Odys was somewhat surprised by the information he had obtained from the Crystal Skeleton.
The horses and carriage on that floating island in the War of the Gods Ruins had belonged to the Ancient Sun God!
He read on. In life, the Crystal Skeleton had been a servant of the Ancient Sun God.
The Crystal Skeleton had not been an Angel, only a low-ranking servant who poured tea, fetched water, fed the horses, and did similar work.
Even a servant like that seemed to have been a Demi-God.
After privately marveling at how extravagantly a god lived, Odys continued reading. Then he stopped at an image.
The central figure in the image was the Ancient Sun God, who always looked like an enormous lightbulb. He was walking with someone else—or rather, talking as they walked. By then, the Ancient Sun God might no longer have had any desire to take a stroll.
The Crystal Skeleton, whose memories provided the image, had followed far behind them as a servant.
Odys studied the image carefully before he found another figure amid the intense light radiating from the Ancient Sun God.
That figure was an "old acquaintance" of Odys's: the being dressed in a style with an Eastern air.
He had appeared in murals of the Elves and the Stiano Family.
Odys also remembered that the God of Steam and Machinery had appeared in the Stiano Family's murals—though back then, he had still been Yuggs Stiano.
One of the murals depicting Yuggs had shown that being speaking with the Ancient Sun God.
Odys had not thought much of it at the time. Looking back now, he realized the two really had spoken, and their conversation must have been important.
Now Odys could hear sounds as well as see the image.
Though the Crystal