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    as shin ''watched'' the history recovered by the god of primordial waters, hydros, he came to understand that there were still dozens of eras before the ancient era that the current denizens of the atlas world were still looking for clues.

    of course, that was still before hydros died during these eras, which meant that there was still a huge gap in between that was still unknown.

    shin called this recorded history the ''mythical era''. this era was composed of multiple eras during the time hydros was still alive.

    while he was ''watching'' the history of the previous world, particularly the history of the great ocean, shin also checked on the other facilities of the forgotten temple. but to his disappointment, he did not get that much since all of them were sealed and inaccessible with his current authority.

    the weapon storage, the skill and martial rapsody, the puppet and golem room, and many others were all locked.

    he even found some rooms with fancy names such as the dao enlightenment room, starry sky temple, the inner demon hut, and cleansing mind chapel.

    these rooms piqued shin''s interest as he passed them. he could not help but shake his head and click his tongue, finding that it was a pity that he could not access them.

    fortunately, the method for unlocking them was not hidden from him by the system. all he had to do was to clear all three trials prepared by hydros before he set himself to reincarnate before he was acknowledged by forgotten temple.

    even though hydros had somewhat failed to completely reincarnate, the rules he set for the forgotten temple remained.

    the trial of the primordial waters was meant to test if the challenger was worthy enough to inherit the legacy left behind by hydros, which would reward them the right to become the new ''owner'' of the temple.

    as for the other trials, they were prepared for the successor to unlock the remaining facilities of the forgotten temple, which made shin''s head somewhat ached.

    he knew that he was not strong enough to challenge those two trials yet. after all, the trial of the primordial waters had already taught him a lesson.

    the two remaining trials shouldn''t be that easy, especially when one of them concerned the true inheritance of a fallen primordial god while the other was related to his transcendent race, which he suspected would help him reach the peak of this realm or even ascend to the higher plane.

    but he also had to admit that he was quite tempted to try taking these trials as soon as he could, especially when he saw the available facilities within the temple.

    as he was about to find a corner to rest, shin suddenly got a message from leonard.

    *ding*

    he slightly raised his brows when he saw the message.

    simba: where are you? are you with cloe and alice?

    shin was not sure, but he felt a little strange when he saw that message. regardless, he still replied while being somewhat confused. he could feel that something was wrong given the tone leonard had.

    even though they could not continue clearing their respective quest, their in-game progress shouldn''t be that bad.

    so long as the quests that were done were not time-limited, they could still delay them until they dealt with the current situation.

    sickarius: neither cloe nor i can leave right now. summon the rest here and let them stay here for the time being.

    sickarius: tell them to use the tokens that i have given them previously when using the teleportation formations. they will be able to arrive here without a problem.

    sickarius: but ask diablo, alucard, and owen to stay behind. then with the two of us, we will lead them to hunt those guys.

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    sickarius: we can''t just do nothing while they are harassing our members. we must counterattack and let them understand that we are not someone to trifle with.

    reading through this string of messages, leonard could not help but grin evilly as he could read through shin''s mind.

    simba: you want to use this ''curse'' against them? and cripple their main forces? i like that!

    after that, shin and leonard polished their plot while the latter quickly moved as he was instructed and inform the others about their plan.

    even if the others wanted to join the fun, they understood that this plan could only work if there were too few members of the team. if they formed a group, even if it was small, the other side would quickly realize that these monsters were plotting them.

    it would backfire instead.

    given that, they could only sigh and follow the arrangement of their superiors. after all, any of the members included in the plan were strong. all of them were strong enough to hold their ground against multiple experts and buy enough time for the others to arrive.

    shin even pulled lorraine to be their main marksman for this plan. after all, the other side did not know that she had a very close relationship with the empyrean talons, so she did not have a mark on herself.

    the rest of the empyrean talons could already imagine how miserable those guys would be after being assaulted by a group of godlike players and maverick gods.

    little did these guys know that they were only excluded from the plan because shin could not leave cloe and alice alone after the strange event earlier.

    they were only here to guarantee that those girls would not fight.

    even if shin felt that the chances were low, he still could not feel comfortable whenever he thought about how these two girls were glaring daggers earlier when he first saw them together.

    this stressed him quite a lot, so he wanted to vent it to these foolish people who were trying to give them some trouble. he would not let them off the hook that easily.

    "these guys came quite perfectly. let me remind you who we are and drill into your bones an unforgettable experience."

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