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"I see..."
Sitting across from Alec, Noah listened to Alice recount the entire process through which she had used Spirit Sight to witness the Hero's resurrection, then shook his head with a wry smile.
"So, Guinevere was able to find the Hero known as the Last King thanks to Athena and me?"
"You could say that." Alice smiled bitterly as well.
"The essence of Earth Goddesses being able to stimulate Gods of Steel isn't anything strange. Lady Guinevere merely amplified that foundation several times over, even at the cost of her own life."
"Lifting the seal on the Dragon and Serpent, increasing the essence of Earth Goddesses, stimulating the divine aura of the Last King, then using Spirit Sight to locate him—a rather straightforward method," Alec said calmly.
"It sounds like the sort of method that short-sighted woman would use. But I have to admit, Guinevere's self-sacrifice really did restore the Last King to his peak condition. Even in death, she had to leave us with such a huge problem. What an irritating woman."
When the Hero who slew the Demon King awakened, his condition would be extremely incomplete, and he would lose all his power.
Only after absorbing enough essence of the earth could the Hero return to his complete state and carry out his mission of slaying the Demon King.
If he could not recover to a certain