It was just like the relationship that should have existed between the Lord of Dawn and Blazing Sun.
Blazing Sun was one of the thirteen portions of The Sun's authority, forever following The Sun's course.
Gadariki's deity was actually a follower of the Great Being at the terminus of the wind element.
This meant that once Gadariki fell into the Abyss, the Abyss would discover the being at the terminus of the wind element and lock onto their location forever.
"The Sun is the same, but the problem is that The Sun is too powerful. Even if every deity knew where The Sun was, none would dare try to kill them."
"Who knows how many Great Beings' remains have burned beneath the Creator's flames?"
"The Great Being at the Elemental Terminus doesn't have that kind of confidence."
"So they can only use the wind to blow Gadariki high into the sky, keeping it from falling."
"Unless..."
On Rhino Horn Mountain, Ryan watched a leaf drift beneath a ginkgo tree. Gusts kept blowing in, carrying the leaf up and down without letting it touch the soil.
King MacReynolds's discovery had given Ryan a general understanding of the Gadariki World.
It had also given him a very clear answer.
Gadariki's original deity—or, more precisely, the Spirit of the Swift Eagle—had already been dismantled so thoroughly that they could not muster even the slightest trace of will. Their final instructions had been entrusted to Sindri, in the hope that he could rekindle the Sacred Fire.
They could not even deliver a divine oracle to a mortal in their own world.
Having died to such an extent, did they really still have the power to request Ryan's help through the Spirit Ocean?
For now, the answer seemed to be no. Then who had connected