Cui Ciyou's gaze grew even colder.
The Human God's vile demeanor filled him with heartfelt disgust.
"While you and your little girlfriends were enjoying your leisurely journey across the Central Continent..."
The Human God's voice brimmed with false admiration.
Every word was like a tiny needle piercing Cui Ciyou's heart.
"Your venerable teacher was working harder than anyone."
"After escorting Princess Ariel safely to the Ranoa University of Magic..."
"Not a day went by when she wasn't running herself ragged searching for you."
"She went through practically every ancient text on Person-Finding Magic and spatial magic in the university library."
"She even sneaked into the stacks of forbidden books several times."
With a theatrical tone fit for recounting a heroic epic, the Human God described Roxy's loneliness and determination.
"It was roughly... a little over a year ago, I suppose."
"She found a clue about ancient Person-Finding Magic in a tattered old document."
"Apparently, it was a powerful, long-lost spell that could disregard distance and most interference to directly locate someone connected to the caster's mind."
"Unfortunately, both the magic circle needed to activate it and its essential catalyst were lost in an extremely dangerous Ancient Ruins."
Modern Person-Finding Magic had stringent requirements.
Range, time, and the items used to locate the target.
Several years earlier, when Alice had been kidnapped in Roa...
The Person-Finding Magic Roxy had used required that no more than a day had passed.
It had also required clothing Alice had worn against her skin.
"That labyrinth..."
The Human God's voice paused, as though deliberately creating a heavy sense of inevitable fate.
"Was it the S-Rank Labyrinth on the Begaritt Continent—the Displacement Labyrinth?"
The Begaritt Continent... the Displacement Labyrinth...
Those two names reminded Cui Ciyou of the scenes in the original story:
-Paul's severed lower body,