Contacting the professor through Halsey to ask a few questions was something Aaron had been doing all along.
He set the letter ablaze and silently pondered the contents of the reply.
"After becoming a Non-Human Existence, does every subsequent advancement directly involve the Spirit Realm? That's understandable..."
As for the power of 'laws'?
Aaron thought of the curse that had once clung to the Crying Blade—a curse that infected directly through wounds in one's memories, spreading with utterly unreasonable force.
"Could it be understood as a power akin to a 'meme'? It often represents—an unsolvable problem?"
"The Blood of Decay ruin confirmed the presence of a high-level Beyonder, but it was not power left behind by a 'Longevity' being—this characteristic of propagation can be named the 'Law of Diffusion'—is this the strength of a true Sixth Primordial 'Crowned One'?"
"And the God of Suffering has suddenly become active... They're planning something big... Other than advancement, what else could such Beyonders possibly seek?"
"They were all stirred by the appearance of Count of Green Forest... In a sense, their guesses were not wrong!"
Aaron silently let out a breath. "My awakening itself signifies the revival of the world's spiritual tide... Or rather, it has developed to a certain point and crossed an enormous threshold... The Seventh Primordial—the 'Longevity' beings who truly possess immortal lifespans—is no longer a fantasy!"
"Those Sixth Primordials charging toward the Seventh Primordial have a certain chance of succeeding!"
"The world is about to welcome a new tide..."
After letting his thoughts wander briefly, Aaron turned back to the most practical issue. "For my advancement to Furnace, I still lack one final non-human remnant of Tower. I never expected it... to be in Diat of the City of Fallen."
Thinking of that expedition, Aaron's expression turned contemplative.
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