The many Marquises stood atop a Thirteen-Tier Platform resembling an altar. Countless black candles with bizarre scarlet flames were arranged around every tier, adding an even more sinister air to the gloomy scene.
On the other side of the platform, several figures were also waiting. They were members of the Door in the Pupil, who had formed a private alliance with the Marquises in this incident.
Before the core Altar Platform at the center of the platform, a priest-like figure clad in a Black-Gold Robe stood silently with his head lowered. A faint gray mist shrouded his body as he waited for the final Ritual to begin.
"It's truly unimaginable. That terrifying existence which destroyed the Ancient Magic Empire at its peak, and which exhausted the accumulated strength of Human Civilization just to barely Seal it, was merely a Sub-body that had lost contact with its main body!"
Gazing at the Dark Pyramid before them as it continuously flashed with sinister light, Marchioness Anlita stood with her hands behind her back. Her dark blue eyes discreetly glanced at the "Priest" standing before the core Altar Platform.
This seemingly priest-like being was actually Gray Mist, the third person after the Star Gazer and the Man in the Mirror to break through to the realm of a Ninth Rank Diviner.
He had also brought the details of this plan, along with some top-secret information involving the Outer Deities.
After verifying it through their respective means, the Marquises had ultimately confirmed that Gray Mist had not lied. These horrifying facts were all truths that had once occurred.
"I'm somewhat worried about our plan. That so-called 'god'—trying to borrow its power is no different from mortals trying to borrow a Dragon's strength to seize treasure. We may well be reduced to ashes along with