Master's Suspicion

When everyone came to their senses, they were lying in a hemispherical sandpit. Upon closer inspection, it was the very spot where they had been before entering Amgilla.

"We're back?" Flora looked around. "Back in the Hairub Desert?"

"We're out of that damned Secret Realm!" Jason jumped up with joy, Sister Sharna collapsed to the ground, letting out a sigh of relief.

These individuals were trapped in Amgilla for a week, and although they were mostly unconscious during that time, the thought of possibly remaining in that dangerous place forever filled them with lingering fear.

As for the members of the subsequent rescue team, they were all grateful to have escaped death.

There was only one exception.

At this moment, Old Yuan was fully armed, wearing a jeweled headband, a Silver Magic Robe, a short staff in his left hand, a Crystal Ball in his right, and a shimmering Purple Necklace around his neck.

"I... of course I'm 'Night'." Luo Jun was also a little surprised. "Have you forgotten that I was the one who rescued you?"

"I understand your doubts," Luo Jun said calmly. "Actually... I don't understand Divine Language anymore. The incantation I just recited was merely a retelling of fragments of memory remaining in the gem."

"To be honest, I only know that the spell can get us out, but I don't know what it specifically means..."

Despite Luo Jun's words, Old Yuan remained skeptical.

"You can try," Luo Jun said, opening his arms. "Use your Spirit Treasure Item to check however you like, see if there are any other souls inside me?"

However, what he didn't expect was that Dias also had no intention of keeping his promise and left loopholes in the contract as well.

The great god Karruth did indeed perish, and that gem was a legacy he left behind using his last strength... To describe it in a way that is easier for modern people in the Main World to understand, it should be considered a set of operating procedures.

This pyramid was indeed built by Karruth to deal with the invading Dias's Believers. As Old Yuan analyzed before, Karruth and the great god Dias signed some kind of pact, replacing war with a martial arts contest. However, Karruth did not keep his promise and tampered with the pact, stipulating that even if he lost, he should keep Dias's strongest Warrior forever.

The two great gods manipulated the contract to give their mortal subordinates an advantage, while imposing extremely high restrictions on the Deity themselves. Karruth, in his excessive anger, overlooked this, thus giving his opponents an opportunity to exploit.

"I'm not sure if he's still 'Night'!" Old Yuan was on high alert, circulating his vital energy, and all the magical artifacts on his body lit up.

"Him?" Everyone was taken aback and looked at the person Old Yuan was facing. "You mean 'Night'?"

Are you telling the truth?

"I haven't forgotten..." Old Yuan said through gritted teeth, "But I'm not sure if you are still him now..." As he said this, the Old Man clenched his teeth, and his voice even carried a hint of sobs.

Luo Jun finally understood; his teacher thought he had been Body Snatching...

Old Yuan frowned, stepped forward, and began to probe with his magical artifact. Luo Jun, on the other hand, completely lowered his guard and allowed the scan to proceed.

"Old Yuan, what's wrong with you...?" The others were puzzled, but he scolded them, "All of you, get away from him and come behind me!"

On his deathbed, Karruth left behind this gem, which not only provided energy for the seal but also left behind numerous instructions.

However, Karruth left behind a hidden instruction that allowed them to escape.

If Ye was already mysterious in other people's eyes, it wouldn't be surprising if he did something amazing, but his Master knew his background. It wasn't just the issue of the ancient language; the fact that he had mastered the Qi was enough to make the old man wary.

On the day of the contest, both gods were bound by the contract to observe the competition inside the pyramid. However, outside, Dias's followers broke the contract and stormed the Amgilla City.

Taking advantage of Karruth's restriction by the contract, Dias launched an attack and severely injured him. Karruth, with his last strength, also wounded Dias in return, and then sacrificed his own life, causing the fall of Amgilla. His purpose was to seal Dias and the invading heretical soldiers there forever.

Luo Jun guessed that Karruth at that time was probably already mentally unstable, so the instructions in the gem were also very chaotic, containing many of his last confused memories before his death, including the operation of the Dimensional Arena, and the various traps and maze mechanisms in the city to deal with invaders...

Luo Jun estimated that this command was a last-ditch effort by Karruth during his final moments of lucidity. If the intruders were all killed, the surviving citizens could use it to escape the sealed space. The reason it was written in obscure Divine Language was to prevent the intruders from learning how to escape as well.

However, at the last moment before the seal was formed, Dias managed to escape, leaving behind only the invading soldiers, who, like the people of the city, were forever sealed by Karruth in the dimensional rift.

Luo Jun was not lying. At the last moment, in addition to absorbing all the energy from the gem, he also read the last remaining information within it.

"The 'Night' I know doesn't understand Divine Language!"

Luo Jun didn't know the final outcome of the battle in the city. When they arrived at the ruins, there were no traces of the battle or any corpses left, but he guessed that some survivors must have managed to escape and continue living in what is now the Parami Region, laying the foundation for later civilization.

It can be said that the story passed down from later generations that the great god Karruth, in a fit of rage, trapped Amgilla, is not entirely wrong in a sense.

However, it was clear that his Master still cared about him. Although he was suspicious, he did not take out his most powerful Eight Trigrams Finger Tiger. With Luo Jun's perception, he could vaguely sense that all the equipment on his body was emitting an unusually strong spiritual fluctuation. Old Yuan's goal was not to kill him, but to eliminate the Ancient God's soul that occupied his body and save his disciple.

By the time Karruth realized something was wrong, the city was already like a living hell, filled with fighting soldiers and dead and wounded civilians. The great god, enraged, unleashed his divine power in an attempt to intervene in the battle, but was severely punished by the contract.

It's no wonder he was suspicious. He was stuck to that gem for so long, with flashes of light and bursts of energy, and then he fell off, the gem went out of business, and he even mastered a long-lost ancient language. Anyone would find that strange.

"Who exactly are you?" Old Yuan questioned his beloved disciple, his eyes filled with wariness and sorrow...

He believed that his Master would not harm him.

After examining it for a while, Old Yuan suddenly frowned. "Hmm? There really is a second soul!"

(End of this chapter)