"Thump-thump—thump-thump—"
At that moment, the rhythm coming from Shien's chest seemed to grow more intense.
Shien even felt his arm heating up, making him roll up his sleeve and look at it.
The sight left Shien stunned.
A mysterious, ancient mark on his arm was glowing and heating up, pulsing in waves along with the rhythm in his chest.
Naturally, Shien knew what this mysterious ancient mark was.
"Roxie's bite mark."
That's right, it was the mark Roxie had left on Shien's hand before.
He had the same mark on his other hand as well.
That was Lilith's True Seal.
Shien still remembered that, back when he was with Nien, that Goddess had told him Roxie's mark on his body was also a True Seal, a Core of Existence that symbolized the God Race's Goddesses.
But Roxie was clearly a genuine human, so why did she possess a Core of Existence that only God Race Goddesses could have?
That question had lingered in Shien's heart for a long time.
But seeing that Roxie had no intention of explaining it and had never brought it up again, Shien buried it in his heart and chose not to ask.
Gradually, Shien had nearly forgotten all about it.
Yet today, this True Seal was displaying such an inexplicable reaction.
"No, this isn't an inexplicable reaction."
The reason this True Seal was reacting like this was entirely because of the aura lingering over Roxie's palace.
Shien had only ever seen that transcendent, sacred aura on one kind of being.
A Goddess.
And not an ordinary Goddess, either.
"What exactly happened?"
Shien became increasingly unsettled.
Not only Shien—even Lilith was staring fixedly in the direction of the palace, a trace of seriousness appearing on her little face. Yulin nearly let out a low growl in