Heavenly Palace

"I don't know anything about Divine Chosen."

Ivan withdrew his hand.

"But this kind of Divine Art is very useful."

"You are the Divine Chosen, I understand."

Laiser's attitude towards him inexplicably warmed up to him.

"Divine Chosen, where will you go next?"

"Just wandering around and looking at things."

Ivan asked, "And you? If you have nowhere to go, you can go to the Graveyard. The caretaker there says it's currently the safest place in the world."

"I don't need it."

Laiser shook his head and declined Ivan's invitation.

"I still have things to do in this world, and I have some unresolved questions that I want to answer now."

"Then I wish you a safe journey."

Ivan beckoned to him.

"I've rested enough; I need to leave here and continue my journey."

Please make yourself at home.

Laiser nodded to Ivan, paused, and then said, "Ah, I have a sister who, like me, has left the heavenly palace and descended to the Mortal Realm. If you see her outside, please tell her to wait for me at the safe place you mentioned. Her name is Leia, and she is also a Divine Attendant."

"I will."

Ivan agreed.

Thank you so much.

Laiser thought for a moment, then took something out of his waist and handed it to Ivan.

"I have nothing to thank you for. In this day and age, money is useless. So I'll just give you this amulet. It was given to me by Leia's mother and me. It has the blessing of the Dawn King and can protect you. When you see Leia, you can use this amulet to prove your words."

Ivan had lost his memory and naturally didn't know what politeness meant, so he simply accepted it and left the church.

It wasn't that he found Laiser annoying, but being around this follower of the Dawn King made him inexplicably feel uneasy.

Because of Laiser, Ivan inexplicably learned how to use the Divine Art of the Dawn King. This Divine Art healed his wounds and restored his fatigue, so Ivan simply stopped staying in that church.

He left the church, tidied his gear, and continued along the road.

Ivan hadn't noticed it before, but after meeting Laiser and hearing his explanation of the Dawn King's deeds, he realized that many sculptures in the City bore the style of the Dawn King's faction.

Many of these sculptures depict winged Divine Attendant or deities, some of which Ivan finds familiar, while others hold no resemblance to them.

He killed many more Knight, soldiers, and missionaries, and climbed up the innermost part of the city wall along the road.

Standing there, he looked up at the very top of the fortress. Behind the royal palace at the very top of the fortress, the Cloud Top parted to the sides, and between the clouds was a staircase leading to the sky, where there was a palace that had fallen from the heavens.

According to Laiser, it was heaven, a paradise for gods and their Divine Attendant, the land of the Dawn King. But as the world was about to face its end, the palace fell from the sky and landed on top of the fortress.

Ivan withdrew his gaze and continued forward.

Along the way, he killed many enemies, and the spirits he plundered from them had almost given him a sense of abundance, almost like an illusion. However, if these spirits were not absorbed by the system, they would all be taken away if he was defeated. Therefore, Ivan found a safe corner and took out the ring woven from flowers, Book of Questions, and hay.

He put the ring on his hand, and spacetime instantly distorted and shifted, placing him in front of the Gravekeeper Girl.

The Gravekeeper Girl continued weaving the wreath without pause, but sensing Ivan's arrival, she put down the unfinished wreath and softly asked, "Welcome back, Sir Knight. How was your journey?"

"I am currently in a place called the City of Light."

Ivan told her, "I met a Divine Attendant here named Laiser, and I also saw a palace collapse from the sky."

"The City of Light? It was once the Capital City of one of the two great human kingdoms, a place where people who worshipped the Dawn King Pantheon gathered."

The Gravekeeper Girl's ears twitched slightly.

"That palace should be the Heavenly Kingdom once ruled by the Dawn King. From where you are now... well, if you continue eastward through that gate, you'll reach the next kingdom, that lost land hidden by the gods, a kingdom where many secrets the gods don't want others to know are buried. If you truly want to find secrets about yourself, perhaps going to that country is the most likely place to find clues."

"I see."

Ivan extended his palm to her, Gravekeeper Girl immediately reached out both hands, eagerly grasping them.

"Thank you for your help with this too."

"I understand, please relax."

After helping Ivan absorb the accumulated spiritual energy within him, the Gravekeeper Girl reminded him again, "Also, Knight, the one currently guarding the east gate of the City of Light is the former general of City of Light, the most valiant and skilled warrior under Light King, Baldwin, who is also known as the [Knight of the Mountain]. Although I don't think you will lose if you face him, your current strength is still very weak, so please be careful in everything you do."

"I see."

Ivan made one last attempt to lift the Black Great Sword he had left with the girl, and finding that he still couldn't lift it, he bid farewell to the Gravekeeper Girl.

He took off the ring and put it away. The Gravekeeper Girl in front of him immediately disappeared, and the space that had covered the original space returned to its original position.

The east gate was not far from where Ivan was, but the number of enemies along the way had increased considerably.

You no longer see those soldiers crawling in the darkness, ready to strike you deadly at any moment, nor do you see those annoying, pot-bellied missionaries. Instead, you see Knight clad in full armor, carrying shields, swords, or spears, some of whom are accompanied by canines.

Although these Knights were all incredibly powerful and could even cast spells that imbued their spear tips and sword blades with light, Ivan felt that the canines they carried were the most troublesome thing.

These beasts are small and agile, often slipping into Ivan's blind spots when he's not looking. They would also sneak up on him during Ivan battles with the Knight, creating openings for the Knight to attack, which could be fatal for Ivan.

Several times, Ivan was almost taken away by this coordinated attack. Even when he managed to dodge it, he was left with several deep, unfathomable holes in his body.

Fortunately, Ivan finally overcame all obstacles and arrived at the East Gate.