"Old Ma, do you have any connections with those gods?"
Qin Chuan asked out of curiosity.
"Connections, yes, but not good ones," Dies Martin replied casually. "Back when I was a Death Bringer, I didn't get along with the gods. You know us Death Bringers. We kept to ourselves and simply guided a few lost souls on their way. Yet those people called us thieves—shameless robbers! It was outrageous!"
"Old Ma," Qin Chuan said earnestly, "when you describe yourself, could you leave out the made-up compliments?"
Honestly, "kept to ourselves" and "simply" had nothing to do with Death Bringers.
And when Old Ma said they guided souls, wasn't he really talking about snatching them from the gods?
Besides, why had those souls gotten lost in the first place? Surely he knew.
There was so much wrong with Dies Martin's account that Qin Chuan didn't know where to start.
After a moment's thought, Qin Chuan asked, "Old Ma, those regions and races have emerged from the mist, and the gods behind them have awakened too. They won't just sit around. They must be planning something. Do you think more God's Spokespersons will appear?"
Dies Martin didn't answer right away. Instead, he studied Qin Chuan with a thoughtful look. At length, he said, "Your aura is a little different, especially the Moment of Utmost Darkness on your hand. The powers of time and space within it seem slightly out of place. I can't quite tell where the thing is."
"What do you mean, you can't tell where it is?" Qin Chuan asked in surprise. "Old Ma, since when did you need reading glasses?"
"That's not what I mean." Dies Martin waved a hand. "Take out the Moment of Utmost Darkness."
Qin Chuan didn't understand, but he did as asked.
He examined the