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    Time seemed to have suddenly stopped around Clyde. The name that came out of flyn''s mouth made him freeze for a moment that felt extraordinarily long.


    Clyde blinked his eyes quickly as hees to his senses. Then swallow hard with great effort.


    "Shiva?" Clyde said the name again in a questioning tone. His eyes met flyn, demanding an answer.


    flyn nodded slowly. "I knew that you would react like that. At first, I also showed the same reaction as you."


    "How did you know about this?" Clyde asked.


    "I''ve done a lot of traveling and searching my entire life up to this point, boy. If I had to tell you where I got every bit of my knowledge, it would take us a few days," flyn said.


    "However, I can answer it if you only asked about that matter ."


    Clyde''s eyes that stared at the sage immediately sparkling with curiosity.


    "I once met someone from the Order of Mindweaver. Not all members of that Order are evil beings. In fact, they can''t be categorized as good or evil."


    Clyde listened to lfyn exin with full attention.


    "I''ve almost died a few times. But that time was the most unforgettable experience," said flyn. "I can''t tell you the details. In essence, I was stranded in the middle of a ruined world. And someone from the Order of Mindweaver came to save me.


    She says there is no exact reason for her to save me. And said that I shouldn''t feel indebted because I wouldn''t have a chance to pay it anyway.


    And then we chatted, eventually she said that there was a Celestial who was backing the existence of the Order of Mindweaver."


    Clyde stared at flyn without blinking as he exined all that. What flyn said was so tense and mysterious even though he didn''t say much.


    flyn''s life journey seems so long and extraordinary. Clyde was sure that the sage would have a lot of stories to tell if he decided to write them down and make a book.


    Clyde shook his head because he felt what he was thinking was off the track.


    "What else did she say?" asked Clyde. "Did Shiva create the Order?"


    "No." flyn shook his head. "There are other beings who are creators of that Order.


    ording to the woman''s exnation, Shiva is a Celestial who is rted to that Order for a purpose that she cannot divulge."


    flyn turned and found that Clyde was still staring at him. he said. "I can''t say anything other than that. Sorry."


    Clyde was clearly disappointed. There was a feeling of unfulfillment in his heart and an overwhelming curiosity.


    However, he knew that the information flyn had was extremely rare. He couldn''t possibly get it anywhere else because of the mysteriousness of the Order of Mindweaver.


    So Clyde doesn''t push it. Because he can''t.


    Clyde nodded at flyn. "Thanks for the information you give me."


    "No problem. I don''t even know what you can do with that information. Even if I say it to someone else, there will be no difference."


    He''s right. There shouldn''t be anything to glean from that information. God Shiva is behind the Order of Mindweaver, so what?


    However, Clyde has a different system than the others. He had also received contact from someone from the Order. Maybe, this information will be useful for him because he has ess to the Order, although it is still very vague.


    "I think I''ve talked to you enough," flyn said. "I''ll talk to your friend... uhh... your acquaintances now."


    flyn turned around and walked away from Clyde''s side. Leaving Clyde alone with his mind filled with questions.


    However, the more he thought about it, Clyde realized that the answers to those questions were even further away.


    ''It''s not the time for me to get the answer.''


    Clyde shook his head.


    ~~~


    Because their mission was over, Clyde decided the next day that they had to return to Sivagadh Fortress.


    Leon, Albert, Wiley, Rosie, and L didn''t object. After all, they couldn''t do anything here even though this ce wasn''t that bad.


    "Thanks again," Clyde said.


    His fivepanions also did the same thing.


    "Don''t think about it. This might be thest time we see each other," flyn said.


    "Why?" she asked.


    "Because there''s no reason for us to meet again."


    L looked a little sad. During these few hours, she felt that flyn was a good person and she felt disappointed that she might not be able to see him again.


    The six people had already finished taking the information flyn had gathered over several hundred years for granted. Clyde thought because the sage trusted Maethion so much that he give the results of his quest so easily to the bespectacled Elf.


    flyn led them all the way to the beach where they hade. They said goodbye onest time before finally entering the portal and disappearing from the ce.


    As they disappeared, flyn''s mind immediately went to Clyde.


    "He, somehow, is destined to do great things. Though, I''m not sure if he can endure that great burden."<novelsnext></novelsnext>


    A smirk suddenly appeared on flyn''s face. As if he finds something amusing about Clyde.


    "Let''s just wait and see."


    flyn thought that he would just be a spectator. He had lived too long and done a lot. He thought now was the time for him to enjoy the show and do nothing.


    Unless, something unexpected happened.


    ~~~


    They returned to the Fortress in good condition.


    They were in a good mood after sessfullypleting the first expedition well, and they were also happy because they managed to level up and be stronger than when they set out.


    Leon, Albert, Rosie, Wiley, and L said goodbye to Clyde. They went to their respective living quarters to let Clyde hand the book over to Maethion.


    Clyde nced at the five people who were walking away. In his heart, Clyde felt that something was missing when they returned. But he doesn''t know what it is.


    Could it be, he wanted to celebrate sess with them?


    But a momentter Clyde shook his head to dismiss the idea.


    "There''s no way I feel so."


    He walked towards theke where he met Maethion like before. Clyde sat on a chair and waited for the bespectacled Elf.


    ~~~


    In that ce, there were many powerful beings with hundreds of their soldiers.


    That ce has be the most tense ce in recent times because of an anomaly that has urred.


    It was just a barren wastnd with brown sand and ck rocks scattered randomly.


    There wasn''t anything interesting to see in that ce other than the presence of the Celestials with their ring disys of power.


    The Celestials were staying in their respective tents. With hundreds of soldiers always on guard and ready to fight.


    All the soldiers'' gazes were directed toward a ce in the east.


    There was a pitch-ck wall that stretched as far as the horizon. No one could see the end of it or what was beyond the pitch-ck wall. And that makes them even more anxious because they don''t know anything.


    "How long has it been since thest appearance?" Uriel, who decided to return to this ce after several days of staying in her domain, asked a man with short and curly blonde hair.


    "About ten hours ago," the man replied.


    The man was someone who had arge build with prominent biceps. He was wearing a white long robe that fluttered in the gentle wind that came from the ck walls.


    Uriel exhaled ufortably. "Let''s just attack it, Gabriel. I think that way this problem will be solved faster."


    Gabriel - the blonde man - turned his head with a frown and a look full of disbelief.


    "Are you mad?" he asked.


    Uriel''s face looked restless staring at the ck wall in front of her. "I just can''t stand this situation!"


    "But we can''t do anything right now. We can''t take any chances," Gabriel said. "You also know that the soldiers who die on the walls will affect us as well."


    It was an extremely dire reality for Celestials. They had already sent soldiers to directly attack the ck wall when it first appeared.


    However, all the soldiers that were sent stopped when they hit the wall. Then they crumble into ck dust just like that.


    Even though they possessed the strength of the Celestials and were the most powerful warriors who were chosen to be here, the wall abolished them even when they just touched it.


    Then, the Celestials who were the masters of the crumbling warriors were also affected by a strange influence. They feel pain as if something is hitting their soul.


    Since then, they no longer sent soldiers to touch the wall and only fought the strange creatures that came out of it.


    That''s why Gabriel couldn''t stop thinking when he heard Uriel''s words earlier.


    "Maybe by uniting all of our strength, we can destroy it," said Uriel with red eyes still staring at the wall.


    Gabriel snorted. "You are free to talk to them."


    Uriel knew that convincing the Celestials to cooperate could be even more difficult than destroying the wall.


    Uriel clicked her tongue in annoyance. From the moment they were created, no one could stand against the might of the Celestials.


    But somehow, now there is a force that they don''t understand can threaten their very existence.


    Of course, such a thing would provoke anxiety and fear for those beings who were used to their status as the most powerful rulers in the universe. Uriel and the other Archangels are no exception.


    ~~~