Hao Ren was immensely grateful that he had stayed in this city for a day and had seized the time to explore the Gorgon Abyss. There, he had found the final words of the Malkiri Mage and learned of the existence of the "Tumen Empire" from them.
He vaguely realized that those seemingly chaotic fragments of clues were actually the most important things of all. What he had come into contact with was already the ultimate truth hidden by this mysterious La Rian World.
When he mentioned the Tumen Empire and the inheritors, Grand Duke Owen, who was lying in bed, did not answer immediately. Instead, he asked a counter-question: "Have you come to participate in this Epochal Shift?"
Hao Ren looked into the old grand duke's eyes and solemnly nodded. "Yes."
His face did not redden, and he did not even gasp for breath. He seemed to have believed it himself.
That was the work ethic of an excellent inspector—without experience in arguing nonsensically with his own god, it was impossible to quickly cultivate such composure.
Grand Duke Owen let out a relieved breath and turned his gaze toward Charlemagne and his sister. "I know you brought something with you. Take it out now."
Charlemagne frowned. "But that item can only be—"
"Princess Constance will be here shortly," Grand Duke Owen interrupted him. He raised his head slightly and looked at the silver-haired woman standing beside him. "Ginny, can you have Her Highness the Princess come over?"
The silver-haired woman called "Ginny" nodded lightly. Then her eyelids slowly closed, all the muscles in her body relaxed, and she entered a state of complete stillness. A few seconds later, Hao Ren heard a faint sound from inside her body, like the electric current and mechanical friction of some device starting