"I'm going back to rest first." Jeffrey Rogge was the first to finish eating. He rose gracefully, wiped his mouth, and forced a smile onto his somewhat pale face. "This damned rough sea—I need to get back to bed before I throw up that delicious meal."
Although Jeffrey Rogge was a wizard, he was ultimately only a young man in his twenties and had no experience with long-term field expeditions. Compared with Professor Frolov and Mitchell Megan, who came from geology backgrounds, Jeffrey Rogge was relatively more delicate. He seemed unable to adapt well to the rough waves and constant rocking at sea.
"All right, Jeffrey. Go get some rest first." Professor Frolov spoke with his habitual concern. "You've worked hard."
Jeffrey Rogge smiled and nodded to them, then slowly left the dining hall and headed for his cabin.
Watching Jeffrey leave, Mitchell Megan turned to Professor Frolov and asked with a slight frown, "Professor, what did you mean by the new era?"
"I don't know the specifics." Professor Frolov shook his head. "Although I helped that Deep One bandage his wounds, that doesn't mean we became close friends who tell each other everything."
"Rather than a prophecy, I think their attitude toward those words was more like a warning. A warning to deal with something beyond their expectations." Professor Frolov analyzed, "It was a revelation from their great deity. Before their great deity fell asleep, their Father God and Mother God once met with him and received an important revelation."
"What revelation?" Mitchell Megan asked curiously.
"Their great deity said to beware—beware the birth of an evil god." Professor Frolov said, "Gods greater, more ancient, and more exalted than their great deity are conducting some kind of experiment. That experiment will create an evil god, and once that evil