He... Captain Malik treated it with reverence—the dagger he had drawn from Gollian's Goddess Statue.
The instant the sharp dagger slowly cut open the chest of the first Mayfair, crimson blood burst into bloom before sliding down.
The path of the blood was her skin, and its destination was the pool in this secret chamber.
The red blood and clear water blended together. In that instant, the entire pool seemed to awaken with a strange kind of life... It began to glow and radiate an aura of life.
Soon, the entire Stone Chamber was covered in radiant light, accompanied by a certain sound—a whisper that sounded like a call.
The first Mayfair could not stop the dagger in Captain Malik's hand from cutting into her chest. Likewise, she had no way to stop him from doing the same thing to the second Mayfair.
At last, the dagger cut open the second Mayfair's chest as well.
Her blood also trickled into the pool.
Captain Malik spread his arms and slowly backed away... as though admiring a peerless work of art, his face still held an expression of reverence.
Thud—!
That was the sound of the dagger naturally falling from his palm into the pool... Captain Malik knelt directly in the water and said, "Gollian, Gollian, Gollian."
He loudly called out the Goddess's name. At that moment, the strange black patterns on his body began growing wildly... They even extended beyond his skin, forming bizarre, hollow, three-dimensional patterns... It looked almost like a human figure.
The first Mayfair felt her life gradually slipping away... She believed that her other self was in the same situation. Perhaps because she had sensed death drawing near, the second Mayfair finally woke in a panic.
"The Goddess's revival..." The moment the second Mayfair awoke, she seemed