The Evil God Summoned by the Saintess

After a thousand years of being sealed, Rose had almost fully understood the situation with the Sealing Array.

Just as he had previously deduced, the array could be unlocked from the outside by a mage who surpasses human limits, much like how the Tang Monk released Sun Wukong’s seal.

The difference, however, was that the Divine King would have inevitably prepared various countermeasures against such a possibility.

Restricting the ascension method beyond human limits might be one of them, ensuring no seventh rank exists in the human world.

Rose also speculated whether the Divine King would have added an additional layer of protective array outside, weak on the inside but strong on the outside.

But this speculation was quickly dismissed.

Arrays are a whole; while they can be nested, the inner array must be significantly weaker than the outer one, otherwise, the inner array would certainly cause severe reactions with the outer one.

The array sealing Rose was enormous, encompassing the entire Endless Abyss, roughly the size of two Starling Continents—the Endless Abyss isn’t truly endless, it’s named for its vast emptiness.

An array that big couldn’t have another external strong and internal weak array layered over it, but it was possible to set arrays at the entrances to the Endless Abyss to block entry.

Or set up early warnings so that if someone trespassed into the Endless Abyss, the Divine King would become aware of it.

This was the biggest challenge.

This is why Rose wanted Hilia to become a god.

Only by becoming a god could he evade Zeus’s pursuit and break his seal.

Rose shook his head, thinking, "No rush, take it slow. Finding Zeus’s arrangements is more important than breaking the seal. These arrangements can’t be as strong as him, find all of them, dismantle them all, so when he emerges, nothing will be usable."

Ethel said, Zeus also entered a slumber, and unless someone intrudes into the Endless Abyss, he won’t awaken prematurely.

Slumber was also a part of dealing with Rose.

Rose slowly followed behind Shaline and Pera, watching them throw one Advanced Magic Crystal after another imbued with runes into the lava lake.

Meanwhile, the array setup across the volcano gradually formed in Rose’s mind.

The volcano’s fire element was too active, contradicting Hilia’s attributes, hence he’d never scanned the volcano’s interior before.

Now, following Shaline and Pera, he gradually connected the volcanic tunnels into a... somewhat familiar array.

Very familiar, yet unfamiliar in some places.

But he had realized the array’s purpose.

"Summoning Array, using Ethel’s Divine Format fragment as the cornerstone, to summon me."

By now, Rose had confirmed that these two were subordinates of his own subordinates.

It was still unclear who they were.

The most probable was that lively red-haired girl—Raphael.

"Raphael would be a headache. If I appear in front of her, she’ll definitely ask me where I was sealed and rush over the next second."

Rose knocked on his head.

"Zeus certainly left a warning array. If she goes over, she’ll definitely be discovered... it’s fortunate I haven’t revealed myself. As for Jonathan... he has no way to contact Raphael. If Raphael seeks him out... it might work. I never told Jonathan my sealed location, letting Raphael know I’m doing fine isn’t bad."

Facing her personally is better avoided.

Rose feared Raphael would act irrationally.

Bang!

The last Advanced Magic Crystal was thrown into the lava lake, causing a soft sound.

Pera slowly said, "All the arrangements are complete. Now, we just need to wait nine days, until the volcano reaches its peak activity, just before it erupts. By then, you’ll need to grasp the Heart of the Magic Puppet, stand in the center of the largest lava lake, activate the array. The active volcano will inflict immense pain, and the emergence of high-level Spiritual Objects might destroy the array, leading to your death... Are you prepared?"

She looked at Shaline.

Shaline nodded earnestly, "I’m ready."

Pera sighed, "If possible, I don’t want to use this method. But... we have no choice. I hope the Guild Leader will show up and help stabilize the volcano with me. If she’s here, there’s no need to worry about any accidents."

Rose looked thoughtfully at Shaline.

Was her faith truly so unwavering?

He carefully sensed, but unfortunately, even using Spiritual Power to enter Shaline’s mind, he didn’t feel the kind of vague connection like with Benovia.

He checked and shook his head, "The divine contract level is still a bit low, without reaching 100% god contract, it’s ultimately ineffective."

This array is useful, but it requires finding the right ’sacrifice,’ and even 99% god contract isn’t enough.

This was confirmed by Rose after Benovia’s summoning.

Moreover, the final summoning ritual is like confessing to a girl; it’s a declaration of victory, not a call to arms.

This means, before the summoning ritual succeeds, the ’sacrifice’ must achieve a vague connection with him, at least be able to receive a slight inspiration.

These Shaline did not possess.

However, individuals with a high god contract level are quite rare.

"How did the Holy Court find a Holy Daughter candidate with 100% god contract so precisely... what method did they use?"

Rose couldn’t help but feel a touch of interest.

This question should be clarified when Hilia becomes a Holy Daughter. It’s not worth wasting time for Hilia to investigate it now, at most mention it when they return.

"Benovia could go."

With this thought, Rose sent Benovia a "divine decree."

In her perception, Benovia quickly put down her book, revealing a look of surprise and delight.

But soon she sat back down.

Because Rose didn’t respond to her random questions, after issuing the "divine decree," he went mute.

Therefore, Benovia sighed, picked up her book again.

"The god didn’t give me a date. I’ll finish reading this book before asking."

Rose glanced at the professional book thicker than a coin (referring to a vertical coin), and seeing Benovia hadn’t even reached halfway, he was amused.

"Getting lazier and lazier."

Except for not liking sleep, somewhat similar to Alina.

"Answering her questions might prompt her to act immediately, but forget it."

Recalling the questions Benovia asked after successfully summoning him, Rose couldn’t help but shake his head.

Things like does the god need to eat, what does the god do every day, how strong is the god, does the god need to sleep... etc.

Like a curious baby.

Truly responding would probably be ten times more troublesome than with Hilia.

Better to remain a cold and aloof god.

His thoughts turned back to Shaline. Watching her prepare to leave, Rose pondered for a moment, then thought of a possibly feasible method.

"Maybe through Hilia, sending her a vague divine decree, and then have her try to connect with me, it might succeed when the time comes."

This needed an opportunity.

Soon, Rose found this opportunity.

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