew that this was because he had just mastered a new primordial secret technique of the Silver Throne, the "Spear of Blazing Oath," which had miraculous effects on beings in the realms of evil spirits, the dead, decay, and so on.

No matter how powerful this evil spirit is, can it possibly rival a veteran transcendent monarch or even a transcendent great monarch?

Wait... that seems possible.

With this in mind, Xia Fa became much more cautious and took the lead in clearing the way.

The silver giant, transformed from the Holy Spirit of Destiny, was a full 100,000 meters tall. Therefore, even the hole in its chest was several thousand meters in diameter, resembling a huge and deep tunnel.

As soon as Xia Fa and his two companions stepped inside, they felt as if they had entered a boundless darkness, so dark that they could not see their own hands in front of their faces and could not see anything at all.

The clown with the startled laughter tried to raise his hand to summon a fireball for illumination, but the fireball was immediately swallowed by darkness as soon as it appeared.

“This place…is strange.”

Tefaro murmured, his lazy expression vanishing as he became serious.

Xia Fa nodded:

"After all, this is the place where a divinely ordained holy spirit fell, and according to this senior, even He Himself did not expect to fall, which means that the enemy... is far more powerful than Him!"

At this point, even Xia Fa himself felt a chill.

Tefalo and the Laughing Clown became completely on high alert.

Even more powerful than the Holy Spirit of Destiny, who has signed thirty secret contracts, are at least from God!

However, God alone could never have caused a divinely ordained Holy Spirit to die so suddenly.

In other words, the one who takes action... is probably much stronger than the one from the capital!

"Could it be... that a mad or out-of-control Outer God was behind this?"

The clown stammered out those words, startling even himself.

Tefalo, however, calmed down and rationally analyzed the situation:

"This is the mysterious Bone Realm, which was formed from a bone of that Heavenly Fate Holy Spirit. No matter what, a single bone of that Heavenly Fate Holy Spirit could not possibly contain an Outer God, unless it is a dead Outer God."

Xia Fa nodded slightly:

"If it's just the corpse of an Outer God, there's not much to be afraid of. We just need to avoid the risk of it getting out of control."

The clown, comforted by the two, felt somewhat relieved and asked curiously:

"In other words, based on the clues we have so far, this senior Heavenly Saint Spirit was killed by a powerful being without any warning. However, he was able to incorporate that powerful being into his mysterious inherited bone realm at the moment of his death?"

He paused, then added as if remembering something:

"And all of this is related to a part of the truth about the world?"

Xiafa and Tefaro had actually been thinking about this question for a while, but they felt surrounded by doubts, as if they were shrouded in a fog, and it was difficult to figure out anything.

"One possibility is that this powerful being, in its dying moments, severely injured and brought this Celestial Saint to the brink of death, and then died. Only then could it be absorbed into the Mysterious Inheritance Bone Realm, but..."

Xia Fa shook his head slightly at this point:

"...I also can't understand why either that powerful being or this senior Destiny Holy Spirit would do this, and what does this have to do with a part of the truth of the world?"

As he spoke, Xia Fa also raised his hand, attempting to condense a star-destroying silver for illumination.

However, just as the scalding hot mercury seeped out from the lines of his palm and rose into the air, it vanished with a "bang," just like the fireball of the clown.

All three felt a chill run down their spines.

The darkness within this mithril tunnel... seems capable of truly swallowing all light.

"I'll do it."

Tefaro spoke, his hand seemingly reaching into the void, from which he took out a lantern.

It was a very old-fashioned lantern, narrow at the top and bottom and wide in the middle, making it look rather bulky. The transparent glass was covered with a cross-shaped buffalo hide for fixing, which was quite tough.