Chapter 976: Chapter 749: Immortal Spirit Six Circles
Although [Lamu] has greatly enhanced the "Agility" parameter, granting both individuals astonishing speed, it’s evident from Theona and Theone’s skill tendencies that they aren’t adept in agility.
Furthermore, their physical techniques were taught by Alcana and Bajie, making their combat skills noticeably inferior to their masters. Without the ability to counterattack, they could indeed be defeated by the enemy, leading to a loss against Alcana and Bajie.
"... If that’s the case, I’ve actually harmed the two of them."
Reiger thought with a bitter smile.
"Fortunately, at least they’re safe now."
Finn shared this sentiment.
"The ritual of the fighting nation is brutal; usually only one survives. Theona and Theone didn’t perish and were taken away, indicating the enemy had reasons to keep them alive." Finn assessed and said, "Presumably, the female warrior from the fighting nation realized their main deity was captured by us, hence taking Theona and Theone."
Reacting to this statement were Raul and Angel.
"So that means the opponent’s goal is..."
"Hostage exchange?"
Raul and Angel suggested consecutively.
"Exactly." Finn confidently stated, "Their objective is to rescue their deity, for which they’ve kidnapped Theona and Theone."
"If that’s the situation, then Loki must bring the goddess Kari back from the guild." Grace bluntly said, "It doesn’t matter what happens to the goddess, but those two girls must be exchanged back."
"I’ll arrange for someone to inform Loki." Revilia decisively said, "If the guild disposes of the goddess Kari, things will become complicated."
"Guild disposal?" Bert sneered and remarked, "I think you should worry more about whether the goddess will be disposed of halfway by Loki himself."
Everyone fell silent.
Remembering Loki’s gritted teeth expression of hatred towards Kari, several began to break into a cold sweat.
Indeed... It’s not entirely impossible!
If the evil deity becomes ruthless, Kari being deported is indeed likely.
Don’t forget that Loki was an Evil God in Heaven too, causing gods to slaughter each other and triggering their Ragnarok.
If not for meeting endearing children upon descending below and sensing the charm of the "unknown," her personality might still be unyielding enough to establish a dark faction.
Slaying gods is a taboo for those below the realm and also not something benevolent gods can casually undertake, but for Loki, it’s nothing significant.
Although, in Reiger’s eyes, this evil deity is no longer an Evil God, but indeed a Harmonious God.
"Let’s pause the matter concerning Theona and Theone for now, inform Loki to bring the goddess Kari back, and attempt to contact Kari’s family for negotiation."
Finn swiftly decided on their strategic approach.
"Next, let’s discuss the artificial labyrinth."
Saying that, Finn turned to Reiger.
Reiger nodded in understanding and retrieved an item from his Dimensional Magic Cube Storage Space.
"Boom!"
Amidst trembling and rumbling from the ground, Reiger took out a fresco, which fell heavily on the floor, unveiled to everyone.
"Wow!"
The unexpected scene startled Raul into exclaiming, Angel’s tail also straightened and stood upright, while the others were greatly astonished, completely unprepared for such an occurrence.
However, they were soon captivated by the fresco’s content.
"What is this?"
"A dragon and... a girl?"
Everyone exchanged puzzled glances.
Ais also looked at the fresco, observing the six girls encircling a giant dragon, with an inexplicable emotion arising within her heart.
Inside her, the "blood" informed her that those six girls might be akin to her mother.
This indeed was the fresco Reiger last saw within the temple ruins of the artificial labyrinth.
Reiger brought it back.
The reason being the imminent events would be immensely related to the contents of this fresco.
"The dragon on this fresco is called Nidhogg, it emerged from the underground city before the target of the three grand adventurer commissions appeared, an ancient calamity."
Reiger glanced around at everyone and began explaining.
"It possesses power equal to today’s reigning kings on land, the kings of the sea, and the one-eyed black dragon, the power to annihilate the realm, known as the Monster King."
"If left unchecked, perhaps without waiting for the three grand adventurer commissions, the realm would fall to it."
"It’s a dragon king, comparable to today’s sole remaining Monster King—the one-eyed black dragon, said to be eradicated by the efforts of six immortal spirits in ancient times."
Hearing this, everyone exchanged bewildered gazes.
"Six fairies..."
Ais gazed directly at the six girls on the fresco.
"Nidhogg?"
Bert, Grace, and Revilia, among others, furrowed their brows.
"Did such a terrifying monster truly exist?"
"Why have we never heard of this before?"
Raul and Angel voiced their confusion one after the other.
In response, Reiger explained with a sentence.
"Because it existed in such an ancient era that even heroes hadn’t surfaced; humans were virtually defenseless against monsters, merely prey, so few records were left in the present."
Stories like the "Sacred Maze Tale," are both legend and fact.
But Nidhogg existed in a time so ancient that even heroes hadn’t yet been born, thus few related stories or documents survived.
In the hero-less ancient era, Nidhogg was undeniably a symbol of terror, possessing overwhelming power enough to plunge the world into a pit of despair; too formidable for ancient humans to contend with.
Hence, the immortal spirits arose, embodying the will of the gods, stood firm, and defeated Nidhogg.
"The six girls on the fresco were the first six ancestor immortal spirits to manifest on the earth."
"They accepted the will of the gods, jointly cast a secret technique, and used their lives as representatives to weave a circular hymn capable of slaughtering the evil dragon."
"Eventually, the great secret technique was activated, the spirit’s circle drew down a celestial light, annihilating Nidhogg."
Reiger’s eyes scanned everyone’s faces as he spoke, word by word.
"This is the great secret technique of the immortal essence—[Immortal Spirit Six Circles]."
In the temple ruins of the artificial labyrinth, upon seeing the fresco, Reiger immediately blurted out the name of this great secret technique.
The modern era might hardly recall the existence of this secret technique, only the gods retained memory.
Thus, when Reiger uttered [Immortal Spirit Six Circles], Thanatos was so surprised.
In his perspective, the lower realm should no longer remember the existence of [Immortal Spirit Six Circles].
Unfortunately, he didn’t anticipate that Reiger was an exception.
Being aware of the original work, Reiger naturally knew the existence of [Immortal Spirit Six Circles].
He even understood why the fresco of [Immortal Spirit Six Circles] was featured here.
The answer is quite simple.
"First, I want to inform everyone that during the search for Theona and Theone, I entered the 10th floor of the artificial labyrinth."
"Not only is there green meat there, but also magic power circuits sprawling across the entire floor."
"These circuits precisely form a circle, connected in six directions."
Upon hearing Reiger’s calm explanation, everyone seemed to realize something, and widened their eyes.
Indeed.
"Polluted Immortal Spirit split into six embryos, through the cultivation of remnants from dark factions, city annihilators and peculiar creatures, have completely matured, becoming six spirit clones."
"The fairy clones have already constructed a circle, starting to sing."
"The enemy’s goal is to recreate the great secret technique [Immortal Spirit Six Circles], summon down celestial light, and annihilate Orario."
"This is the scheme the enemy is brewing."