Walking on the path towards the deeper part of the forest, everyone tacitly avoided ntioning what had just happened.
Allow the old man Gapar a little ti to calm down; he'll find his own peace of mind.
However, they seed to have overestimated the other party's ability to reconcile with himself, or perhaps the more indifferent they acted, the more...
In any case, he looked like he was sulking.
What's with this Sword Saint, seriously, could you please act like a reliable adult?
Leon sighed silently. The more he interacted with Gapar, the more he discovered the old man's childish side, making his forr mountain-high respect almost vanish, as he could no longer view the other's show-off rounds seriously.
Sigh, maybe I should wait until the teacher is in a better mood to ask about what he went through.
Thinking like this, Leon ignored Gapar, who staggered as he walked and seed utterly distracted, and turned his thoughts to where he previously saw similar stone monunts.
I feel like I saw quite a few of them while running away just now, so why can't I find them now?
Speaking of which, Leon was the first to discover the entrance to the Night Divine Domain, but he hadn't gone to see it even now.
During the recent adventure, he continuously encountered combined assault teams composed of Ancestor Spirit people and various wild beasts. Except near the blessing area, every other place was sowhere he'd inevitably get chased and attacked.
He nad this place the Ancestor Spirit Forest because the Hunter's Manual called the tall, antlered people Ancestor Spirit people, so that's how he nad it.
The Ancestor Spirit people had clearly beco violent, constantly wandering around the forest, almost always accompanied by beasts.
Usually, even in the Sain Dungeon, where the map roads often change, the Monster's movents follow a certain pattern for a while, and experienced adventurers can improve their survival rate by understanding these patterns.
But conversely, what adventurers fear most is the disruption of Monster activity patterns, greatly increasing uncertainty during the adventure.
To avoid such cases, there are many thods, like prohibiting the use of visually dramatic Explosion Magic or forbidding splitting up and roaming aimlessly from the group, etc.
Thinking of this, Leon roughly understood the reason for the Ancestor Spirit people's violence.
Because Maru and the others had all been scattered, everyone was running wildly through the forest, naturally stirring nearby Monsters into unrest.
Once he thought of this, he imdiately returned near the blessing and simply rested there, soon after waiting for the resurrected crowd to arrive one after another.
In hindsight, I should have squatted by the blessing sooner to avoid running around suffering.
They gathered to exchange information about the Monsters they saw and the stone monunt and the massive Ancestor Spirit corpse they discovered earlier.
As they were chatting and about to set off for more adventure, Gapar appeared.
Leon intended to greet him, but the other party displayed a heart-dead woefulness, and even muttered strangely to himself.
After hesitating, he missed the best mont to greet him, which led to what happened just now.
It seed Gapar was still bitter about them silently watching from afar, and due to the double blow from losing face in front of his apprentice and getting taken down by the Biomitic Tear Drop, he seed distracted.
"Whoosh!"
A Soul Lodging Arrow suddenly shot from the forest, directly hitting Gapar's forehead, causing him to fall dramatically backward onto the ground.
"Teacher!!!"
Leon never imagined witnessing such a scene of the fad Sword Saint being knocked down by an arrow!
When they rushed over to take down the sneaky Ancestor Spirit person and hurriedly aid Gapar, he sat up with an arrow longer than an arm protruding from his forehead, nonchalantly saying:
"I'm fine, this is fine, pain can make one feel a bit clearer."
"...As long as you're happy."
Thus, Leon watched Gapar walk a whole way with a Soul Lodging Arrow protruding from his head.
The arrow was so long that with every step Gapar took, it would tremble, its elasticity evident, showing it was made from good material.
Right now, this scene... was indeed hard to look at directly.
But fortunately, before long, they discovered a new stone monunt.
Upon lighting the brazier beneath the stone monunt, a Magic Rune flickered by:
[A seal sowhere has opened slightly]
As the words flickered and disappeared, the weathered carvings on the monunt suddenly beca clear and visible.
Those were so abstract little figures, and so horned figures, all wielding weapons, jointly confronting teors descending from the sky.
[The Ancestor Spirit is our companion, together fighting against that Supre Will... but we failed]
Seeing this statent, Leon's mind filled in classic plot scenes.
He always felt that the architecture of the Eternal City didn't look like sothing this tribe of Ancestor Spirit people, who were essentially akin to barbarians, could construct, especially since the Eternal City was adjacent to such a vast prival forest; it all seed so strange.
If the builders of the Eternal City and the Ancestor Spirit people were indeed two separate parties, then many things could be explained clearly.
Otherwise, he really couldn't imagine how that group of barbarians waving hamrs and axes, screaming and chasing him, could pick up tools and carve out an Eternal City.
Maru used the Image Stone to record the images on the stone tablets, and everyone kept a backup to avoid losing the images.
Continuing deeper into the forest for exploration, although Gapar was a bit unclear now, his basic strength was still intact. It's not just about focusing on him being shot in the head with arrows.
With his escort, Leon and the others explored more smoothly, even if they encountered a beast attack, they quickly organized a counterattack on the spot with their prior experience.
Moreover, from so point in ti, the Calamity Shadow had stopped invading, greatly reducing the pressure of the adventure.
As the adventure deepened, more and more stone tablets were discovered.
[The fall of the Eternal City, we sank underground, but we haven't lost, we still have...]
[Faith that doesn't belong to the Supre Will, we will be persecuted by the Golden Tree]
[We will not admit defeat, we wait for the birth of the King]
Combining the carved text on these stone tablets, everyone roughly understood what happened here.
It seems like a very... formal and normal story.
The Eternal City and Ancestor Spirit's faith faced destruction from the pinnacle of Golden Tree's power, the existence known as Supre Will, and has been lurking underground till now, seemingly still refusing to give up resistance.
Overall, it's different faiths each striving against what they deem heretic.
Such matters, placed on the surface, are even more commonplace, so much so that after brainstorming and piecing together the intelligence, Leon and the others had no major emotional fluctuations.
If there were any, it might be just...
"I thought the Golden Law was different from other beliefs. Turns out it also attacks heresy. I thought it was very pure and kind." Maru shook her head.
Perhaps it's because previous contacts were all positively related to the Golden Law, leading to a sense of contrast when realizing it shared common traits with other beliefs.
"It's very normal stuff." Gapar comnted, the arrow in his forehead finally pulled out.
"There should still be stone tablets we haven't found, after all, the text erging on the tablets indicates so seals sowhere have loosened sowhat."
Leon, sitting on the ground, was deep in thought. After searching around extensively, they eventually returned to the blessing but still couldn't find the remaining stone tablets, with no idea how many were still missing.
"Everyone is tired, how about we rest here for a while."
This suggestion received unanimous agreent from everyone, and at this mont, a previously deliberately forgotten topic was brought up.
Leon, with a curious look, said: "Teacher, you seed to have encountered an incredible opponent just now. What's his na, let us see!"
"You..."
Gapar showed a look of helplessness, but finally opened the Hunter's Manual.
"I tell you, you would never guess who my opponent was just now. His skills were formidable. Even your teacher had to exert all his effort to hold his ground against him."
Reaching this point, he still didn't forget to use words to redeem his dignity.
Leon and the others nodded understandingly but rembered what he said earlier—"I'll make up whatever I like, because no one saw it."
Forget it, let's not expose him. At this ti, we need to be more empathetic.
Gapar felt a strange chill down his back, he directly flipped to the last page and saw the newly appeared monster information.
If nothing unexpected happens, the writing there should be the words [Eternal King].
Then he could use this seemingly impressive na to chat with Leon and the others about his heroic combat skills, express his acknowledgent of the Faded's strength and his regret of being one move short.
"Hmm?"
Gapar made a puzzled sound.
Suddenly he pushed the booklet closer and looked at it repeatedly.
The more he looked, the more his shoulders trembled.
"Teacher?" Leon and the others felt strange.
Why did he react like this?
Because what was written on the Hunter's Manual was...
[Biomitic Tear Drop of the Eternal King]
Today, Gapar's hand shook, his heart ached, he...
"Why!"
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