Underground...
A few days ago, Klein's impression of that term would probably have been limited to the thing sealed within the ancient castle where Fors and Xio had encountered danger. But after his journey to Miracle City Luvid, he had gained a deeper understanding of it.
It was something even ancient gods feared.
It was the source of the magic mirror Arrodes.
It was... a place that very likely had countless ties to this Gray Fog.
The Ancient Sun God seemed to have emerged from underground. He had brought the sun and light, waged war against the ancient gods, and reclaimed authorities. During that process, the Secrets Suppliant, The Worshipper, and Thief Pathway had appeared one after another. Yet the Demoness, Savant, Mystery Pryer, Lawyer, and Arbiter Pathways had no records until the Fourth Epoch. At least, in Grossel and Sia's memories, those five Pathways had not existed.
Did these five Pathways conceal some secret?
And what exactly lay underground?
Klein recalled the prayer to the Goddess that had received no answer. He understood that this was likely something he should not know, so he could only sigh softly inwardly and wave away the diary in his hand.
"You may begin."
As his words fell, the dummy Mr. World immediately looked at Miss Judgment.
"I have obtained the formulas for Judge and Disciplinary Paladin that you wanted."
Upon hearing Mr. World's words, Xio was immediately delighted. Although the man in the golden mask had said that he could help her obtain the Judge formula, she did not know how long that would take. Moreover, while that gentleman had displayed sufficient goodwill, Xio could still sense, through the sharp intuition granted by her Pathway, that he was concealing something.
He truly intended to help her, but at the same time, he