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

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　When he exerted a sudden force, he found that the jade pillow did not move at all! Fred North exclaimed in surprise and quickly summoned Dark and the others.

　Several people took turns trying, but all of them shook their heads.

　The jade pillow seemed to be rooted to the headboard, impossible to remove. Injecting magic had no effect whatsoever.

　"How about... we just flip this bed over?" Fred North couldn't help but say.

　The group exchanged glances and realized that Fred had come up with a rare good idea. However, the bed was completely fixed in place and couldn't be moved at all.

　Just before everyone was about to completely destroy the bed, Aurora suddenly suggested, "I think we should have someone lie down on it and see."

　Dark had a sudden thought, remembering the "scabbard" and "Demeter's skirt," and said, "That's a solution."

　As he spoke, he looked around.

　Fred North swallowed hard and offered, "How about I do it?"

　Dark nodded and said, "This is troublesome."

　“It’s alright,” Fred North replied, then climbed back onto Hermes’ bed, rested his head on the jade pillow, and carefully lay down.

　What would it feel like to sleep in the bed of Hermes, one of the twelve Olympians?

　Fred North wanted to say something, but actually didn't feel anything particularly special.

　Only the coolness of the jade pillow reached his mind, making him feel unusually clear-headed.

　Immediately following Dark's instructions, he channeled his magic into the pillow and bed... A strange feeling suddenly arose, and he looked up at the ceiling above him.

　Suddenly, a ring of characters resembling worms appeared on the previously empty ceiling.

　The words moved freely on the ceiling and gradually formed a face.

　Fred's pupils suddenly contracted; the face was exactly the same as his own!

　The next second, Fred North's body vanished without a trace, as if he had disappeared from the passage of flesh and blood.

　"Just like back then, there are no spatial fluctuations."

　Dark reached out and touched the bed, his expression serious. Fred North's disappearance was unexpected, but this anomaly seemed to mean they had finally found the key to this church.

　By channeling magic while lying in bed, one can indeed trigger variables.

　Those present had all experienced "disappearances," so they did not have a particularly strong reaction to Fred North's disappearance.

　What's worrying is where Fred North will be sent, and to find out, it seems the only way is to repeat the same method and follow Fred to the unknown.

　"I don't want to take that risk."

　Even Albert from the "Twin Paladins" shook his head decisively at this moment.

　“When we came in, we were randomly sent to different locations, and there’s a possibility that the same thing could happen this time. In that case, there’s no point in doing it the same way.”

　Emily Grantham then added.

　Emily's point was crucial; the mechanism on the bed might not necessarily lead them to the same place.

　Dark pondered for a moment, then said, "This time is different from the situation in the passage. Back then, we were passive, but this time we are active. The fact that we can actively trigger the mechanism means that we can experiment on it."

　After saying that, he turned to look at his magical sprite.

　Determining where this bed mechanism could send a person might be a problem for others, but it wasn't difficult for him.

　Because his magical spirit can manipulate magic, he could trigger the mechanism on this bed just like Fred North.

　After being teleported away by that mechanism, the magical spirit can gather information and return after its magic power is exhausted to transmit the information back.

　"Who's coming?" Dark asked.

　"Devimon" instinctively shrank back. "Gittomon," however, stepped forward and said, "Let me do it."

　After saying that, it leaped onto the bed, lay down with its head on the jade pillow, and manipulated its magic to flow through the pillow and the bed.

　No accident occurred.

　Tailmon successfully triggered the mechanism on the bed. The characters emerging from the ceiling gradually formed a round cat face.

　Tailmon's body vanished silently from everyone's sight.

　But Gatomon did not return!

　Dak's expression tightened slightly.

　There are only two possible reasons why "Gatomon" did not return: one is that the unknown place has a special seal that can even prevent the return of magic cards after death!

　Although they had never encountered such a situation before, this was, after all, the "Heavenly Court," possessing power that was not found in the mortal realm.

　Another reason is that "Gitomon" found the "source of magic" in that unknown place.

　With the "Source of Magic," it can continuously replenish its magic power, so it will not have to return here due to running out of magic power.

　However, given Gatomon's intelligence, under normal circumstances, even with a "magic source," it should return as scheduled.

　Unless, there exists something there that is attractive enough to defy Dak's will.

　Thinking of this, Dak had a sudden thought and began to make some guesses.

　Then, without any hurry, he grabbed "Cursed Cage: Impmon" from behind him and said, "Your turn."

　Seeing that it couldn't escape, "Little Devimon" immediately changed to a heroic sacrifice posture and lay down on the pillow—but it didn't react for a long time.

　Darke deduced that either its magic power was too low, or its form was not human-like.

　He glanced at "Demon Lord's Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" because of this, but in the end he summoned a magical spirit again.

　"In the name of Dark Demon, a magical summoning—'Renamon'." Once Renamon materialized, Dark quickly explained the situation to it.

　The "Fox Beast" nodded indifferently, then lay down on the bed and channeled its magic into the pillow and bed.

　Immediately afterwards, a circle of characters appeared on the ceiling above its head, gradually forming a fox face.

　The next second, the figure of "Fox Beast" disappeared from the bed.

　“…” Darke waited patiently while discussing the various possibilities with the others in hushed tones.

　This time, however, the "Foxmon" exhausted its magic power and returned within minutes.

　Darke pressed his finger on the card, replenishing its magic.

　As the magic connection was established, the voice of "Renamon" suddenly rang in his mind.

　A thought struck him, and he realized that this was a benefit of his mental strength growing to a certain level.

　Without risking damage to the Magic Cards by immediately summoning Renamon, Dark obtained the necessary information from Renamon simply through telepathy.

　The more information he gathered, the more serious his expression became. Only after "Rei-Fox Beast" finished speaking did he raise his head and say, "The mechanism on this bed leads to a secret chamber where my magical spirit and Fred are. In short, we can assure you they are safe for now; they are searching for a way out of the chamber."

　"What's in the secret room?" Albert Grantham asked. Darke replied, "A pool."

　Albert exclaimed in surprise, "A pool!"

　Dark nodded. "That's right, a pool filled with 'angels'."

　This time, even the others showed expressions of surprise and confusion.

　Dark explained, "It sounds strange, but it's true. You'll find out when Fred finds the exit from the secret room."

　After saying that, he stopped explaining and said, "It's about time, we should go back to the lobby to gather."

　An hour is not a long time.

　Despite their many questions, the Twin Paladins returned to the main hall with Dark.

　Lucia Artemis and Zenny Burns were already waiting in the lobby. The three teams were sharing their findings in the lobby.

　After briefly explaining Fred's whereabouts, Dak brought out the manuscript of Hermes' novel—this was his greatest gain!

　The Twin Paladins and the elves looked at each other, utterly speechless at the stack of novel manuscripts.

　However, by examining the contents of the novel's manuscript, one can actually deduce the author's state of mind when Hermes was writing it.

　They simply didn't have that much time for detailed research. Even so, what Dark had produced was already his greatest find. Observing the expressions of the other two groups, Dark had initially thought they might have found something greater than the "manuscript," but they were all the same—completely unable to find any clues related to the day's events.

　The Twin Paladins managed to find the mechanism in the bedroom with Dark.

　The two elves didn't notice at all.

　Although Dak was deeply disappointed, he had actually expected this outcome and was not surprised by it.

　Their adversary, after all, was Hermes, the god of commerce, travelers, thieves, and livestock.

　Hermes, being the "messenger of the gods," understood the importance of intelligence gathering and was unlikely to have left behind information that could be so easily discovered.

　Therefore, after sharing some trivial information with each other, the three groups went together to Hermes' bedroom.

　They waited in the bedroom.

　Every so often, Dark would release a magical spirit to retrieve information from the secret chamber, and then relay the information to Fred North and Tailmon inside.

　After going back and forth like this, Fred and Gatomon finally solved the puzzle in the secret room and returned to the bedroom.

　Afterwards, everyone entered the secret room one by one through the mechanism on the bed. But once inside, Dark and the others discovered that the secret room was more of a "secret factory" than a "secret room".

　Its area is vast, with thick metal pipes visible everywhere. Some of these pipes lead upwards, some underground, and others to (Endymion's Tower).

　And the core of all these channels is the pool filled with "angels" that Dak mentioned before!

　It was only then that the Twin Paladins finally learned what the so-called pool filled with "angels" really was.

　Anger rose within both of them.

　If the plight of the "angels" outside could be attributed to the "mysterious man," then who caused the horrific scene within the secret chamber entered from Hermes' bedroom?

　It's impossible to pin all the blame on the "mysterious man." But that's what gods are, after all.

　It was a pool filled with white liquid.

　Several pipes hang directly above the pool, each one thick enough for two people to walk side by side.

　One by one, the "angels" slid down the pipes and were sent to the pool to soak.

　They lay or sat, some at the bottom of the pool, others leaning against the edge. But every "angel" here was more listless than the "angels" in the previous temple.

　They completely lost themselves and became lambs to the slaughter! Under the influence of a special force, the "angel's" body melted into a white liquid, which eventually flowed away through the pipes at the bottom of the pool to another place.

　If you follow the direction in which the pipe disappears, it's actually quite easy to find that place.

　It was a huge jar suspended in mid-air.

　After the white liquid in the pool flowed into the jar, it was then divided into several portions and flowed out.

　From the outside, the huge tank looks like a filtration device. The filtered liquid flows into some of the pipes.

　The filtered residue flows through other pipes and is discharged into the sewer!

　"Everything is connected."

　Looking at the facilities inside the secret room, some of the questions in Dak's mind were answered.

　The liquid from the melting of the "angel" was filtered and separated, and the residue was discharged into the sewers and then flowed to various water sources, completely changing the groundwater quality of the central city and turning the "wells" from which water was drawn from the ground into divine springs that could transform living beings.

　The remaining, most exquisite parts were transported to the Tower of Endymion!

　There must be something on that tower that needs the nourishment of "angelic essence".

　And considering that those shadows wandering the streets are found in various cities, there may be more than one such "angel factory"!

Chapter 993 Darkdemon and the Angel Canned Goods (4k)

　However, angels are a non-renewable resource. Treating angels as a disposable resource... how can we ensure the sustainability of this resource?

　"Angels themselves do not have the ability to reproduce; perhaps Hermes possesses some method for creating angels."

　Dark shook his head; the answer to that question wasn't important at the moment.

　The "ambassador" was soaking in the pool, and his body was so thin that no flesh and blood could be seen.

　They are long dead.

　Even if they are alive, they are just walking corpses.

　Dark had no intention of saving these "angels".

　He did not survive by sheer luck. At this moment, he is still in danger of dying at any moment.

　Protecting himself and his loved ones was already incredibly difficult. He had no energy left to deal with those "angels." Besides, he didn't even know how to save them.