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Chapter 564.1: The Calamities’ Scepter (1)

In the silver room located at the highest level of the Moonsoul Tower, Roel looked at the distant horizon as he pondered the news he had just received. Meanwhile, Adola began to plate his meal.

News regarding the commencement of war shook all races within a single day. In particular, they couldn’t believe that the Mother Goddess had gone on the offensive this time.

The differences in ideologies led to the most powerful races siding with the Savior, causing the Mother Goddess’ faction to be weaker in quality and quantity. That forced them to adopt a more passive strategy, which was why it was surprising for them to take an aggressive stance.

The more well-connected ones quickly pieced together vital clues to figure out why this war had progressed so quickly.

The Kingmaker was nearly assassinated by the Savior and is now recuperating inside the Moonsoul Tower. He has chosen to side with the Mother Goddess following that incident.

Such whispers had been making their rounds among the races. It shed some light on why the Mother Goddess’ faction had chosen to take an aggressive stance at this juncture.

As much as the war between the Mother Goddess and the Savior was a fight between two powerhouses for supremacy, it was also a battle to determine the order of the new era. All races would be affected by the outcome of this battle, and that brought about a pressing question.

Who should I stand with?

It was of the essence to choose a faction here. Staying neutral was not an option. Those who chose the wrong side would at least have some bargaining power when they surrendered to negotiate for more favorable terms, but those who refused to choose would only be left in the dust. There would be no place for them in the new era.

Now that the Mother Goddess had claimed the legitimacy upper ground via the Kingmaker’s support, Her next course of action was naturally to make a display of power. If Her faction could achieve a victory over the Savior at this juncture, it could convince those who were still sitting on the fence to rally under Her flag.

At least, that was what most deduced by putting themselves in the Mother Goddess’ shoes, including those who were in Her faction.

Not a single person could have imagined that it was actually an irrational emotion that was fueling the Mother Goddess’ movements—the desire for vengeance. She had been so shaken over Roel’s near-death experience that She swore that She would murder the Savior.

And this was Her fulfilling Her promise.

Roel enjoyed a delicious meal and the beautiful scenery while glancing at the System.

【Progress of Bloodline Awakening: 67%】 【Evaluation: 76 (Average)】

“…”

His eyebrows shot up.

He was glad to see that his bloodline awakening was progressing smoothly, having passed the halfway mark. With his current rate of progress, he should be able to awaken to his Gold-tier Bloodline by the time he cleared this Witness State.

Not only would that spell a huge increase in his mana capacity, but his rate of growth wouldn’t slow even though he had already reached Origin Level 2. These would be vital for him to overcome the future threats awaiting him back in the current era.

But that was assuming he could even clear this Witness State in the first place.

Lü Bu was also dreaming about conquering the world before his fall from grace at Hulao Pass.

Roel shook his head, choosing not to let blind optimism overtake him and celebrate too early. He turned his attention back to the evaluation score.

His intuition had been on the mark. Learning the truth of the world increased his evaluation score by ten points. This was not a small sum, considering how it became progressively harder to raise the evaluation score beyond a certain point.

Looking at it from another angle, it also meant that the Mother Goddess hadn’t shared Her story with the original Kingmaker. He could fathom several reasons behind that.

He had deduced that the original Kingmaker had most likely faced the same assassination attempt from the Savior, but even if the Mother Goddess had been emotionally shaken upon learning about that, there was little reason for Her to share Her story if the original Kingmaker remained hostile toward Her.

That piece of history was the biggest wound in Her heart, the greatest regret She harbored. There was no reason for Her to expose Her greatest vulnerability to the Kingmaker if the latter didn’t reciprocate Her feelings.

Using a game analogy, this was similar to a secret event that could only be unlocked after reaching a certain level of intimacy with the Mother Goddess.

Supposing that to be the case, what Roel had to do now was very simple: wait.

In the first place, even when he had won the Mother Goddess’ trust and regained his freedom, he still wasn’t strong enough to safely explore this world full of all kinds of gods and powerful beings. His only option here was to wait it out.

But the fact that it was his only option didn’t mean that it was a bad option.

His mission was to make a different choice from the original Kingmaker, which suggested he would have to make a choice in the near future. If that moment never came, it should mean that he had cleared the condition without making a choice.

Having thought things through, Roel’s heart settled down as he turned his attention toward raising his fighting prowess.

One of his greatest disadvantages inside the Witness State was the severing of his ties with his ancient gods, but to his surprise, he noticed that the Crown’s Stones were unusually active here, with their prowess even showing hints of being amplified. He figured that it might be due to his proximity to the Six Calamities.

The Six Calamities were the most reliable allies of the Mother Goddess in the present era, capable of making the difference between a victory and a defeat. They had always been placed in a secure location that Roel was unable to access.

It would be great if he could turn this into an opportunity to strengthen his Crown’s Stones. Those were the only reliable weapons he could use against the gods and powerful beings in this era.

“Adola, are the God’s Envoys in the vicinity?” Roel asked.

“Are you referring to our Six God’s Envoys?” Adola replied.

“That’s right.”

“Well… Only one of them is here right now. Our Mother Goddess has stationed Lord Silver Fog here to protect you. The others are not in the vicinity of the Moonsoul Tower due to secrecy purposes.” Adola hesitantly revealed the truth before pointing out where the God’s Envoy was.

The existence of the God’s Envoys was no secret, but they had never been on the battlefield before and served as the hidden trump card of the Mother Goddess’ faction.

Most people in this era thought that the God’s Envoys were just one of the Mother Goddess’ spells, reminiscent of a magic tool entrusted under the care of the High Elves. Only the Mother Goddess and the High Elves truly understood what kind of devastating existences they were.

Adola would have never divulged such confidential information to anyone, but she thought that Roel should be privy to such information considering his standing.

Roel was no longer a prisoner following the assassination attempt. It was hard to make sense of his current standing in the Mother Goddess’ faction since he had no official position, but if one thing was clear, it was that the Mother Goddess doted on him like Her own child. This was evident in how She had chosen not to bring him to the battlefield with Her.

The most efficient way for the Mother Goddess to rally others to Her faction was to bring the Kingmaker to the battlefield and parade him around to flaunt Her legitimacy.

However, She turned a blind eye to the most obvious thing to do out of concern for his safety. Micher and the others had raised other options too, but She also shut them down.

One could even say that Roel was only second to the Mother Goddess Herself inside the Mother Goddess’ faction, so there was truly no need to conceal intelligence from him. Besides, Shrouding Fog was dispatched here to protect him.

Roel’s face sank in disappointment when he learned that he couldn’t witness the grandeur of the Six Calamities appearing in the same place. As for ‘Lord Silver Fog’, it wasn’t difficult to figure out that that name referred to Shrouding Fog, though he had conflicted feelings about this Calamity.

In the first place, it was all thanks to his pursuit by ‘Lord Silver Fog’ that he was forced to enter this Witness State. He was still in the midst of overcoming that trauma. That being said, this was a rare opportunity for him to meet one of the Six Calamities in its strongest form.

“Adola, can you bring me to meet the God’s Envoy?”

“The Mother Goddess has said that you are free to go wherever you wish to, but we might have to travel quite a bit.”

“That’s fine with me,” Roel replied.

Soon, he left the Moonsoul Tower together with Adola.

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