"Why... did you lure them here..." The mayor repeated Abner's question. A hint of pain suddenly entered his voice as he muttered, "I... I don't know... I forgot!"
Forgot... Whose handiwork could that have been? Abner's first thought was Adam, but he immediately discarded it. This wasn't Adam's style, and given the understanding between him and Adam, He wouldn't arrange things around him without even giving him a heads-up.
Seeing that the mayor truly couldn't remember, Abner could only set the question aside and ask his third question: "How can the entrance to the Scarlet Plains be opened?"
Although he possessed Tudor's badge and nameplate, he didn't know the correct method.
"The town in the 'inner layer' is itself the entrance to the Divine Kingdom... As long as you use Spirituality to activate the Key within the town's boundaries, the town can overlap with the Scarlet Plains..."
By the end, the mayor's voice was nearly inaudible. Seventy or eighty percent of the branches around him had turned to dust, and even the three "openings" on the thickest branch had become indistinct.
Seeing this, Abner hurriedly asked his final question: "What did you mean when you said 'it can't be like that' before you lost control?"
At that, the mayor seemed to rally somewhat and summoned his last strength to say, "Be careful inside the Divine Kingdom..."
Before he could finish, he could no longer hold on and completely turned into a pile of powder. His Beyonder Characteristic condensed shortly afterward.
"This 'plot' is a little too melodramatic... Why couldn't I have asked the last important question sooner?" Abner stroked his chin and muttered to himself. "Although I can seize a certain degree of initiative, is the overall direction still following the Script?"
"Then it seems the being behind this can