The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

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　Moreover, even the term "Armed Mage" originally referred to a mage who was particularly skilled at using "Armed Cards," not a mage who could only use "Armed Cards."

　The maids in the Duke's mansion, in the end, can mostly only be described as "users of the [Armed Card]".

　Vigo was the same way originally.

　But from this day forward, things will never be the same as before.

　Her accumulated magical knowledge finally found its purpose; with just a little investment of resources, Aphrodite could rapidly grow into a truly powerful duelist.

　However, now that she has become Aphrodite's "chosen one," she is no longer suitable to continue exploring the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple."

　Therefore, although she became stronger, the overall combat strength of the investigation team actually weakened.

　Fortunately, the addition of Darko Dimon can make up for some of the losses.

　"I will escort a group of wounded back to the capital later," Vigo said, taking out the invitation from his robes and glancing at it. The invitations of those attendees not chosen by the gods would expire after they left the Heavenly Court, becoming mere souvenirs.

　However, the invitations of those chosen by the gods will retain the teleportation ability to "go to the Heavenly Court," though the gods need to activate it each time.

　She had already made an agreement with Aphrodite that she would have two weeks to handle miscellaneous matters upon her return.

　This included handing over the duties of the head maid of the "Virgin Palace" to her deputy and freeing herself from the role of head maid.

　Only after that will she contact Aphrodite and return to Heaven to assume her responsibilities and obligations as Aphrodite's chosen one.

　“It seems that every god has a different arrangement for the ‘Chosen Ones’.” As soon as Arvit arrived at the snow mountain, she began to erase the “God of War” mark from her body.

　She didn't care whether the "God of War" cared or not; they weren't in a superior-subordinate relationship.

　Claire was doing the same thing, but she still lacked the confidence of a "Valkyrie." So she was more careful when checking the brand.

　"Hestia only gave Capel three days, but did not require her to return to Heaven. She only needed to focus on improving herself from three days onwards."

　"Capel's situation is likely the case for most. The construction of the Heavenly Court is not yet complete, and the Twelve Heavenly Gods also need time to accumulate power. There is actually no reason to recall the 'Chosen Ones' back to the Heavenly Court at this time."

　As he spoke, Dark took Apollo's invitation from his pocket.

　But as soon as he held the invitation in his hand, he suddenly felt his fingertips burning hot and subconsciously let go.

　"boom!"

　A soft explosion was heard, and a golden-red flame suddenly rose from the invitation, instantly drawing everyone's attention.

　A flicker of surprise crossed Dark's eyes, but he didn't act rashly. Flames surged, burning the invitation to ashes at an incredible speed. Then, the flames suddenly contracted, condensing in the air into a golden-red gem.

　"Sunstone"

　Feeling the intense divinity emanating from that gem, Dark couldn't help but exclaim softly.

　Sunstone is a real mineral.

　However, the "sunstone" he mentioned was not an ordinary mineral, but a treasure similar to the "moonstone".

　Alvita withdrew her expression and smiled, "It seems to be a gift from Apollo." Dark nodded slightly, covered his palm with magic, and held the "Sunstone" in his hand.

　As the flames died down, the "Sunstone" gradually cooled down, eventually settling at a temperature slightly above human body temperature, radiating warmth that instantly dispelled the harsh cold of the northern snow-capped mountains.

　He could sense that this "Sunstone" contained extremely strong "solar power" and pure divine power originating from Apollo. Its quality was even higher than the [Moonstone] that Artemis had given to the number one ranked person.

　The first thing that came to Dark's mind was that he could use this "Sunstone" to forge "Pride V".

　But he immediately realized that he no longer needed "Sunstone" or "Moonstone" as materials to create "Sin V", as his own divine blood was sufficient to replace them.

　In that case, this "sunstone" can be kept for other uses.

　Even if it's not used for alchemy, this "Sunstone" can be used to deepen one's understanding of the power of the sun and the power of light.

　“This ‘Sunstone’ bears the mark of Apollo,” Arvitel pointed out.

　Dark nodded and said, "Once we reach the base, we'll seal it inside the 'Orb of Truth.'"

　Claire suddenly interjected, "Are there any extra 'Orbs of Truth'?" Darke laughed, "Of course there are."

　With Professor Kazel's technological advancements, the "Orb of Truth" is almost ready for mass production.

　Because they can be shrunk to the size of a thumb, he brought a lot of them. This time, when entering the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," he certainly couldn't bring these items imbued with the mark of the gods into the temple.

　Furthermore, in subsequent research, the markings in its "sunstone" must first be removed.

　These marks are not difficult to remove, as long as one also possesses "divine power".

　So after that, Arvit successfully erased the "God of War" label from her.

　But Claire failed.

　No problem, Alvette can help erase it.

　Then, a little slower, Dark also erased the Apollo "brand" from his body.

　Then the group hurried back to their base.

　They immediately convened the temporary person in charge of the site to inquire whether anything unusual had occurred in the past few days.

　However, the peaceful atmosphere of the encampment suggests that any unusual activity would be confined to the temple grounds.

　Relieved, everyone continued exchanging information.

　As expected, anomalies did occur within the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," but they were confined to the "Divine Kingdom."

　The investigators who remained at the base followed their orders before leaving, monitoring the interior of the "God's Kingdom" only at the entrance from the real world, without venturing inside, and therefore were not affected by the internal anomalies.

　Therefore, they remain completely unaware of the strange changes taking place within the "divine kingdom".

　Three days ago.

　The investigation team discovered numerous "divine bodies" deep within the temple. Through in-depth investigation of the temple, they found that some of these "divine bodies" bore a striking resemblance to the ice statues discovered earlier within the temple.

　Finally, it was verified that some of the "divine bodies" did indeed look exactly like the ice statues.

　By attempting to stimulate the ice statues to "revive" them, the investigation team discovered that the "revival" of the ice statues would have some extremely subtle effects on the corresponding "divine bodies."

　This proves that there is a strong connection between those "divine bodies" and the ice statues.

　after that.

　The investigation team conducted further experiments on several of the "divine bodies." Ultimately, when Dark entered the temple, he triggered certain mechanisms of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," thereby awakening the temple's remaining consciousness.

　The exact reason for awakening the temple's consciousness remains unclear.

　In short, after making contact with the consciousness of those temples, they determined that it was not a fragment of the "Snow Mountain Goddess's" consciousness, but rather the consciousness of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple".

　Although the fragments of the temple's consciousness were scattered and inconsistent, they shared the same aura, suggesting they were different pieces of the same consciousness. The investigation team originally planned to conduct an in-depth investigation of these temple consciousness fragments and try to capture or eliminate them all to prevent further unpredictable disasters.

　Before they could even begin, they received an invitation to a tea party hosted by the Twelve Gods.

　And then came today.

　Those fragments of temple consciousness, which had awakened in countless numbers, had been fermenting within the temple for three whole days.

　After handing over the information, Arvit immediately ordered, "We can't delay any longer. Gather the personnel and prepare as soon as possible. We'll enter the 'Snow Goddess Temple' in one hour!"

　Everyone obeyed the order and immediately began preparations.

　Alvit then spoke with Vigo in detail, explaining what to bring from the residence to the capital and what to bring from the capital to the residence, and filling in any gaps in the explanations that had not been fully made to the maids in the Heavenly Court.

　After this tea party concludes, the kingdom will undoubtedly be in turmoil due to Zeus's founding of the nation, and the situation will be unpredictable. Aurelia alone may not be able to keep things under control; she will need the assistance of Vigo and Capel, who are already "chosen ones." However, Vigo only has half a month of free time, and Capel has only three days left.

　Therefore, Arvit's current deployment of forces within the government is mainly "conservative".

　Consolidate your sphere of influence, safeguard what you have, and wait until they finish their investigation and return.

　With the kingdom in chaos, it's inevitable that some unscrupulous individuals will see an opportunity to exploit it. That will be the time to strike hard.

　Furthermore, Dak and the others were also well aware that, besides Zeus, the "King of the Gods," Demeter, the "Goddess of Agriculture," also intended to establish a kingdom!

　However, Demeter is going to build a kingdom of "vegetarians." Apart from needing to carve out a portion of green territory, it will not have a significant impact on the power of humans and subhumans.

　However, we must remain vigilant.

　The first thing they had to figure out was that Demeter was going to build a country in that region.

　Originally, all of these matters should have been handled by Arvit herself. But right now, the most important thing is still the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple"!

　Among those present, Darkdemon, Alvitt, and Claireket were the three who received the support of the gods.

　However, after the tea party, they could see that the Twelve Gods were strapped for cash, and the "support" they could offer was actually quite limited. If they wanted to grow stronger faster, they had to rely on themselves first, instead of sitting in the courtyard waiting for the gods to "feed" them someday.

　Moreover, each of the twelve gods has an "investment target," which means that at least thirteen people can receive the same level of treatment.

　But there can only be one champion of the "God's Cup", and there can only be one "First God of Magic".

　Therefore, relying solely on "feeding" is definitely not enough to win in the end.

　To increase one's chances of winning the championship, one must acquire more and better resources than others and be able to transform them into one's own strength.

　Within this "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple," there may well lie treasures that even the gods would covet. A deeper exploration would surely yield valuable results.

　An hour later, everyone was ready and entered the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" again.

　Dark and Claire sealed the "Sunstone" and "Moonstone" into the Sphere of Truth and left them at their base, without taking them with them.

　Vigo's party has already set off to return to the capital.

　She took almost all the wounded and the valuable items she had obtained from the temple.

　Therefore, the base didn't require a large force to guard it. This time, the survey team also brought Aquinita along…

　An hour later, the investigation team arrived at the entrance to the "Divine Kingdom." Dark saw the dozens of ice statues in the hall again. They still maintained the same charging posture, each ice statue radiating a different kind of divinity.

　These divine qualities do not originate from the "Snow Goddess," but rather from themselves.

　Upon seeing them again, Dak suddenly had a different understanding.

　"What did you find?" Claire stopped beside him.

　Dark lowered his head in thought and said, "These ice statues also have corresponding 'divine bodies'."

　Claire observed carefully for a while, then frowned slightly and said, "I seem to recognize one of them."

　Although the survey team discovered a large number of "divine bodies" in the "divine kingdom," the number of ice statues was obviously even greater.

　Dark asked, "Which one?"

　Claire walked over and pointed to one of the ice statues: "This should be it. The appearance is very similar, almost identical."

　Dak walked up to the ice statue and examined it closely.

　The ice statue was clearly human-shaped, but taller than a normal human, standing at about 2.5 meters.

　Its body proportions are near perfect, with light armor carved on its body and a skirt armor, but no helmet. Its face is covered by a narrow mask shaped like bat wings, which looks like glasses, covering one eye and only revealing the other.

　Its face is full of heroic spirit, with a high nose bridge, thin lips, and large, bright eyes.

　Its hair is quite long and flows backward as it runs, giving it a flowing appearance.

　In its hand, it holds an ice spear, poised to throw it.

　—This should be a "Valkyrie", a real "Valkyrie"!

　After completing the information handover with the stationed personnel, Arvit also came over.

　Dark has unknowingly become the center of attention once again.

　He looked at the ice statue and suddenly released "wave power".

Chapter 1687 Darkdemon's Giant Onix is ​​That Long (4k)

　Waveguide power is essentially a very special kind of bioenergy.

　The perception formed by utilizing "waveguide power" has a very special sensitivity to the existence of life.

　If combined with spiritual power, this connection can be taken even further.

　Dak guided it into the ice statue, squinting his eyes as he carefully sensed it.

　After a long while, he suddenly looked up at the entrance to the "Divine Kingdom" and actually sensed a faint connection coming from the entrance—a ripple of life.

　"Dead but not stiff..."

　Dark murmured something under his breath, a rather bad premonition suddenly rising in his heart.

　When he last entered the "Divine Kingdom" of the "Snow Goddess Temple," he encountered a large number of "resurrected" ice statues and "divine bodies" controlled by fragments of the temple's consciousness.

　So, will this time when we enter the "Divine Kingdom," we encounter a large number of "resurrected" "divine bodies"?

　He had never seen the "divine bodies" sealed in ice coffins with his own eyes, but he was able to deduce some necessary information from the investigation team's findings.