Abium looked at the white petal and smiled.
'Mission success!' He muttered inwardly, bent his waist, and picked up the thumb-sized white petal with his right hand.
A moment later, he felt the presence of the mysterious energy hidden in the petal and carefully placed it on his palm.
After that, he sent his spiritual power into the Mysterious object and soon widened his eyes.
'It's the Divinity of the Sun!' Abium couldn't help but take a deep breath.
'Which one is stronger, Fire or Sun?' Abium asked Azolla in curiosity while not minding Edith's and Cedric's presence, who had now arrived at the battlefield.
'Your question itself is strange, kid. Both produce heat doesn't mean they are the same thing. Normal fire needs a type of water element to burn, but there is no such thing in the Sun. A strange elemental reaction occurs inside the Sun all the time. It is called a combining elementary reaction—a Sun form when a large cloud of gas comes together in space. When two same elements combine and form into a different element while releasing more energy, it's called an Elemental combination reaction.
But there is another invisible energy inside the Sun. Ancient Gods call it the Origin of Divine power, while Mages call it the Origin of Law power. But no one, including those all-mighty gods, knew the answer. That Origin power is responsible for creating everything. It was a mysterious force capable of creating things out of nothing.
We are all created in the same way in the beginning. Every particle inside and around you is a process of several eons of stars performing elemental combination reaction.'
Upon hearing Azolla's words, Abium got flustered a bit.
Meanwhile, Azolla let out a chuckle and added,
'Let's come to the main topic. I know what is on your mind. Yes, you can learn the secrets of Sun Law using that method. Fire magic is different from normal fire. You use mana instead of water element to conjure fire, so the whole thing differs here. Sun Law domain power is a combination of Fire, Light, and Rebirth Fire and belongs to the side domain of fire. Light, Sun, Magma, and other laws related to hot temperature will come under fire law's main domain. So, if you use Sun divinity, you will be able to comprehend the Sun Law easily.' Upon hearing Azolla's words, Abium couldn't help but take a deep breath.
'It seems I need to decide carefully.' Abium thought to himself and quickly turned his attention towards the Sun Divinity.
After giving a long look, Abium let his consciousness enter the mysterious throne hall and let his other soul pull this Sun divinity into the hall. Abium, in another soul form, stood up from the golden throne while holding the Sun Divinity using his foggy hand and appeared in front of the mysterious fountain.
After that, he was about to place Sun divinity on one of the stems but stopped.
He then quietly moved back to the golden throne and opened his eyes to the real world while holding the Sun Divinity. After thinking for a moment, he directly stored it inside his spatial ring.
'I have a vague feeling I could use this Sun divinity for another purpose. Damn, this strange feeling is making me more anxious. If I want to understand the Sun law and more about Sun divinity, I must improve my strength.' Abium muttered to himself and let out a loud sigh.
Afterward, he turned his head towards Edith and Cedric and waved at them.
'Although Cedric's spirit is still low, around 20, he grows faster with the Dark God Ringer's help. Hmm, he will be more useful in the future. Dark God will be my first weapon for killing Pope Philip. If he discovers Pope Philip has a 'Mind' Divinity, he will storm into the Holy See to take it back. But I can't tell him yet. Cedric's body is too weak even to face a Light Bishop.' Abium shook his head and turned his attention to Rilos.
"Mr.Rilos, it's time for us to part away. You can take the golden brass crozier and other items. As for that cursed pendant, I will take that as a gift from you." Abium said with a smile and walked into the woods, signaling Edith and Cedric to follow him.
Although eager to get other rewards, he didn't dare to take everything. One of the main reasons was that he didn't want to offend the Demi-Lich. He wasn't strong enough to face third-tier existences yet!
He had to find a way and soothe Demi-Lich's current anger. Otherwise, that lunatic would come after his head and trouble him continuously in the future.
While he was in muse, Rilos looked at Abium with a stunned expression and soon shook his head helplessly. After that, he heaved a heavy sigh and began to collect all those important materials, including the dead body of Nightmare shadow, from the battlefield. It took him almost ten minutes to collect all the loot, and he got stunned by the wealth in Arkos's and other priests' spatial rings. After he finished everything, he checked everything and began to walk in another direction.
...
A few minutes later, a gray-robed chubby guy with blonde hair arrived at the destroyed entrance and muttered gravely,
"It seems a few powerful people are hiding inside the Peral kingdom. Baron Abium, huh? I need to be more careful of this guy."
Count Henricus had watched the whole battle and became shocked inside.
'That Royal elf is the final winner of this battle. Hmm, I need to improve my spirit and become a First-rank devil. After that, I will find a way to resist the temptation of this ring.' He looked at his emerald ring momentarily and heaved a heavy sigh.
He then gave one last look at the surrounding areas and began to walk in a different direction.
...
Meanwhile, Abium and the other two arrived before a cavern and reunited Fennelis and others. Abium then told them what had happened inside the temple while skipping some information and shifted the topic to Death Cane.
"Lady Fennelis, we can use the Death Cane only once yearly to break a person's shackle. Moreover, I made a promise to an acquaintance that I would use this artifact to break a seal that placed was on his soul soon."
Upon hearing Abium's solemn words, Fennelis waved her hand and replied casually,
"It's not a problem, kid. Waiting one extra year won't kill us anyway. We also plan to return to the Beast kingdom and lay low for a while."
Abium got relieved when he heard her words and nodded.
After that, he turned his gaze towards Umi, who was now sitting on her father Rizz's shoulder and gave her a blue ring.
"Bind it with your soul, Umi. This ring will help you in the future." Abium said with a smile and didn't explain much.
Meanwhile, Umi nodded while putting the blue ring in her right hand, sending her spirit power into it.
She felt something was connected deep inside her soul for a moment and got puzzled. But she didn't find anything odd and nodded.
"Thank you, Big Brother!" She said with a smile and began to stare at the blue ring as if it was something precious.
'Hehe, she will be another Angel of Time from now on. Blue Angel, no. We should call her Ice Angel.'
Abium smiled softly, took the black Orb from his spatial ring, and analyzed its information.
'Summoning Ritual, huh? Although I can rely on him during battles, I'm still too weak to use his full potential.' Shaking his head, he quietly looked at everyone and spoke.
"It's time for us to get out of this dungeon. Adventuring the next layer is very dangerous, even for second-tier mages."
Everyone nodded at his words and agreed. They knew the dangers hidden in the dungeons and didn't object to his decision to leave this dungeon.
Meanwhile, Kate raised her eyebrows a bit and asked curiously,
"My lord, do we need to return to the first layer to get out of this dungeon?"
Abium shook his head and responded with a chuckle,
"Nope. There is a special area called the Core room in every dungeon layer. All we have to do is find the core room and ask the dungeon guardian to send us to the surface."
"What is dungeon guardian?" Kate became more bewildered by the new term and asked Abium with embarrassment.
"Even I know nothing about it." Abium smiled bitterly and walked out of the cavern silently.
Everyone, including Kate, also followed after him and started their search. They first chose a random direction and began to search for the core room.
Although their group bumped into first-tier magical beasts and monsters several times, it didn't affect their search process.
By the end of the twelfth day, they finally found a hundred-meter-tall circular building that stood at the summit of a conical mountain and got overjoyed. Abium also sent the information about the exit tower to Rilos and approached the circular building. A few minutes later, everyone arrived and waited patiently at the building's entrance gate.
Within ten seconds, the closed gate shone brightly, revealing an empty dark path.
Abium didn't hesitate momentarily and walked in while others followed him with vigilant eyes.
In the center of the hall-like room, everyone saw a head-sized bluish orb floating in the air, illuminating the whole surroundings.
At that moment, everyone saw a small pond on their left side, a few green trees here and there, and shining rocks around the pond.
All stared at the Orb briefly and turned their gazes toward the green pond. The pond appeared much closer to the bluish Orb and gave the walls and ceiling an ethereal beauty.
At that moment, they saw a blue-skinned female humanoid figure standing inside the water and appeared with closed eyes. The guardian's silver hairs shone green, and her delicate oval face appeared more beautiful in the dim blue light.
She stood there naked while revealing her two gorgeous melons and appeared mysterious.
"Do you want to return to the surface?" She opened her pale green eyes and asked without minding others' gazes.
"Yes," Abium said after a short pause and soon felt the space around him distort.
A second later, all seven stood in front of the entrance gate of the Dark Tower!
Abium quickly scanned the surroundings and soon frowned as he noticed that the number of monster nests around the tower had increased.
'Taiga sloth woods will become a danger zone like in the past.' He sighed deeply and let their group safely out of the woods. While a few monsters attacked them on their way, they didn't pose any threat to Abium's group.
They traveled cautiously for three days and finally arrived at Silverland City on the third evening.
...
Commoner's borough, Silverland city, December 7th,
Abium and their group entered Silverland city without alerting anyone and went to their 32B single-storied house at Elm Street.
Once their group arrived at the house entrance, Cedric and Kate bid farewell and went to the Slum Borough.
Meanwhile, others walked into the house with tired faces and began to rest without worrying. For the past three months, they didn't have proper rest and felt fatigued.
Abium, on the other hand, walked into the study room and tightly shut it from the inside. After that, Abium sat on the wooden chair and let his consciousness enter the throne hall.
A second later, Abium opened his foggy eyes and stood calmly in his other soul form. He then stepped down from the dais and moved towards the green throne.
Within seconds, he arrived before the green throne and silently sat on it.
A second later, his vision turned blurry, and soon he found himself in a reception hall.
Abium soon saw a few familiar faces and became utterly stunned!
'Why am I standing in the Reception Hall of Amara town?' He stood with a dumbfounded face and soon recovered from the shock.
'What are they discussing?' Abium got curious as he saw his friend Kuran roaring while pointing his fingers in his direction. Meanwhile, Sara, Lily, Claude, and even Camilla were quietly sitting around the table and listening to his words.
A moment later, he heard a soft yet pleasant voice above.
'Helena? What are you doing up there?' He tried to look up, but he couldn't. He felt something was wrong with him and instantly realized he was in Helena's green ring.
'Did my soul enter the Green ring?!' He got flustered a bit and soon noticed that it was his consciousness.
'My heart almost stopped for a second! Damn, this looks so cool.' He felt that his connection with his main body was still there and became relaxed.
He turned his attention toward the table and saw a complex blueprint at the center.
After listening to their argument, he guessed what they were arguing about and felt glad inside.
'It seems like they are arguing about building a fortified castle near the shore.' He smiled amusingly and soon stopped as he felt a gaze from above.
Meanwhile, Helena got startled as she saw her green ring suddenly start glowing and was confused.
Her vision turned blurry as she was about to send her spirit power to check it. The next moment, she felt something pull her soul and got scared inside!
After a second, she opened her eyes and noticed that she was surrounded by empty darkness.