Because he had not truly ventured deep into the temple, he had not known.
The number of "divine bodies" discovered deep within the temple by the investigation team was vast, far beyond his imagination.
More importantly, some of those "divine bodies" clearly looked exactly the same as the ice statues in the hall.
The "revival" of the ice statues even had a hidden effect on their corresponding "divine bodies."
Though the investigation team was still looking into it, one thing was certain: the ice statues and "divine bodies" within the temple were closely linked.
Something exceedingly mysterious must once have occurred within this temple. Though the temple consciousness fragments that had just been discovered were scattered and disunified, their auras were essentially identical. They could presumably be judged as different fragments of the same consciousness.
Moreover, the possibility that this consciousness had belonged to the "Snow Mountain Goddess" had basically been ruled out.
At most, it could only be the consciousness of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," an existence akin to the spirit of a divine artifact.
For some unknown reason, it too had been shattered into fragments, only recently beginning to show signs of awakening. The more deeply Dark learned about the Snow Mountain Goddess Temple, the stronger his curiosity became.
He hurriedly restrained his curiosity and counted through the people he knew of who had received invitations from the Twelve Heavenly Gods.
There were simply too many people who had received invitations, and their backgrounds were far too varied. Before they knew it, the maids' tension had faded.
Claire nearly laughed out loud.
She felt that receiving an invitation alongside "certain people" was somewhat beneath her.
After giving it some thought, she figured that since the one who had invited her was Artemis, the "Goddess of Hunting" who