"Ah!"
Upon hearing this, the Pirate Woman seed to think of sothing and hurriedly approached Duanmu Huai.
"Great Judge, I have heard her story..."
"Oh?"
"It’s like this..."
As she spoke, the Pirate Woman quickly recounted past rebellions and wars to Duanmu Huai. After listening to her, Duanmu Huai raised an eyebrow.
"Such things have happened in your world?"
"Yes, so after that, modifying Levatial beca forbidden, and any human experintation on Levatial was prohibited to avoid creating another Muriel... However, I heard she’s already been eliminated..."
As she spoke, the Pirate Woman glanced at the light orb in front of her with a complicated expression.
"I didn’t expect it to be sealed by the Guardian Clan..."
"Well, sealed is sealed, but what the hell are you wasting ti doing with a data server for this?"
Duanmu Huai muttered a complaint, then reached out towards the light orb and clenched his hand tightly.
"Ah———————!!!"
The next mont, with a scream, the hovering light orb completely disappeared as if a fla had been blown out.
"Alright, it’s done."
"Uh... Great Judge? What did you do?"
"Eliminated it. This thing was occupying the data server. How could I retrieve data without getting rid of it? Speaking of that Guardian Clan... forget it, I guess they’ve forgotten what this thing is for."
Duanmu Huai glanced at the spot where the light orb had been hovering. Now it was completely empty, leaving nothing behind. The screens that had been shaking with the cry of the light orb returned to normal as well. Then Duanmu Huai walked to the console and began inputting information.
"Didn’t expect it to still be usable. Looks like their maintenance was done pretty well."
"Uh... Great Judge, what exactly are you..."
"Tap tap tap tap tap!!!"
Before the Pirate Woman could finish, sudden hurried footsteps were heard, and a group of weapon-wielding White-clad Knights burst through the suddenly opened door. They were shocked at the sight of Duanmu Huai busy at the console and the now empty platform.
"Oh no, Muriel has been released!"
"Quick, stop him!!"
Shouting, the knights rushed towards Duanmu Huai.
"Master?"
"At least they helped, so don’t kill them."
"Understood."
Hearing Duanmu Huai’s response, Ogis nodded from his shoulder, and then she extended her right hand———instantly, the knights were entangled in invisible threads as if caught in a web, and then they were hung upside-down.
"Stop!!"
Raymond and the Holy Woman entered just then, and seeing Duanmu Huai, Raymond exclaid with shock.
"What are you doing! You can’t just touch this Divine Artifact!"
"Divine Artifact... you don’t even know what this thing is for. It’s lucky you don’t know, or it might have been long ruined."
Facing the old man’s scolding, Duanmu Huai remained unconcerned.
"No Starseer, no chanical Servants, it’s amazing you managed to maintain this thing until now... all I can say is good job, but from here on, let us handle it."
With these words, Duanmu Huai pressed the keyboard.
"Tower One Link activation."
"Acknowledged, activating Tower One Link."
As the inorganic chanical sound echoed, Raymond saw a sight he never imagined—one side of the Sacred Ground, which looked seamlessly intact, suddenly extended and opened, forming a rectangular, tunnel-like thing stretching into the void; shortly after, it beca a long passage pointing to the starry sky.
"This, this, this can’t be!?"
Seeing this, Raymond’s eyes nearly popped out. They knew the console of the Sacred Ground should be used to control the Magic Tower. The problem was, they never had enough clearance to handle it, even if they activated the equipnt, they would be told they lacked permission.
This was entirely reasonable, like a maintenance repairman trying to command the tower—it wouldn’t be allowed.
Highest clearance, directly accessing the top floor via the throne elevator, even being able to control the Magic Tower...
Watching Duanmu Huai, the elderly man swallowed his spit, shakily asking.
"Who... who are you really?"
"Hehe, you’ll soon know... oh, it’s coming."
With a glance outside the window, Duanmu Huai prompted everyone else subconsciously to look outside—just then, a massive shadow blocked the sunlight streaming in.
Subsequently, a grand, resplendent battleship, like a giant whale, swept past the window.
Seeing this scene, everyone was dumbfounded.
Then, Duanmu Huai turned around and faced everyone.
"Allow to introduce myself, I am Grand Judge Duanmu Huai of the Tribunal. On behalf of the Imperial, I am here to reclaim this world."
Then he spoke.
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