After extracting the Shepherd's preserved memories, Iver returned the Phantom Demon Card left behind by the Shepherd to Prodino.
It had lost its uniqueness and reverted to being a purely functional piece of equipment.
Iver could even imagine why the Shepherd had chosen to store his memories in this card in the first place—it possessed extraordinary power and was extremely portable, allowing the memories to remain intact until now.
Iver's thinking was much the same.
If Iver were to become a lich and choose his phylactery, he definitely wouldn't pick some exceptionally sturdy metal box or something that could be hidden in a tiny grain of sand... Instead, he would choose an extremely rare national treasure.
It couldn't be said that one approach was absolutely better than the other, because any method of concealment could potentially be cracked. Just as every question had an answer.
The only way to judge someone's personality was through the first choice made by their subconscious.
Not only was the Shepherd's choice consistent with Iver's... if the Sacred Entity was also considered such a treasure, then the Ring Angel had made the same choice.
With this card, perhaps Prodino's life could be preserved.
Iver didn't want to use some flippant remark like "That's too dangerous" to persuade Prodino to stay alive and let him handle everything himself—the principle of not forcing others to do what one would not do oneself.
Generation after generation of Snake Tails had sacrificed themselves to send Iver to this position. He didn't want to use the same reason to stop others from choosing their own paths to the end.
That would be no different from denying Iver's own path.
After that, Iver had Zhu Tang take Mu and secretly leave Holy Spring City under cover of night, heading for the