The River of Fate's Summons!

"Mysterious?"

The leader of the Vortex Creature was actually Xuan? This thought popped into Roger's mind.

That face has already vanished in an instant.

All that remained was a pair of unforgettable eyes!

That is...

Mysterious? Roger felt his mouth go dry.

After the temporary passage disappeared.

He couldn't help but look at Mystra beside him.

The latter's expression remained calm.

After sensing Roger's gaze.

She said softly, "Perhaps it's an illusion..."

"It's no surprise that Vortex Creature are masters at manipulating people's minds!"

Roger nodded outwardly.

But I was still deeply moved.

Because he had a strong intuition—

That person is none other than the former Celestial God Xuan! There's no mistake.

It's all true! And it can only be this way.

Only then can we explain Quinan's actions! In Roger's understanding...

Kuinan was originally Xuan's most loyal follower! Everything he did was in accordance with Xuan's wishes.

So this betrayal.

That's possible!...

Roger grew increasingly alarmed as he thought about it.

The terrifying pressure gradually faded away.

The Ancient Desolate Continent was utterly silent.

As far as the eye can see, there is nothing but a land where all life has been wiped out.

This catastrophe seems to have come to an end in such an unexpected way.

It allows you to recall every detail from before.

Roger's expression grew increasingly grim.

"From the very beginning, Quinan did it intentionally!"

"He never intended to resurrect properly, nor did he intend to defeat me!"

"He came because of who I am!"

"Because I might be the only Qi Refiner among the Twin Stars to have been promoted!"

The data column already explains it very clearly.

The more detailed triggering mechanism of "The Way of Weapon Liberation" is currently unknown.

But one thing is certain.

The triggerer must die at the hands of a ' Qi Refiner ' to be reborn in this way!

Moreover, it's highly likely that what's required is an Ascension-grade Qi Refiner! How many Qi Refiner does Twin Star currently have? And Roger is the only one who Ascension-grade!

So from the beginning, Quinan came with the intention of dying at Roger's hands.

Everything and everything.

All of this is just a prelude.

This was a cover-up to achieve this goal! Including the exposure of "Mystra.White".

Including His previous hesitation to act despite having the opportunity to do so—

That was to wait for Roger's promotion!...

"Did he predict that I would Second Ascension soon?"

"If that's really the case..."

"The computing power of the gods is terrifying... and this is only a quasi-god..."

Roger couldn't help but smile bitterly to himself.

However, he didn't feel much regret.

Because Quinan's strategy does not prove that He is more brilliant.

He simply had the advantage of an information gap.

Whether it's the "Way of Weapon Liberation" or reincarnation Vortex Creature, these are all absurd things.

This is information that Roger cannot access in his current state.

He never expected that Quinan would go to such lengths for something like this.

It also brought disaster to the lives of all living beings on the entire continent!

In fact.

This last point is also what Roger finds most puzzling.

If it's true that Quinan orchestrated this scheme simply to die by his own hand...

Then He should have a simpler and clearer way to achieve this goal!

Judging from the demeanor and expressions of Khunan when he was reborn in the Aberrant Nebula.

He remained quite lucid throughout.

This shows that all his previous madness was a facade! He was such a clear-headed person.

Why drag millions of lives down with us? This isn't a question of good versus evil.

The real question is whether it's necessary and whether there are any risks! What if Roger and Mystra discover that this is unnecessary?...

At the beginning.

Roger still couldn't understand this.

But not long after that.

He suddenly noticed a very important detail! That was after Quinan left.

This continent is unprecedentedly clean!

yes.

It's so clean!

It was a pristine beauty, untouched by any Aberrant Matter!

In fact.

Not just the Ancient Desolate Continent.

The entire Quinan Star.

Even Mystra, which was right next door.

The concentration of Aberrant Matter on it has decreased by at least half!

Not long after.

Roger found this crucial record in the data column.

"Log: Quinan absorbed a massive amount of Aberrant Matter. In order to possess a stronger Vortex Creature- template, it began frantically absorbing Aberrant Matter from the Above Twin Stars..."

"The concentration of Aberrant Matter in the Fifth Star Track is decreasing rapidly..."

"So, is Quinan's defection actually a good thing for the beings of the Twin Stars?"

"If He doesn't appear as a villain in the future, then aside from the blood sacrifice, His actions would seem more like sacrifice and redemption?"

"Sacrificing himself to be reborn as Vortex Creature, and then benefiting the binary star system?"

"Well, let's not talk about those who were sacrificed..."

"So was it intentional or unintentional on His part?"

The answer to this question is crucial.

This determined whether Kuinan would be a friend or foe in the future.

Roger pondered for a while.

A moment later.

Mystra moved closer.

She said calmly:

"It's over."

"Ask whatever you want now."

Roger looked at her.

Her expression was unreadable.

Roger instinctively sensed the turmoil deep within her heart.

perhaps.

Xuan's face must have had the biggest impact on her.

But her ability to adapt is also impressive.

He didn't lose his composure in the slightest.

And from these two sentences of hers.

Roger sensed a slight sense of urgency.

At present.

He dared not be negligent.

After a moment of contemplation.

He then asked his first question, "What exactly is the World-Ending Forbidden Spell on the Mystra Planet?"

After saying that.

He then reported all that he had seen and heard over the years to his superiors.

Mystra heard this.

A rare look of anger appeared on his face.

She beckoned to Roger angrily. "Where's that stupid sword of Griffith?"

Give it to me!

Roger completely ignored Griffith's roar.

Without saying a word, he presented the holy sword.

With a whoosh, Mystra touched Griffith with her right hand.

A large patch of green lightning shot up like grasshoppers! After a series of crackling and popping movements, it...

Easily annihilated by Mystra!...

"Hint: Mystra reversed the ' Memory Wipe ' on Griffith..."

"It's Telodal!"

Mystra gritted her teeth and glanced at the starry sky.

Then he explained:...

"After I was betrayed by Quinan and forced to reincarnate, the power on the Mystra Planet became unstable."

"It must be that Quinan, Messenary, and Telodal teamed up to modify the ' Planetary Defense Forbidden Spell ' that I had bound to the magic network years ago, turning it into what you call the ' World-Ending Forbidden Spell '!"

"After that, they laid countless baits on the Mystra Planet to absorb more Aberrant Matter. Once the concentration of Aberrant Matter reached a certain level, the World-Ending Forbidden Spell would be triggered..."

"You once said you saw someone wielding Griffith's Golden House that destroyed the mages..."

That's not me!

It's Telodal!

He Seize the Opportunity.

They stole a part of my authority.

And the Messenary even made some modifications to my planet...

And then there's Khunan, who plotted against me...

Sooner or later.

I personally cast those three down to the mortal realm!

Roger nodded.

Mystra's statement is quite credible.

All indications suggest that...

The Messenary did indeed exert indirect control over the Mystra Planet.

Telodal's technique is more sophisticated.

It's normal that Roger didn't notice.

According to Mystra.

Before Quinan himself was reincarnated.

The two celestial bodies in the Fourth Star Track may converge a bit more.

But since then...

Mai and Tai's behavior became even more outrageous.

The unique features of the Mystra Planet, including the "Boundary River" and the "Extinguishing Cloud," were all subtly modified by them through the power of their authority.

Mystra teeming with monsters.

This is also thanks to them.

After squeezing all the value out of the Mystra Planet...

Their gaze naturally fell upon Quinan Star!

"They must be scared, terrified!"

Mystra said coldly:

"Seeing that I and Quinan were reincarnated one after another, they feared that they, like us, would be forced to give up their positions as gods..."

"So our planet became their natural barrier."

"They didn't even think about how to solve the problem of the Aberrant Matter invasion. Instead, they chose to postpone it indefinitely, absorbing the Aberrant Matter, using World-Ending Forbidden Spell, containment, restarting... all their methods were just to delay!"

The first half of this passage.

Roger highly approves of it.

After all, it's not hard to guess the mindset of the two great gods.

But the last sentence piqued Roger's curiosity:

"Procrastination?"

"Procrastination is usually a way of waiting—"

What are they waiting for?

Mystra hesitated for a moment.

Finally, he revealed a word to Roger—

"The Sunken Battlefield!"...

Regarding the Sunken Battlefield.

Mystra didn't say much.

She just told Roger.

That is where the gods and the Vortex Creature fought a final battle.

Xuan fought against the Vortex Creature on the Sunken Battlefield back then.

The current Qu Feng is also like that.

That was an extremely dangerous place—

It may also be the place where the most advanced combat forces in the entire universe are gathered!

Roger gleaned two crucial pieces of information from her few words!...

"1. The outcome of the Battle of the Sunken Battlefield will determine the future fate of the Nine Great Planets. If the high-level combat power of the Vortex Creature cannot be stopped, then the Nine Great Planets will probably have already fallen."

And if the enemy can be defeated.

Then the Nine Great Planets will enjoy a long period of peace.

This was a battle that lasted even longer than the Rift of the Heavens War.

Since Xuan opened up the Sunken Battlefield.

More than ten gods have already followed suit.

Qu Feng is one of them.

"2. Historically, only one god has ever arrived at the Sunken Battlefield and escaped unscathed. He later went to other parts of the Nine Great Planets. That god's name was ' Pandora '..."

Recalling information about Pandora from my mind.

Roger felt as if a glimmer of light had suddenly appeared in the thick fog.

He pondered for a moment.

Suddenly asked:

"If that face wasn't an illusion..."

Roger only told half of what he wanted to say.

But the meaning is already quite clear.

If even Xuan Du, the pioneer of the Sunken Battlefield, has already defected to the enemy—

What should we do then? Mystra did not answer immediately.

She pursed her lips tightly. "There's no point in making any guesses right now."

"Only practical actions can verify whether all of this is the truth."

"So..."

"I will go find him."

Roger was slightly taken aback.

He finally understood where that sense of urgency came from!

Mystra.

She probably won't stay in the Fifth Star Track for long! It seems she saw through Roger's thoughts.

She offered to explain:

"My reincarnation this time has failed."

The Whale Shark King's instinctive will is too strong.

I couldn't reconcile his ideas with mine.

And I don't like this body either.

He's so stupid!

Therefore, I will definitely be reincarnated a second time.

I've figured it out.

This time.

I will be reborn closer to the Sunken Battlefield! The Aberrant Matter isn't as terrifying as I imagined..."

Roger remained silent for a moment.

I feel very reluctant to part with it.

It's not that he has any particular preference for flat-chested, loli-style magical Goddess.

It's not that he couldn't bear to leave his leg behind and run away!

But there's nothing we can do.

He's a leader.

Roger can't possibly stop her from being reincarnated a second time, can he?

He doesn't have that ability either.

The only thing to do now is to ask more secrets and get more benefits! So, they continued.

He then inquired about the relationship between "Aberrant Matter" and "gas" or "ether"!

According to Roger's observations.

Aberrant Matter appears to be more likely to infiltrate objects with high ether content.

As for anger.

It vaguely implies the natural enemy of Aberrant Matter.

If this phenomenon is true.

Is it enough to train more Qi Refining experts to fight against the Aberrant Matter?

However, Mystra's answer was a cold shower for him.

"Qi and ether are two completely opposite Transcendent Energy."

Their operating methods and postures are opposite.

However, there is no superiority or inferiority between the two.

In general.

The distribution of air and ether among the Nine Great Planets shows a pattern of waxing and waning.

This refers to the overall layout of the Nine Great Planets.

Both have peak periods and trough periods.

We are currently in the peak of etheric energy and the trough of vital energy.

Under these circumstances.

The Vortex Creature wanted to infiltrate more of the Aberrant Matter into the Nine Great Planets.

Therefore, the Aberrant Matter was modified to be more compatible with etheric energy.

In this way.

The path of the aberration intrusion was thus determined.

They will flow in the direction of the ether.

But this doesn't mean that ether is dangerous while air is always safe! In fact...

I just sensed it.

The etheric peak of the Nine Great Planets has passed.

The peak of the heat cycle may be approaching.

At that time, the spirit was at its lowest point and then reached its peak.

The Vortex Creature will then reset the pathways for the Aberrant Matter to invade! Then you'll find that those who cultivate Qi are extremely susceptible to infection by the Aberrant Matter!

In the end, it turned into a terrifying monster!

Ether, however, is different.

Due to the dynamic restraining relationship between air and ether.

So in that situation.

Rarely seen mages can easily eliminate highly Aberrant Matter and Martial Artist Bewitched ...

This is how it is! Roger never expected it.

I just happened to be in the right place at the right time! Air pressure is not the natural enemy of Aberrant Matter at all.

It's just that they don't care about your temper right now!

"Wrong!"

"I'm a chosen one of the Goddess of magic, after all. When the time comes, I can just seal the energy and use magic, right?"

Roger's thinking was also quick.

In a sense.

He is indeed a practitioner of both magic and martial arts!

Even if you are slightly unbalanced in your studies.

But now I know.

Then there's room for redress!

Therefore, for him personally...

The threat of Aberrant Matter is still relatively distant.

We have now discussed the characteristics of "Aberrant Matter".

Mystra then brought up the impact of Quinan's defection:...

"You should have noticed that as well."

Although Quinan has fallen into depravity.

But He took away a great deal of Aberrant Matter.

This allows the environment around the Fifth Star Track to stabilize.

But your crisis has not gone away.

According to my calculations.

Messenary and other gods are pushing to upgrade the previous "World-Ending Forbidden Spell" to a "Star Track Level World-Ending Forbidden Spell".

The target of the attack was the newly established Twin Stars.

Although the triggering conditions for the World-Ending Forbidden Spell will not change.

That is, the binary star system has an excessive amount of Aberrant Matter.

But this is the bottom layer of the Nine Great Planets.

Quinan's defection is not a model to be replicated.

Moreover, it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

It won't be long before a large amount of Aberrant Matter seeps in again.

Prior to this.

You need to find a way out for yourself.

I'm not in a good state right now.

After the Celestial God War.

I can no longer maintain my projection in the Prime Material Plane for much longer.

So you have to rely on yourself for everything...

certainly.

Before the second reincarnation.

I'll leave you some little things.

"I see."

Regarding this result...

Roger said it was expected.

Mystra's stumbling rebirth was abnormal to begin with.

Her every move this time suggests that she won't stay here for long.

He didn't intend to rely on anyone else.

However, Mystra's attitude towards him was still quite good.

Aside from being naturally inclined, I don't have that sense of superiority.

Thinking about this...

Roger's heart skipped a beat.

He asked a series of questions that had been buried deep in his heart:...

"I want to know, did you summon me here? Or is it Xuan? What is your purpose? Why me again? And what exactly does the identity of a voter mean?"

That's all.

Roger looked at Mystra with some nervousness.

This concerns his time travel.

He couldn't help but take it seriously! And after listening to Roger's question...

Mystra's gaze was somewhat unfocused.

She recounted it in a reminiscent tone:

"I am your direct summoner to Mystra."

But it was Xuan who designated you.

That was a very long time ago.

Xuan and I swam hand in hand across the "River of Fate".

Xuan told me about a secret plan.

This plan requires a candidate who could potentially become Multi-Universe Lifeform.

So I fished out a small fish from a tributary of the River of Fate—

That fish is you.

But my understanding of you is not as deep as your understanding of me.

Strictly speaking...

I was merely the one who performed that summoning spell.

Voters are simply there to give you a legitimate reason to be here.

It doesn't represent anything more.

I wasn't even the one who brought you directly into this universe.

I just happened to pull you out of the River of Fate.

You can interpret this as an indirect summons—

I rescued you.

You will come here at some point in the future.

But I am not the one who directly brought you here.

It was someone else.

Hey! Don't look at me like that.

I don't know either.

My understanding of the River of Fate is very shallow.

I can't understand this bizarre species of Multi-Universe Lifeform either.

I'm so annoyed! But...

I believe in the mysterious.

So I believe you too!

A summoning spell from the River of Fate? Roger silently recalled every word Mystra had spoken.

I was afraid of missing a single detail.

He didn't ask any more questions.

Because he received far too much information today.

I need to digest this properly.

But Mystra was unwilling to give him a chance to think.

She urged:

"Quick!"

"Ask me if you have any other questions!"

Roger gave a wry smile.

He suddenly asked, "I want to know the deeper relationship between the present world and history?"

Mystra glared at him fiercely. "You want to know where that adopted daughter from that period of history went, don't you?"

"You don't really want to be my dad, do you?"

Roger dared not admit it and immediately denied it.

Mystra scoffed, "History is history."

"Once integrated into the present world, it also becomes history."

"Although the seed that the immortal who Bewitched brought to the Historical World has sprouted, it is a rootless sprout. Unless my reincarnation completely fails, that Mystra will not be able to replace me!"

"Now that I've returned, she has naturally become part of the Dust of History, at most leaving only a vague memory in the minds of those of us who are connected to her."

"As for the Mystra you encountered..."

"Orange, Pink, White... these three are actually the reincarnations of my three swords, and indeed, they were the vessels where I initially sealed my memories and power..."

"Quinan also took advantage of this...you know that."

As for what kind of swords they are?

"Here, it's the same set of Four Imperial Swords I gave you, the ' Red Medicine Sword '!"

"This is a gift from Xuan."

"Now..."

"I'm leaving it to you!"

"Hint: Mystra is transferring ownership of the ' Four Imperial Swords ' to you. Confirm?"