Meanwhile, at the end of the flesh-and-blood passage.
Oli had already "vanished into the divine" some time ago, leaving only ten people in the academy's team.
Amid increasingly urgent research, Professor Kazel finally found a lead.
The information provided by the Elves had been a tremendous help. Standing upon that vast body of information and combining it with the clues left behind by Principal Arte, he had managed to gain something in such a short time.
But so far, it was no more than a lead. To finally break through that iron door would require much more time for research. Among the items Principal Arte had left behind, the "sword sheath" had been taken by Dark. The divine blood of Hermes, the [God of Commerce, Travelers, Thieves, and Shepherds], was in Professor Kazel's hands.
"Demeter's Skirt" was being worn by Professor Sylph.
Although the whole affair bore traces of Hermes's involvement, what ultimately proved effective was not Hermes's divine blood, but "Demeter's Skirt."
More precisely, it was "Demeter's Skirt" after it had absorbed its fill of "Demeter's Blood"!
This "Demeter's Skirt," having absorbed divine blood, had developed a faint, almost imperceptible resonance with the golden door behind that iron gate.
Professor Kazel thus began attempting to awaken the hidden power of "Demeter's Skirt."
He believed that this "Demeter's Skirt" might be the key to entering the "Heavenly Court."
Unfortunately, the "War God Ares's Sword Sheath" was in Dark's possession. Otherwise, if it could be infused with the divine blood of Ares, the "War God"—the Holy Church possessed Ares's divine blood!
If the "sword sheath" could also absorb its fill of divine blood, they would have two divine artifacts in their hands.
Meanwhile, the Holy Church had also begun studying that golden key. Spatial fluctuations were hidden inside it. Though it