Goodness Home, Inner City.
Inside the Castle.
An Kai took out five head-sized mid-grade magic stones.
He placed them in front of Goudan.
Still dazed and unable to collect himself, Goudan looked at the five mid-grade magic stones before him, then raised his head and gave An Kai a blank look...
He had no idea what this meant...
"Activate the Guardian Array!"
"Do I have to teach you how?"
"Guardian Array?" A flash of light seemed to ignite in Goudan's mind.
A fragment of memory surfaced...
In an instant!
Goudan's gaze turned profound, as though he had returned to the [Divine Court] thousands of years ago!
An aura of decay accumulated over countless years flickered across him.
Before long, Goudan came back to his senses.
He murmured, "So... I became the second core of the [Divine Court]..."
"Is that why I've stayed alive all this time?"
Goudan seemed saddened, his spirits low.
He swallowed all five mid-grade magic stones in one gulp.
A gray aura suddenly emerged from Goudan.
In mere moments, it enveloped the Isolated Island where Goodness Home stood!
Viewed from above, the Isolated Island of Goodness Home seemed to have suddenly vanished from the sea.
Not a trace remained.
Before An Kai's eyes, something resembling a "high-definition screen" appeared above Goudan's head.
With a single thought, he could observe any location on the Isolated Island.
Perhaps harboring other intentions, Goudan instinctively located Hanks...
Immediately, vigorous splashing and piercing screams came from the image!
The sounds came from the solid-gold coffin in Hanks's home.
It stood in the main hall.
Fortunately, screens surrounded the coffin.
Otherwise, An Kai would have seen something he could never unsee...
The array formation embodied by Goudan could do more than monitor everything within its bounds.
It also provided formidable protection.
From what