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Medici finally left after a few more barbs with Lin Ruo.
It was clear that he was probably really busy, and coming personally to return the life scepter was likely something he squeezed time out for.
"For Medici to be so busy, tsk, it seems the Augustus' conqueror characteristic is in danger!" Lin Ruo said, shaking his head with feigned regret but actual pleasure.
After restarting his identity and jumping to the Justiciar pathway, one of the two biggest conflicts between him and Medici had been resolved. Naturally, he was very happy for Medici to acquire the conqueror characteristic and regain his Sequence 1 strength.
After all, this was his number one tool and close friend!
Medici's strength, in a sense, was equivalent to the combat power he could get for free.
As for the Red Priest's advancement ritual... well, let's talk about that when the day truly comes!
Lin Ruo, who had already given up on this matter, pinched his chin and turned to consider another question, "Speaking of which, where is the Red Priest pathway's uniqueness now... I really don't have any intelligence on that, tsk. But since Medici can still use the Red Priest uniqueness's authority to respond to prayers, it means this uniqueness hasn't been Sealed or accommodated by anyone yet."
"And conversely, since Medici can use the Red Priest uniqueness's authority, perhaps he can also sense where the uniqueness is?"
Lin Ruo felt this possibility was quite high. As a former War Angel, a being who had accommodated the Red Priest uniqueness for thousands of years, the connection between Medici and the Red Priest uniqueness was undoubtedly very close. In this situation, the other party might really be able to sense where the Red Priest uniqueness was.
"From the professional acting of a Conspirer, I can even reasonably suspect that Medici has, to some extent, re-grasped the Red Priest uniqueness..."
"Thinking about it now, when I asked him for help before, Medici's attitude didn't seem like that of an ordinary Sequence 2. How could an ordinary Sequence 2 have the confidence to directly confront a Sequence 1? This isn't a gap that can be resolved by some residual authority."
Recalling Medici's confident demeanor when he first got a free ride from him, showing no fear of anyone except True Gods and the cheat-like brothers Amon and Adam, Lin Ruo couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.
"Perhaps once Medici obtains the conqueror characteristic from the Augustus, he can directly return to the War Angel level?"
Lin Ruo's lips curved into a smile, feeling this guess was very likely.
"However, even if he returns to the War Angel level, the remaining two Sequence 1 Characteristics won't be so easy for him to obtain, not to mention I now strongly suspect that one conqueror characteristic was secretly hidden by me." Recalling his previous guess, Lin Ruo's expression couldn't help but become subtle.
Based on his understanding of himself and his past self's arrangements for the current situation, Lin Ruo now highly suspected whether Medici's current situation was also arranged by him.
A War Angel who returned to the 1+1 level would naturally not die easily in this period nearing the apocalypse, which could effectively ensure Medici's safety.
And if he really hid a conqueror characteristic in advance, Medici, unable to gather all the Characteristics, would naturally not easily hold the ritual, which could effectively delay their biggest conflict...
"Until I've completed everything I want to do, and can directly solve the ritual problem for Medici..." Thinking to the end, Lin Ruo couldn't help but murmur. His expression carried a hint of complexity, and some unfamiliar, clear, yet faint emotions surged in his heart at this moment.
Lin Ruo knew these emotions belonged to him, his past self, his present self—they were his entanglement, guilt, pain, and helplessness.
"A... selfish decision, perhaps."
Lin Ruo suddenly exhaled. He was now certain that he indeed had a conqueror characteristic in his possession.
Although he still didn't know where that Characteristic was hidden by him.
"It couldn't possibly be on Sefirah Castle, could it... Uh, maybe?" Lin Ruo pinched his chin, thinking of Sefirah Castle's inherent "storage locker" characteristic, and suddenly became uncertain.
Perhaps one day, he might discover a pile of miscellaneous items left for him by his past self on Sefirah Castle.
"Forget it, it's not important. Anyway, Medici is still far from becoming a True God. From the current trend, perhaps by the time I finish what I want to do, Medici still won't have 2+1. If that's the case, I'll just give him that Sequence 1 Characteristic as a gift then."
"Compared to this, what deep-seated hatred does the Primordial Demoness have for me? Seizing... the Sequence 1 Characteristics and uniqueness of the Hunter pathway during the Solomon First Empire period all had owners, so it probably has nothing to do with that."
"Is it related to the City of Calamity?"
Lin Ruo couldn't figure it out, so he simply decided not to think about this problem for now. Anyway, he had no good feelings for the Primordial Demoness to begin with. Since she was an enemy, he would just stew her once his strength increased later.
Lin Ruo simply stretched, then opened the box containing the life scepter and the Artificial Death data.
The life scepter was naturally still the same, wrapped in a black handkerchief and in a "contained" state, while the data concerning the Artificial Death was a thick stack.
It was clear that even though he said he would "look for it incidentally," Medici was truly serious when it came to doing things.
Although he knew the essence of the Artificial Death, Lin Ruo, still very interested, casually put the life scepter back into the box, Sealed it with a Wall of Spirituality, and sat on the sofa to read the data.
After reading it, having gained a basic understanding of the Numinous Episcopate' strange ideas and feeling that his strange knowledge had increased, he first used his extraordinary abilities to copy the data, then found two folders from the study and put them in separately.
Next, Lin Ruo first set up the ritual to summon the Bone Messenger, handed it one of the folders, and told it to deliver these Materials about the Artificial Death to Mr. Azik. Then, after the Bone Messenger left, Lin Ruo simply set up a ritual to sacrifice to the Evernight Goddess in the study.
There was no other reason; it was just that these Materials concerned the Artificial Death, and considering the Evernight Goddess's series of schemes in the original work, Lin Ruo felt that the Evernight Goddess might also need these Materials.
Anyway, it was just a matter of setting up a ritual. If the Evernight Goddess truly needed them, then it would be a win-win situation. If not, it wasn't a big deal; at most, it would waste a little Beyonder ingredients, which was nothing to Lin Ruo.
"Hoo—"
As Lin Ruo's prayer ended, the candles used for the ritual suddenly flared up, outlining a door that was not unfamiliar to Lin Ruo. Immediately after, an invisible wind descended into the room. Lin Ruo blinked and saw the folder containing the Artificial Death data being sucked into the door.
The next second, the door disappeared, the flames extinguished, and only ashes condensed into a line of text:
"The Justiciar Card is in the basement of the Church of the God of Combat's Holy Cathedral."
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