Anse finished meditating, restored to peak condition.
He connected to the Spirit Network. Sacos had already compiled the latest news and forwarded it to him.
"Heh-putting a bounty on me?"
For this bounty to have spread so quickly to the Astral Plane and the Desolate Universe System, including Cluster Tianyu, multiple factions must have been helping it along.
Plenty of people were hoping he would die. Perhaps even the gods of Realm Tianyu and Mordenkainen were among them.
Unfortunately, everyone had guessed wrong.
His true body had indeed come to Cluster Tianyu, but the God of the Spirit Network and his simulacrum had not.
If the gods of Realm Tianyu dared to stir up trouble, the God of the Spirit Network could intervene at any moment.
"Let's see who dares to make a move."
As for the pursuit within Cluster Tianyu, he was not particularly worried about that either.
He did not rely on divine power at all. He would only grow stronger with every fight, so attrition tactics were useless against him.
The locals really have no manners.
He grumbled silently, then sank his consciousness into his mind.
The golden D20 floated quietly, its nineteenth symbol already more than halfway lit.
He had not fought many battles recently, but his adventures had been novel, exposing him to plenty of new things unlike anything in the other Desolate Universe Systems.
Almost there.
He brought up the Spirit Network map to check the Star-Eye's current position and the nearest Mind Flayer settlement.
The Star-Eye was still in elven space, conveniently within the Spirit Network's coverage. The crew had long since grown accustomed to the Spirit Network's presence and felt safer here.
The dark star region at the outermost edge of the Mind Flayer Empire was not far away. Flying there would