Odys thought he had misheard. "This space was formed by a Divine War?"
Bernadette nodded. "I can sense the auras of more than one God here."
Then she smiled. "Places like this are dangerous, but it looks as though no one has explored it yet. We should find something worthwhile."
Odys frowned slightly before saying, "The Sealed Artifact that Teleported us here was something I seized from the Moses Ascetic Order.
"Why haven't they explored it? Could this be a trap?"
Bernadette looked around. Her eyes suddenly grew deep, illusory symbols rolling through her pupils.
A few seconds later, the strange sight in her eyes vanished. She took a deep breath. "This expedition should go smoothly. There won't be too much danger.
"Perhaps the Moses Ascetic Order didn't consider this Sealed Artifact important."
It wasn't hard to understand. A Mid-Sequence Beyonder might have acquired the Sealed Artifact, but with their spirituality and limited knowledge, they would sense only the danger here, not the opportunities it held.
Odys himself was an example. He had sensed danger when he first came here. If not for the Gus Staff, he would never have tried exploring this place before becoming a Demi-God.
There was another crucial point: even if a Mid-Sequence Beyonder in the Moses Ascetic Order had discovered what was special about this place, they might not have reported it. They could have waited until they were strong enough, then requested the Sealed Artifact to explore it themselves.
With that thought, Odys felt reassured.
Bernadette surveyed their surroundings, then followed her spiritual intuition and pointed. "Let's explore that way first."
An illusory carpet appeared beneath their feet and carried them swiftly through the air at low altitude.
As they ventured deeper into the weed-choked wilderness, Odys spotted several enormous, hazy figures moving slowly