While Abner was still thinking, Bernadette finished questioning Sharf and returned the Mystical Item he had kept for himself to Alger.
Seeing Abner's furrowed brow, Bernadette asked, "Was there something else wrong with the Bloody Moon he saw in his dream...?"
Abner came back to himself. After a moment's consideration, he sent Alger and Sharf outside, then answered with a question of his own. "Since becoming an Angel, you haven't encountered knowledge about Great Old Ones, Outer Deities, or the cosmos, have you?"
At the mention of Great Old Ones and Outer Deities, Bernadette, who already knew something about the cosmos, suddenly tensed. The Red Moon, Brown Star, Red Star, Blue Star, Venus, and other celestial bodies appeared in her mind. She felt as though they were all eyes looking down at her.
A subtle connection was about to form without a sound, and a deadly corruption was close behind.
As an Angel of the Mystery Pryer Pathway, Bernadette instinctively knew how to deal with such corruption. Without a second thought, she moved to resist it with the status and power of a Complete Mythical Creature.
Just then, an unknown force descended into her mind, swiftly dispersing the images within it.
Bernadette immediately understood: when she had used the Pale Death to pry into Liu Bo's secrets, she had unwittingly formed a hidden connection with him. That connection rejected corruption from other beings of his kind, which was why the force had descended just now.
After a moment's stunned silence, Bernadette fixed her gaze on Abner and asked, "What was that inexplicable gaze just now?"
"That's the knowledge I wanted to tell you about. It'll give you a fairly accurate understanding of this world's condition and the corruption that comes with it," Abner said with a smile.
He had naturally