Evening of September 7th, Aran Imperial City.

The city has already fallen into a frenzy of celebrations and gambling.

Even at dawn, there are fireworks shooting into the sky—near the Stargazing Festival—numerous giant celestial bodies, various moons, and the brilliant starry river shine even more vividly.

The indulgence emanating from this enthusiasm climbs along the gothic skyscrapers and converges at the Imperial Arena, forming a summer haze tinged with the scent of rust.

In an unassuming hotel, outside the window, the continuous gas supply through the pipes silences all external joy, and only a Tiger-man stares at the wireless transceiver, his expression grim as water.

This machine is somewhat malfunctioning in Aran Imperial City; according to Mo Yutong from the main base in Heaven Port, the rapid development of the Aran Imperial City New Industrial Zone is far more efficient than Heaven Port.

There should be interception measures, but they are not very mature.

Under Mo Yutong's guidance, he adjusted some parameters, switching the radio wave to shortwave.

Because Mika's work is too ruthless, and a machine is conveniently present for communication with Swan even on the Church Court's special train transporting Zote's corpse.

Swan's information in the Imperial City is undoubtedly the most sensitive; should any unexpected events occur, such as the Church Court discovering Zote's entire force wiped out—no surviving last unit, and no Dragon Corpse—then Mika should quickly jump off the train and escape, not come to the Imperial City to die.

But fortunately, everything is normal.

However, what sparks Swan's brainstorm is Mika's words; now Mika has entered Aran's territory. Though Aran's territory is terrifying in size, it is nowhere near the communication delay in Heaven Port and is almost real-time.

"Do you mean someone from the Church Court has detected it and chose to help you? Wasn't it the person that Liszt chopped off in the secret port at Londen City?"

For a moment, Swan was at a loss for reaction. He knew such ruthless work would inevitably have unforeseen outcomes, but this was too damn unexpected.

"I know it sounds absurd, but that's the situation. It's that blind old man Marcus, damn, I really have Dragon Lord, oh damn! I can't swear, He will hear, everywhere, throughout all ages, even outside time, Dragon Lord above, we adore you, not kidding!"

Mika's worldview was completely overturned; he was truly terrified. Liszt is an idiot, constantly ranting, but could he escape disaster? If the Church crowd's claims are true, creating endless worlds and spirits and annihilating countless planes, all things return to the cycle, trillions of worlds are only insignificant thoughts at the tail end of a dream of Brahma, even Geliheng with multiple Emperors would be instantly wiped out, damn!

Although the Western Continent has arcane magic with various races, the people here are quite materialistic, considering it as part of natural laws. Even if Demon Hunters appear to the people of the Western Continent, it's like rodent experts clearing sewer rats, and even necromancy controlling corpses is nothing extraordinary, very reasonable.

However... resurrection and returning to youth are absolutely miracles. The reaction here is indistinguishable from Liszt's hometown; if you see an old man who died comeback to life and return to youth, it's mind-blowing.

Whether it's Dragons or steles, Mika thinks it's scientific and reasonable, but this nonsense goes way off the mark. Besides religious tales of idiocy, fraudsters, adventurers intoxicated from fake alcohol writing up biographies, you won't find such records anywhere.

"Are you sure you're not… controlled."

Swan felt the need to inform Liszt of the failed action. Mika's audacity was astounding, but alas, he died before succeeding. Now, perhaps he's surrounded by heavily armored troops, he should immediately leave the Imperial City; as for Saleret, life and death are in the hands of fate.

"I don't know how to say it; he said it's part of the True Prophecy. I asked him what the True Prophecy is, but he wouldn't elaborate, just encrypting, indicating he's the only one who knows. Basically, it's about a great catastrophe, could it be related to Brother Hai? He used to babble about expeditionary armies, damn, I really am mad. But it really is Marcus, damn, younger than me, in perfect health, great time for carousing, looked even more handsome than during his youth."

Mika was already somewhat incoherent.

The two exchanged over radio communication for more than ten minutes before Swan barely understood the situation.

In short, Marcus resurrected due to extremely mystical reasons and is currently considered an ally.

He wasn't completely blocking Mika, but just thwarting one incident, taking away Mika's new little girlfriend, indicating now is not the time to be public.

Perhaps in the so-called "Dragon Lord's True Prophecy," Zote's corpse would be insignificant compared to the black history of the Eternal Sect during the Demon Occupation Period.

Swan also learned about the Dark Demon Scripture from Mika, from ancient ruins in the Boneyard, where Mika discovered deeper secrets from a neurotic adventure group.

Now, the high-ranking members of the Eternal Sect might not even be human; the Pope is purely mentally ill, even attending formal occasions in broad daylight, fully covered, with a mask welded to his face, reminiscent of Haywood, sparingly speaking, with paranoia. Beyond the error recognition from fanatic believers, it's well-known madness, bipolar disorder changing targets, but... the target is you, whether it's human or damned Undead Clan, it's like stepping on landmines belongs.

The history of the Eternal Sect even predates Aran itself, akin to an organization of Undead Clan, Devils, or whatever from the Otherworldly Gate, who united and hid under divine authority, maneuvering clandestinely within Aran's national government, cleverly obscuring themselves over centuries.

And with the rise of the Emperor, this organization reincarnated, overshadowing the Holy Spirit Sect with the highest number of followers, wielding tremendous power.

Marcus was just here to take Mika's little girlfriend away to prevent this Rashomon from being too Rashomon. Liszt still underestimated this operation; he thought he was driving tigers to swallow wolves, but due to Mika's butterfly effect, the entire Western Continent... will prematurely explode, and Morison's doomsday survival base will indeed come in handy.

Yet Swan captured the most critical message.

That is… damn Liszt had personally spoken with the resurrected Marcus.

"Wait a moment..."

Swan confirmed that Mika had already entered the country. He would arrive the day after tomorrow by plan, so he should immediately contact over at Mulong, contact Liszt to see if it's true. Once it's confirmed, then there's no problem.

However... Liszt is quite wary of the people in the group, but that's understandable. The structure of the Black Sail is inherently complex, to put it bluntly, it's prone to internal collapse.

At this moment, Liszt and his group were also taking a train from the Mulong Capital through Drifting City to Golden Palm Port.

"Heaven's Deadly Secret!"

The report reached Rein, who suddenly blurted out these four meaningless words, totally throwing Swan off. Seriously, is it okay for everyone to waste silver coins like this? Sending a message costs quite a bit, and you send just a few words? Liszt is right to be cautious, or else with Rein's blabbermouth, the whole world would know that someone in the Eternal Sect has been resurrected.

Only then did Swan find it strange. Logically, the Eternal Sect would heavily promote it as the Dragon Lord's divine revelation, but they didn't. The underlying issues... they're too deep, and the more you think about it, the more terrifying it becomes.

Guess it's really a resurrection, not some role-playing.

"I must get in touch with Liszt immediately."

Half a minute later.

"What happened? Was there an accident at the Continent Martial Arts Competition? It doesn't matter; you just relax. If there's a problem, just run. If Saleret dies, Kai Deng achieves his goal, the Emperor flips out, I can handle it."

Liszt's tone was outrageously bold.

Swan was at a loss; although Deaf Head Lao Da couldn't show weakness, even if Liszt was just talking grandly, his mental toughness was quite something.

"Yes, there's a problem. Mika has already entered the country, but with him are people from the Church Court. It's Marcus, the one you killed at the secret port in Londen City. He said he even talked with you; I wanted to confirm."

Even though Swan felt his worldview upended, the thief's unique calm, the skill of controlling hormone secretion at thrilling, tense moments, was with him, speaking with extreme rationality, pinpointing all contradictions.

"That's indeed the case. Considering various factors, I didn't make it public. I reached a deal with him. For now... he's trustworthy, but only for now. I'll tell Mika to stay calm."

"That's good, the plan to ruin relations between the Royal Court and the Sect no longer has a foothold. Whatever oracle Marcus acted on, he took the Dream Demon, as for the rest, he won't care."

"Oh... that's good, everything continues as planned. I'll tell you more things in the future."

"I understand your concerns."

After the call ended.

Inside Mulong's train, the whistling of the train was quite noisy. Outside the window were the undulating sandy hills under the starry night, magnificent and beautiful.

"What did Swan say, caught during a soliciting?"

Rein was completely indifferent, his mind filled with thoughts of going to the Narrow Sea and hanging out with Brother Ox, letting Brother Ox do the work and himself enjoying the company of young ladies.

"Nothing, everything is going smoothly."

Liszt picked his ear, previously considering the possibility of puppet government remnants in the Royal Capital, so Sharon wasn't brought over, and she's been staying in Drifting City.

He'd never let her get hurt; it was like he had made some kind of resolve.

The urgent thing was to console Mika a little, even if Mika were ruthless, without god-like psychological quality, he couldn't handle this job.

Western Aran frontier.

Upon receiving Liszt's call, Mika's hanging heart finally settled; it meant Marcus really was resurrected. Mika looked at this guy, who was ten or so years younger than himself, and swallowed.

"I'd like to know some details about Zote's death and, once inside the Imperial City, try to reduce this kind of long-distance communication; it might get intercepted."

Marcus finally broke free from the endless nightmare.

Yes.

In the end, the Deputy Director of the Witch Hunting Secret Department was just flesh and blood.

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