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At the site of the Crimson Tide 'Ruins', a beautiful figure quietly arrived.
She wore a white top with a yellow belt around her waist. Her figure was graceful and her curves were alluring. Her snow-white skin seemed to shimmer with a crystal-clear luster under the sunlight. She had an incomparably beautiful face, with long, black hair hanging down to her waist and straight bangs on her forehead.
In every aspect, this woman is incredibly alluring and charming, enough to make countless men fall for her.
At this moment, her eyes, as clear as autumn water, were scanning the area. When she saw the only remaining red lotus pattern on the wall, her delicate brows furrowed slightly, but quickly relaxed, and she murmured softly to herself:
"It's that red lotus again!"
"Moreover, the fluctuations around me still feel so familiar." Standing in the center of the 'disappeared' guild, the beautiful woman could sense a faint, incredibly familiar aura. She parted her red lips slightly, uttering a soft sound that was almost inaudible to herself, "Could it be "time"...?"
Her fair hand suddenly clenched, and she muttered to herself again, "No matter what, I must find this person."
Just then, the beautiful woman's eyes flickered, and she suddenly took out a crystal ball from her person.
On the crystal ball, an old man wearing a horned helmet and an eyepatch over his right eye appeared. Upon seeing this man, the beautiful woman immediately said, "President Hades."
"Ultear, how's the investigation going?" Hades asked.
The beautiful woman—no, it should be Ultear—immediately replied, "This time it's the same as before."
Hades pondered for a moment upon hearing this before saying softly, "Is it that red lotus again?!"
"Yes," Ultear nodded.
"Ultear, aside from your current task, I expect you to use every means possible to find out this person's identity," Hades said in a deep voice. "If necessary, I can have Bluenote assist you!"
"Vice President?"
The Bluenote that Hades mentioned was their guild's vice president, second only to the guild leader Hades in strength. After thinking for a moment, she finally shook her head and said, "I think it's better not to. I'm confident I can find this person!"
"That's good."
Hades nodded, he was quite confident in Ultear's ability to handle things.
"Report to me immediately if anything happens!"
"yes!"
After saying this, Hades' image disappeared from the crystal.
Ultear put away the crystal and stood there lost in thought. Even if Hades hadn't ordered her, she would have done everything in her power to find the owner of this red lotus, because there were many things she wanted to know about this person, such as the extremely familiar aura still lingering in the surroundings…
She was almost certain that this aura belonged to 'time'!
Time is formless and shapeless, but if time has an aura, then she must be the one most familiar with this aura, because she herself has mastered the magic of time—'Arc of Time', and she is constantly collecting all the books about 'time magic' around the world.
Since she sensed the presence of the aura of 'time', it means that the owner of this red lotus is very likely a mage who has mastered 'time magic'.
Because of her childhood experiences, anything related to 'time' is worth all her efforts to find.
However, the owner of this red lotus is too mysterious. Even though she has tried many methods to find him over the past year, she still hasn't been able to find a single clue about him.
Not only Ultear, but many others in the dark world are also searching for the owner of this red lotus.
The reason is nothing more than the deeds of the owner of this red lotus over the past two years.
The appearance of this red lotus was first reported about a year and a half ago. Around the world, dark guilds were frequently attacked by a force, and each time a guild was destroyed, the attacker would leave a red lotus pattern at the site.
At first, not many people paid attention. After all, as a dark guild, it was naturally at risk of being attacked by regular guilds and councils at any time. That's why these dark guilds set up their guilds in some hidden places.
But even the most hidden places can be discovered eventually, so there have been instances of Dark Guilds being wiped out in the past.
However, they soon discovered that this time seemed different from before. The red lotus appeared more and more frequently, and many of the appearances were even by dark guilds under the "Balam Alliance".
Most importantly, as time went on, the traces of this person's actions became increasingly bizarre. Each time, an entire guild would vanish into thin air, and the members of that guild would be completely unharmed, yet all of them would show no signs of life.
After this incident spread, many weak dark guilds were terrified, fearing that the owner of the red lotus would one day come knocking on their door. Over time, this incident directly formed a legend about the red lotus in the dark world, a legend that terrified countless dark mages.
Finally, this matter directly alarmed the three leaders of the 'Balam Alliance', who even sent guild members to take charge of it.
Ultear is one of them.
However, unlike the other investigators, Ultear was not concerned with what the red lotus had done, because she could do the same things, but perhaps not as cleanly and perfectly.
What she cared about was the magic used by the master of the Crimson Lotus.
If it weren't for this, as the leader of the 'Seven Kin of Purgatory' of the Grimoire Heart, and with her own mission, she could have completely ignored this matter and simply sent someone else. Their guild has quite a few strong individuals.
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