Necessary Groundwork

Hearing Gerald's certain answer,

Brigadier General Gu Fu felt slightly reassured.

Here, "slightly reassured" truly meant only the tiniest bit of relief...

As someone who knew the inside story,

He understood that even if the Ancient Divine Artifact had been prepared, whether it could actually be activated successfully was still a question.

At most, it was a barely passable consolation prize.

Something that allowed one to forcefully comfort oneself with the thought, What if it really works?

However,

As a transcendent, Brigadier General Gu Fu was not entirely powerless, left only to await fate.

Since the Ancient Divine Artifact's activation success rate could only depend on luck, he, who wielded part of the Authority of Fate, had previously gone to great lengths to enchant it once, causing its success rate to rise in a straight line!

Of course, whether it would truly succeed was still something he could not be too sure of. He could only say that he had done his best...

As a high-grade, even exceptional Special Divine Artifact, the influence Brigadier General Gu Fu's current power could exert upon that thing was truly limited.

After thinking for a moment,

Brigadier General Gu Fu looked at the calm-faced Gerald before suddenly asking:

"...Do you have any wishes..."

As an existence Kaisa had successfully created only by using the Sollan Kingdom's remaining technology together with his own understanding,

Gerald himself was actually one of the components of the Ancient Divine Artifact.

Just like the Power Stone and Weak Stone within Kaisa's eyes,

Both were indispensable things required to form the Ancient Divine Artifact!

Therefore, after this matter was over, it was hard to say what would happen to the others.

But Gerald would most likely be dead for certain.

And facing a powerful existence who had voluntarily chosen death,