What if you ascend to the wrong world?

"We both work under Ye Tu, so consider this a gift from me to you as our colleague."

Ivia offered a casual explanation, picked up her suitcase, and walked out.

Very dashing, very decisive and efficient.

But when she reached the door, she paused for a moment, as if expecting something.

however……

There was still no word from behind.

No!

You're really not going to ask anymore?

After waiting for several seconds, Ivia couldn't stay at the door any longer, so she left in frustration.

Until her figure completely disappeared from sight.

“What’s wrong with her?” Irene Vitte asked.

"I think I wanted to thank you."

Those little schemes of theirs are obvious at a glance.

"Thank me?" Irene Vitte was even more puzzled.

"Didn't you worry that she would be scammed, so you helped her investigate some things?"

For example, the old woman, and the little girl who gave Ivy the flowers.

That's because of you.

If it weren't for Ye Tu, she wouldn't have cared at all.

"The reason doesn't matter; what matters is what you did," Ye Tu explained. "Although she didn't say anything, she was definitely grateful to you."

You should repay kindness and repay favors.

Ivia's idea was actually very simple.

Be grateful and repay kindness...

It sounds like the simplest thing in the world, but how many people can actually do it?

"Is that so..."

Irene Vitte looked at the crystal ball on the table in front of her.

Before this, due to her upbringing, she had some prejudice against the group of 'mages'.

But after spending these days with Ivy, she found that the mage didn't seem so 'bad' after all, at least Ivy wasn't as 'bad' as she had imagined.

Ivia is a talkative and stubborn person, and she often complains about the Dawn Empire.

But he is a very good person.

“Kindness, and an almost foolish naiveté,” Irene Vitte commented.

Even knowing she had been deceived, she couldn't bring herself to retaliate.

“You could also call it an ‘ideal’,” Ye Tu said with a smile. “After all, she’s still young.”

Perhaps after she experiences more and meets more people, this 'ideal' will be worn away.

But at least for now, she still holds the greatest possible goodwill toward the world.

"..."

After a long silence, Irene Wett suddenly spoke.

"After things are settled here, I'd like to visit the headquarters of the Mage Association."

"Then you might be disappointed."

People like Ivia are ultimately a very small minority.

"But while we're still young, it wouldn't be bad to leave here, travel around, and see more of the world."

“Young?” Irene Vitte was taken aback.

She seemed surprised that Ye Tu would use that word on herself.

"Aren't you only five years older than Ivia?"

yes……

I'm only twenty-four this year, aren't I?

Irene Vitte was somewhat dazed.

Ye Tu didn't disturb her, but instead looked out the window.

His gaze traversed a vast distance, landing directly outside the holy city of Loser.

As if sensing something, a strange glint flashed in his eyes.

'So, some of them were eliminated?'

……

……

Four hundred miles outside the holy city of Loser, there is a boundary that seems like an insurmountable chasm.

Beyond the boundary, the setting sun and evening glow, though not as dazzling as at noon, still painted half the sky red.

But within the 'boundary'...

It was as if all light was blocked, with only a thick, gray-black fog constantly churning.

A winding path leads into the depths of the thick fog.

The withered branches on both sides of the path were only vaguely outlined in the thick fog, and faint rustling sounds kept coming from the depths of the fog.

Eerie, desolate...

This is the ruins of the ancient gods.

The most bizarre and dangerous forbidden area in the world.

According to the Church of Dawn, the ancient god ruins around the world were formed by the dissipation and contamination of the divine power of the Lord of Dawn and the ancient god after an ancient god was defeated by the Lord of Dawn.

Its divine power is boundless.

Therefore, not only do bizarre and incomprehensible phenomena frequently occur within the ruins, but dangerous creatures corrupted by divine power also roam about, posing a risk of death if one is not careful.

Of course, this is just the explanation given by the Church of Dawn.

The vast majority of professionals in the Holy Realm around the world do not agree with this statement.

Although they were not entirely clear about the true reason for the formation of the ancient god's ruins.

But one thing is certain: the Ancient Gods are the Ancient Gods, and the Lord of Dawn is the Lord of Dawn; there is absolutely no connection between the two.

"The path to immortality... ultimate truth, carefree existence... eternal life..."

The deepest part of the ancient god's ruins.

Fleeting murmurs echoed above the broken walls and ruins, and pale blue flames flickered in the thick fog, with figures in blue robes and jade crowns appearing and disappearing in the mist.

Inside the dilapidated castle, a figure shrouded in a black robe sat on a circular stone platform covered in cracks and etched with many runes.

As the wide black robe billowed, the inexplicable murmurs became increasingly clear.

"My method is to guide the spirit into the Dao, and to refine the Qi to attain longevity..."

Suddenly, flames like blue lotus blossoms burst forth, dispersing the thick fog. Wherever the flames shone, more and more figures in blue robes and jade crowns appeared.

They floated in mid-air, their blank faces devoid of any expression, their eyes devoid of pupils and whites, with only two yin-yang fish slowly rotating.

The scene was extremely horrifying.

The man in black robes trembled all over, occasionally letting out a muffled groan of suppressed pain.

Gollum~

With a very strange sound, a blurry shadow seemed to emerge from under the black robe.

The lotus-like flames dissipated, and the figures in green robes and jade crowns vanished as well. Even the inexplicable murmurs began to drift away again.

“To cultivate my method… one must… honor my way…”

In the end, only a blurry shadow remained suspended in mid-air, surrounded by profound Daoist essence, with a trace of cold and mysterious aura mixed in.

It stared indifferently at the black-robed man on the stone platform.

next second.

Call ~

As the fog churned, the blurry figure pierced through the thick fog and disappeared into the unknown.

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The blurry shadow faded into the distance.

The man in black robes seemed to have been relieved of a heavy burden, and he fell backward, lying supine on the stone platform.

His chest heaved as he gasped for breath.

After a long while, he finally recovered and slowly sat up.

After using it for so long, I've finally managed to remove most of the pollution from the immortal path.

"This immortal path..."

It was just a soft sound, but the surroundings seemed to respond, and the skin began to wriggle again, as if it were about to detach from the flesh.

The mysterious and profound information about immortality that had faded and disappeared resurfaced and was about to flood his mind again, which frightened him so much that he quickly shut his mouth.

But it was still no use. As he pondered the information related to immortality, a sharp pain kept coming from between his eyebrows, and a thin crack appeared again.

Hey!

He cursed under his breath and quickly mobilized a cold, special magical power within his body to forcibly erase that thought.

The transformation of the body into an immortal being finally stopped.

Unable to speak, or even to think!

What happened to Lyle before it was completely contaminated?

Could he be the Lord of Dawn?

Or perhaps it was another deity who intervened?

Where does this kind of dangerous knowledge—which is beyond even the imagination of immortals—come from?

He pondered carefully, looking up at the holy city of Loser, in the direction the blurry shadow had gone.

That shadow...

It was born from the fusion of that dangerous and taboo knowledge and the power of the ancient gods during the process of eliminating pollution.

It is an extremely special existence.

It selects and contacts suitable people, imparting to them that dangerous, taboo knowledge.

And because it was neutralized by the power of the ancient gods.

Those chosen by it can truly become stronger through the methods described by that forbidden knowledge.

Of course, the risks of becoming stronger through that method are very high.

One wrong move and you could end up completely alienated, both physically and mentally, turning into a monster.

"..."

It's really unbelievable.

The power of the ancient gods, known for its ability to distort minds and corrupt and degenerate, could only play a 'neutralizing' role in the face of that dangerous and forbidden knowledge.

A hint of apprehension flashed in the black-robed man's eyes.

In any case, it is certain that there is an extremely dangerous presence in the holy city of Lortheri.