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Most of the information Mirrmias had come all this way to tell him was already known by Glenn, so she looked rather disappointed, but the information itself was extremely useful.
‘Thanks to this, I now know how Symposion’s movements differ from the original.’
For now, the overall flow—that Minis and Nox had split into opposing factions and were interfering with the surface world—was not much different from the original.
Nox trying to eliminate the Godslayer, while Minis, who stood against him, tried to protect him, was also the same.
‘If I had started as a demon character, things probably would have gone in the opposite direction.’
That did not mean everything that happened from here onward would follow the original exactly.
Several important elements outside the main flow were already different from the original.
—Anyway, while the two of them were engaged in a battle of nerves, I heard that Yuellos, the God of Fate, intervened and mediated the situation.
Yuellos, the God of Fate.
In the original, despite being a high-ranking god, he was a character with very little importance.
In the original story, when Mors, who had absorbed Nox and Minis and awakened the Holy-Demonic Power, destroyed Symposion, Yuellos barely managed to escape from the heavens.
He then sought help from the protagonists on the surface, only to disappear soon afterward.
‘But Yuellos actually took the initiative and mediated the situation?’
That was something Glenn had not expected.
He had even heard that Minis, who had been supporting Glenn, had agreed with Yuellos.
—Anyway, the general opinion in the heavens right now is that your existence is a threat to the world, and some of the gods who have already sided with Nox have probably made avatar contracts with beings on the surface and are searching for you.
—Of course, if I know the Minis I know, she won't give up on you so easily.
Glenn agreed with that statement.
As long as the Godslayer was one of her believers, Minis would never easily give up a weapon that could turn the situation in her favor.
‘She'll definitely make some moves behind the scenes.’
If the gods belonging to Nox's faction had made avatar contracts and were searching for Glenn, then Minis would certainly make a similar move.
Of course, the most annoying part was that Yuellos, the God of Fate, was using fate as an excuse to take control of the situation.
It seemed Glenn would always have to keep in mind that the heavenly intervention events that would happen from now on could develop differently from what he remembered.
‘That doesn't mean what I have to do will change, though.’
With a faint smile, Glenn stopped thinking and looked straight ahead.
Whoooosh—
The air was cold because they were at a high altitude.
But even that felt like part of the sense of freedom provided by the vast, open sky.
“Brother… cough… huff….”
Luceria, following behind Glenn, looked completely exhausted.
Even for someone who had endured the forced march from the Raigle Territory all the way to the Demon Land, climbing through such a high-altitude mountainous area was exhausting.
“Don't worry. We're almost there.”
“Haaah… ugh… A-are you really sure?”
“Of course. Look.”
When Glenn spoke gently, Luceria, who had been almost crawling with her body bent over, raised her head.
Her violet eyes soon sparkled at the sight before her.
“Hoo… huff… W-wow…?”
A vast grassland stretched all the way to the horizon, so wide that it hardly felt like they were on top of a mountain.
Huge stone pillars stood here and there like enormous structures, covered in pure white snow.
The Suddels Plateau.
Half a day's journey south of Linz Village.
Hidden somewhere within the enormous plateau in the southeastern part of the Demon Land was the ancient ruin that was their destination today.
“You've worked hard. Let's rest for a while.”
“Yeees… huff… Thank youuu.”
At Glenn's suggestion, Luceria collapsed onto the ground.
While sharing the warm food preserved in Lunatic Inventory, Glenn went over in detail the schedule for the Suddels Plateau that he had explained to Luceria yesterday.
“As I told you yesterday, today's work here isn't particularly difficult. Honestly, I could have come here alone.”
“Yes. You said you were going to train the demonic energy you possess, right?”
“But you brought me along because something might happen, didn't you?”
That was exactly right.
Honestly, increasing his demonic energy level was not particularly difficult.
It was something Glenn could accomplish even when he was at Level 2.
However, the Demon King had discovered his existence, and the avatars who had made contracts with the gods in real time had begun searching for him.
‘If a battle breaks out after returning the Primordial Mirror to Mirrmias, I don't think I could handle it….’
Normally, the amount of time Glenn could fight at his full strength was forty minutes.
Without the Primordial Mirror, that became twenty minutes.
Not every divine avatar was as strong as Demon King Lupellos, but if the battle dragged on, Glenn would be at a disadvantage.
Therefore, he had decided to bring Luceria with him while keeping such a situation in mind.
“Hehe. Don't worry, Brother. No matter what happens, I'll protect you.”
With her chin raised and her chest puffed out, Luceria made a proud humming sound.
Perhaps she was pleased with her dramatic growth over such a short period of time, because she looked rather smug.
“That's something we'll have to see. Let's see whether you can actually live up to my expectations.”
“B-Brother's standards are too high. Please lower your evaluation standards. Okay?”
Finding the hidden ancient ruin in the enormous Suddels Plateau was not easy.
Someone might wonder what could possibly be difficult about finding a ruin in such an open space.
But what if the entrance to that ruin was no bigger than a small pebble?
In reality, entering the ancient ruin of the Suddels Plateau was so obscure that only a player could notice it.
You know how it is.
In a game, a specific part of the ground suddenly shines on the screen, and clicking it starts an event.
However, now that the game had become reality, finding one particular pebble among the thousands scattered across the plateau without any system assistance was practically impossible.
But was Seong Yohan really the kind of player who could only find his way through such methods?
A long time ago, Seong Yohan had already mastered various hardcore-player content, including finding items without looking at the screen.
Therefore, he knew not only how to find the pebble leading to the ancient ruin, but also how to enter the ancient ruin without finding it.
“I found it. This is the key to reaching the entrance of the ancient ruin.”
“That… pebble?”
Luceria looked doubtful.
From her perspective, Glenn had simply walked forward without hesitation, then suddenly bent down and picked up a pebble.
“It just looks like an ordinary pebble.”
“You'll understand once you see it.”
Glenn headed toward the stone pillar closest to where the pebble had been lying and began walking around it.
The pillar was so tall and thick that merely making one full circle around it took two minutes.
Glenn repeated the process several times.
But after he had gone around the pillar more than ten times under Luceria's questioning gaze, something finally began to happen.
Fwoooosh—
Rumbleeeee—
The pebble that had been lying around like any ordinary stone moments ago began emitting a brilliant white light in Glenn's hand.
As if responding to it, the ground shook.
Then, all of a sudden, cracks appeared from the roots of the enormous stone pillar, and it split in half.
Crack— KWAANG!
“Huh…?!”
Luceria's eyes were filled with disbelief as she watched the process.
“T-this is….”
