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After saving the Rorsted Archipelago and letting Azik know he was safe while he was at it, Klein finally felt the anxiety that had weighed on him for so long ease.
At the same time, he also had some guesses about Azik's new job, which he "didn't particularly like but had to do."
Mr. Azik really did go to the Balam Empire. That makes sense. He was Balam's former Death Consul, as well as Death's own son. Now that Death has returned to life, he couldn't possibly leave Mr. Azik to continue operating alone on the Northern Continent... It's been a long time since I went to the Southern Continent. I wonder what things are like in the Balam Empire now... Lost in thought, Klein swapped places with his Marionette, the World, again, screened off the Marionette seated in the Fool's seat of honor, and listened to the conversation between the Hermit and Alger.
He had only stopped listening for a few minutes, and the two had not talked about anything else. They were simply discussing the current situation.
The World first looked at Alger and said in his usual tone:
"Mr. Hanged Man, through a special means of communication between Believers, I've received word that The Laurel has left the vicinity of the Rorsted Archipelago. You can choose when to leave this place and return to your body."
Alger and Cattleya instinctively looked toward the seat of honor together. Thick fog filled that space, and the great being they both knew so well was not seated there. That made this "special means of communication between Believers" quite intriguing. The two members, whose horizons and knowledge of Mysticism surpassed those of ordinary Beyonders, exchanged a glance and reached a consensus through their eyes:
After the World became a Demigod,