"Keep her here for now. Don't let her wander off. We'll deal with her once I get back."
Lin En narrowed his eyes and decisively gave the order, then headed toward Ophiel without another word.
"Wait, Divine Chosen! How would we dare stop her from wandering off?"
Mogans and the others trembled.
But it didn't do a damn bit of good.
After promptly clearing everyone out, Lin En walked to the center of the Magic Formation. Looking at Ophiel's face as she lay in the Spirit Coffin, he took a deep breath, then activated the formation without hesitation.
"Forgive me for this."
Lin En's expression was solemn.
Hum-
As the Holy Flame blazed, a dazzling curtain of light pierced through the windows.
Outside the Church, Jiu stood with the wind whipping her robes. She raised her head and gazed at the distant Blazing Sun within the Rift. No one could tell what she was thinking, but when the Magic Formation activated, she could confirm that it was the same formation her elder sister had used back then.
"Are you really still here, Saya?"
Hum-
With another wave of intense dizziness, Lin En successfully returned to the Warp outside the Great Rift.
The instant he returned, he raised a tentacle and looked at what he held. Amid a pale golden glow, an Origin Substance shimmering with the luster of a soul emerged. Only after seeing that he had successfully brought Ophiel's Origin Substance into the Warp did he let out a long sigh of relief.
"Looks like this method really works."
He had already experimented with it after inadvertently bringing Salgon back the first time.
Aside from souls, Origin Substance was probably the only thing from the material world he could bring into the Warp. In a sense, Origin