Perhaps, the Divine Spirit truly exists.

Is it the Master of Tides?

Did that great entity step forward once again in times of crisis and save them?

It seems that under the influence of the octopus, Yue could see the thoughts within people's hearts, and the "octopus hat" atop his head was filled with much more anger.

It minded the Master of Tides greatly, and was extremely disgusted by those thoughts that praised the Master of Tides.

Ave was seriously discussing with Ethan the scenes after his disappearance, the consultation between him and Anapolis was projected in another way before Ophira and even the people of the entire Western Continent.

A shadow that covered the sky and blocked the sun, looking down at them as if they were in a fish tank.

The shadow needed not take any action to make humans crawl before it.

"Some people believe this is your true form, which corresponds to some contents in the Holy Scripture of the Life Church."

Ave said, "Humans cannot directly gaze upon the existence of the Divine Spirit. Some Divine Spirits will descend into this world using a 'shell' of a believer. In essence, they have no gender, no fixed appearance, and even appear differently in everyone's eyes. The Holy Scripture refers to this phenomenon as a thousand faces."

Divine Spirits will always respond to the expectations in the hearts of believers, aligning with the most perfect image imagined by them.

This is how the Holy Scripture interprets the notion of a thousand faces.

Ave is writing "The Truth of the Empire." Everything she witnessed in Ophira will become a significant chapter in the book, so she needs to understand some details now, "When facing Anapolis, did you reveal your true form to it?"

Clearly, humans could not possibly be immense enough to cover the entire sky.

Fortunately, Ethan is approachable. She can inquire of him directly at any time, which saves the guessing phase and brings her closer to the truth as much as possible.

This time Ethan couldn't deny it—she and everyone else in Ophira had seen it.

When the figure appeared, everyone looked up at the sky, and even those wriggling shadows were frightened by the sudden scene, not daring to move.

The entire world seemed to stop for several minutes.

"This is my true form," Ethan said, "What you saw was an unusual phenomenon caused by light refraction."

"Light refraction?"

Ethan introduced a new theory they had never heard before, pointing to the sky, "You could understand it as me being deep within the polluted zone at that time. The extremely unstable state of the plane caused some influences to refract from within. If someone lived at ten thousand meters above in the sky, even if their height looked about the same as yours or mine, their shadow would be cast down like a giant."

"I see."

Ave was suddenly enlightened, though she still couldn't fully grasp the principle of light refraction. But Ethan admitted to an important fact—he had lived in the sky, enabling him to observe such phenomena so accurately!

She also looked in the direction Ethan was pointing.

Perhaps, at ten thousand meters above, was Ethan's true homeland.

For some reasons, Ethan couldn't disclose more about his homeland to them. He even had to conceal his identity from there.

Ave stopped further inquiry, silently recording these matters in her heart.

Someday in the future, when everything has settled and the threat of the Evil God can no longer stain this world, she will disclose these secrets to people through "The Truth of the Empire."

For now, their journey continues, and she has no way of knowing where it will lead.

The destination had arrived.

The underground facility was severely damaged in the turmoil, with mutilated corpses along the way.

They were all people from the Lofic Consortium, and some members of the Ophira Guard were also found inside.

"They died from internal conflict."

Ave bent down to examine the corpses and quickly came to the conclusion.

This was different from the casualties caused by the wriggling shadows. Their fatal wounds were from gunshots and sharp weapon wounds, and they all maintained their expressions of rage before dying, treating each other as enemies.

The deeper they went, the stronger the bloody smell became.

As expected, the cell that previously held Kane was empty.

Ave examined the damaged corpses along the way. These people probably never knew why they had to turn against their companions, perhaps this was the price humans had to pay for their vain attempt to imprison a god.

Old acquaintance Kane left them a letter, thanking Old Sen for allowing him to enjoy such a grand show.

The unfortunate thing was that the casualties were too few.

There was still a considerable distance from the blood-drenched city he anticipated.

However, Kane has always respected different artistic styles, and the reason he left without saying goodbye was because of some small displeasures with Anapolis. Now was not the time for them to meet.

Moreover, even for him, it was difficult to bear the feeling of becoming a prisoner. Since his brothers had prepared such a "surprise" for him, he naturally had to respond to them seriously.

Kane's narrative style remained as subtle as ever, only implicitly mentioning that his next stop was within the Lofic Consortium. With Flor's plan failing in Ophira, the consortium was due for some fun.

He also mentioned in the letter the secrets of Flor and Rattlesnake, comparing these two to the Hydra.

Chopping off one head would not deal them a significant blow, and it wouldn't be long before they met again.

"Demon King Sincaro."

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