Jonathan has lost track of the years.
He firmly believes that the invincible Lord Rose will eventually return.
He desires to witness this mont, so he sealed himself into the Subspace, delaying his aging.
The lifespan of gods is very long, but he is not a god, only a mortal who surpasses human limits...
Magic makes him look just as he did when he followed Rose, but only he knows that perhaps he cannot hold on for many more years.
The monotonous days have recently found so relief.
Today, after completing the promise to the Elf God, he felt he ought to do sothing before saying goodbye to Star Fall.
He had already arranged his escape route, made detailed plans, but all of them shattered in an instant when Rose’s apparition appeared.
Initially calm in front of Hilia and Elina, wearing a smile that seed to see through everything, he completely broke down in this mont.
A muscular man in his twenties, wearing a tailcoat brimming with nobility, with a top hat, cried like a ss, sniveling and tearing up.
Oh, the hat was knocked askew in his excitent, revealing a bald patch underneath.
"It really is you, Lord Rose, hahaha *hic*, I knew it, *hic*, strong as you are, the gods couldn’t bind you!"
The imnse joy turned him into a fool, rambling incoherently.
He rushed forward and deeply bowed to Rose.
"Twelfth Apostle, Jonathan, listening to your guidance, always ready for your command."
Rose nodded slightly, reaching out to pull him up: "Rise, let’s sit and talk."
Jonathan returned to his seat beside him, sat properly, his gaze burning as he looked at Rose’s apparition, "Lord Rose, now that you’re unsealed, when will the counterattack be?"
"Look again."
Jonathan froze, realizing that Rose was not an entity but a spiritual projection.
He paused for a mont, looking towards Hilia beside Rose.
"Lord Rose, this is..."
Rose said, "I am not in a state of being unsealed currently, I need to rely on Hilia to observe the world."
Jonathan imdiately patted his chest: "Divine descent, I understand, Lord Rose, descend upon ! I am willing to beco your vessel!"
These words imdiately made Hilia vigilant.
Rose said irritably: "Your Divine Contract is only at 1%, it’s like you can’t even receive blessings during face-to-face prayers, and also, act normal, don’t be a fool, show the defiant side you had earlier, I still prefer you in that deanor."
Jonathan said respectfully: "That is for others to see, we would never act that way in front of Lord Rose."
Rose shook his head, saying: "Alright, I am now appearing with Hilia’s help, maintaining an entity form for long periods is ntally draining for her, let’s keep it brief, answer my three questions, and the rest can be discussed with Hilia."
"Please give your instructions, Lord Rose."
"First question, where are the others?"
Jonathan’s expression dimd: "Six of the Twelve Apostles have died;
"Alina is severely injured and has frozen herself forever, hidden in the far north;
"Raphael refused to stay in Subspace, she said she wanted to inherit your will, spreading your thoughts to the world, it’s unknown if she is still alive now;
"Ashugar said he would fight the gods to the end... he is now hiding sowhere, unknown whether he’s alive;
"Dolovaster, like , hid in Subspace after evading the gods’ siege, but we concealed our locations from each other to prevent mutual discovery and exposure by the gods."
Speaking, Jonathan sighed: "Rarely going out to avoid detection by the gods, to extend ti; my contact with them is infrequent, once in decades, the last gathering was two hundred years ago, now... I don’t know how they are, sorry, Lord Rose, I’m useless."
Rose shook his head: "As long as they’re alive, it’s enough, I’ll find the others, you live well and wait for my return. Second question, have you tried summoning ?"
Upon this question, Jonathan instantly regained his spirit, nodding strongly, saying: "Of course! As soon as we learned you were sealed by the gods, we tried countless ways to unseal you, through our and Raphael’s exploration, as well as Ashugar and Dolovaster’s, we discovered a thod that might break your seal!"
Speaking, he suddenly dimd: "But, unfortunately, we encountered difficulties right at the start, unable to proceed."
Rose appeared interested: "Tell , what is this thod, and why can’t it proceed?"
Jonathan said: "The thod is to hunt the Main God, acquire the God Format of the Main God, using the God Format of the Twelve Main Gods who participated in the sealing as a dium, issuing a summoning to you, breaking the seal’s blockade, establishing contact with you, successfully summoning, stabilize the contact channel with the power of God Format, could break one portion of the seal.
"According to our estimate, if five or six individuals succeed in summoning and bring you down, and stabilize with the power of God Format, the seal can definitely be directly broken by you."
Rose’s eyes lit up, saying: "Later, explain to Hilia in detail how to do it, let her note it down, don’t worry, what she knows, I will know also."
At this point, due to Rose’s appearance in the real world, Hilia’s face paled quietly.
Though her Spiritual Power had been tempered many tis, and steadily increasing while using the Mage’s Hand, she couldn’t endure Rose’s prolonged apparition.
But she kept silent, enduring the torrent of Rose’s Spiritual Power through her ntal channel pouring into reality, obediently sitting aside without interrupting.
Rose had been monitoring her condition, so he didn’t let Jonathan articulate the specific implentation thod.
Before Jonathan could speak further, he asked his third question: "Last question, explain briefly what happened after I left, no need for details, we have ti to elaborate in the future."
After speaking, Rose’s apparition dimd a bit.
It wasn’t that he was leaving or anything, just reducing Hilia’s suffering.
Even if he didn’t appear, he could hear, for instance, by controlling Hilia’s body.
But he didn’t do so.
Doing that would strip away divine dignity.
Facing his forr subordinates, Rose still unconsciously kept up his "airs."
Not knowing Rose’s thoughts, Jonathan hastily said: "Before you left, you instructed us to prepare for battle against the gods, we did so, and when the gods descended, repelling waves of divine attacks.
"Though those gods were strong, they weren’t undefeatable, after realizing this, their faith weakened further, we grew bolder and dread of counterattacking, then the Twelve Main Gods descended, shifting the balance towards them...
"We fought with all our might, still unable to kill one of the Twelve Main Gods, only severely wounding them, which cost us heavily...
"Our territory shrank further, then sothing severe happened, God King Zeus opened the Abyss Gate, releasing all Abyss demons..."
"What?!"
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