But the other way around…
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly.
The presence of the “Eternal Lady” Ingrid was significant.
It was more than just because she was a “hidden mirror”.
Due to her existence, some of Annan’s previous conjectures were confirmed.
Annan’s “Book of Divine Transporter” was a Book of Truth with only six pages. Every page of the Book of Truth contained a truth.
According to the normal process of the ascension ritual, Annan had to choose one to two truths from the six and return them from the Light Realm to the Pillars of the World, using them to create another Book of Truth.
These truths would eventually solidify in the ascended soul, becoming clergy.
Therefore, according to the theory that “light came from the mirror”, Annan had to break the six mirrors to collect the complete Book of Truth and get all the [Divine Transporter’s Truth].
Besides these six mirrors, there was a seventh mirror that shouldn’t exist.
The Light of Divine Transporter was originally the Seventh Luminary, plus the Book of Divine Transporter only had six pages. So Annan habitually thought that to incubate the light of the Divine Transporter, all he needed was to collect the first six luminaries.
However, the current situation pointed out that his ritual did not end immediately after “collecting all six pages of truth”.
This reminded Annan of another matter.
The legendary “the Storm’s Eldest Daughter” Artaste·Frostwhisper also collected the “Anthem of the Storm and Heart” back then. She was also the founder of the Daughter of the Storm profession and the fourth generation of Storm Tower Master.
At that time, everyone thought that she would become the Storm Deity.
But in the end, her ascendancy ritual failed.
With the unexpected discovery of the seventh mirror, a shocking fact presented itself before Annan: merely collecting all the Truth Fragments might not be enough. There should be one final, similar “enlightenment” hidden ritual to accomplish the task.
The enlightenment ritual would be done subconsciously during the process of collecting all the Truth Fragments. Just like the Idol Wizard’s law of contagion, there was a connection to destiny. Just like how Annan had not yet found the sixth mirror, he had already discovered the trail of the seventh mirror half a year after obtaining the Book of Truth.
That was why other deities weren’t quite aware of this concept.
Otherwise, the Paper Princess or Faceless Poet would remind Annan to slow down and pay attention to his surroundings. Because of this, Artaste died suddenly for no reason, even though she was so strong.
Not because she was too weak but because she was too strong.
She collected the Book of Truth too fast.
After she decided to ascend to deityhood, she used her dragon-like flying ability that could travel across civilizations in three seconds to gather all the Books of Truth in less than half a year.
She didn’t need the “Anthem of the Storm and Heart”.
Her supreme crown at that time was “the strongest transcender in the world”.
She was still the strongest without using the Book of Truth.
As a result, she sublimated directly after collecting the Book of Truth, which caused her to lack a certain key.
Like “the Mirror of the Seventh Luminary” in the Book of Divine Transporter, the light was born from the mirror. How could the light of Divine Transporter not have its own mirror?
So, in other words…
“The Anthem of the Storm and Heart” isn’t fully collected. After the pages are collected, there is one final step.
In this way, Maria’s future destiny will never be a certain death!
As long as Annan could help her find the final key, Maria would become the true Storm Deity.
In that case, Storm Tower could also be liberated from its original duties and become a wizard tower that could properly accept disciples and impart knowledge.
Once the Storm Deity was born, the perpetual storm over the sky would be gone. Now, if the Storm Tower were moved away from the Austere-Winter’s sky, the accumulated storms from these past centuries would erupt. Its power was strong enough to tear through the Great Barrier and flatten half of the Austere-Winter Continent.
However, the power fell under “storm”. If Maria could become the Storm Deity, it would become Maria’s power.
Once the Storm Tower stood on the ground again, it would regulate the weather of the entire continent. Then, there would be no more tragedies of suppressing magma back into the depths of the underground world and flooding the underground city. It would also prevent out-of-control typhoons and tsunamis from killing fishermen in the United Kingdom.
In that case, everything would instantly get better.
Maria, Austere-Winter Dukedom, and the underground world would be safe. The fishermen and coastal cities in other countries would be safe too.
A bright light lit up in Annan’s eyes.
It was the light of finding the right path.
It was pure, filled with joy, and hopeful.
Go for it! Annan clenched his fists, silently chanting in his heart.
“Then, I have to pour in more effort,” Annan murmured.
Annan couldn’t just watch.
Annan would still have to wait for the players to gather evidence from the Northern Alliance.
Annan might as well go to the Fourth Exhausted Collection again and contact Vasilisa regarding the issues with ritual studies. If everything went smoothly, Annan would set up a teleportation point at that place.
The third batch of players were logging in one after another.
The speed at which the system searched for players was relatively slow. It had been almost two weeks after Annan released the login permission in one go. Only half of the new players had arrived.
In addition to the character Annanset, he also noticed that the players who the Book of Divine Transporter could summon seemed to have some kind of “shortcoming” and strong “desire”.
They had excellent talents and character, but their lives were not so smooth, with things bothering them in their hearts.
I might be able to help the players too.
Only at this moment did Annan’s mind become so clear, and such thoughts emerged.
Previously, Annan didn’t take the players too seriously because his talent was already outstanding. He had long been used to acting alone. He would only ask players to help him in trivial matters.
So, after the Freezing Water Port saga, Annan had been handing over the most troublesome tasks, but not necessarily the most difficult ones, to the players. These quests included pathfinding in the capital, establishing teleportation waypoints in the underground world, and the ship-chasing adventure.
Essentially, players were just convenient tools for Annan to use. However, they were tools that couldn’t handle any troublesome tasks.
However, the appearance of the seventh mirror changed Annan.
When he couldn’t interfere with the player’s actions, he hoped they could help him with something. Once that feeling arose, the players entered Annan’s view.
They were not just a one-way giver-and-receiver or “master-servant” relationship but truly became “friends” who could help and rely on each other.
Annan also started valuing the presence of players. That was how he became aware of the rules of player summoning.
“A person who has desires and shortcomings in his heart…”
We’re supposed to help each other. It’s mutual.
Annan hoped that while the players helped him, he could also do something to help these friends a little bit.
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