Time passed.
Another six months went by in the blink of an eye.
Aside from the source of that terrifying aura beneath Star Source Holy Mountain, Reilo was no longer moved by anything external. He sat atop the holy mountain like a stone, while the sun, moon, and stars cycled endlessly overhead, without the slightest movement from him.
The deeper Reilo's understanding of that terrifying aura grew, the more profoundly he felt its power. The more he understood it, the more clearly he sensed how frightening it was.
If he had not already mastered two Level Five Law Powers, with Star Source Holy Mountain suppressing it and his Star Body True Body on its way, even he would have had to find another solution.
Suddenly.
Reilo, who had been sitting here for months, moved again.
He opened his eyes, and a solemn look crossed his calm face.
Almost at the same time, Star Source Holy Mountain gave a long, distant rumble. Like subterranean gas escaping under immense pressure, the vast mountain began to visibly tremble. Fortunately, the hundred or so expeditionary scholars who had remained behind to await the Academic World's support for the three-year pact had already prepared for situations like this. They hurriedly withdrew into the distance.
They knew that whatever was happening there would be dealt with by the Academic World's great academic authority from the Grand Natural Sciences Academy.
Having no idea what was really going on, they naturally had complete faith in that great academic authority!
Only Moon Lotus Anna, the sole divine being among the expeditionary scholars besides Reilo, knew far more than ordinary scholars. She could not help showing a trace of concern.
"Didn't the dean say he wasn't confident he could fight that creature?"
The speaker was Edward, the Bomb King.
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