One-Eyed Monster

Igor’s narration is quite succinct, without detailed descriptions of his experiences; you could say he’s highlighting the key points.

He almost recounted his entire journey, from Guru Mountain to the Border Realm, then to Bistal and Bayes Avenue, narrating the events that happened during these experiences.

Spirit Power, spirits, another world, Soul Devourers, Circus, Puppet, Agent of Destruction, Devouring Power—he explained all these unfamiliar known concepts.

This process was very slow, as if Igor were performing a one-man show, detailing all the strange phenomena he had encountered. These things originally had no connection, but through his narration, connections began to form.

The central point of these connections was energy.

Igor continued his narration, and although it was neither long nor short, it made every listener pay close attention, even Kadi, who usually joked around, furrowed his brows at this moment.

Igor was effectively integrating all known aspects, with the goal of bringing clarity to what was previously unknown.

Princess Juliette pondered, her thoughts very agile, and despite Igor’s messy recounting, she picked up on many key points.

”You mean to say, our so-called Spirit Power is essentially a form of energy integration,” Princess Juliette began a discussion with Igor. As adventurers, they were sensitive to such things.

”Yes, but our ability to integrate energy is far inferior to that of the spirits, or rather, we are completely clueless,” Igor continued, feeling that he had grasped something.

”Awakening a spirit would provide us with this energy, which is the operation of Spirit Power. It seems our enemies knew this beforehand,” Princess Juliette delved deeper.

”Based on what we know, that seems to be the case.”

”However, there’s still a certain mystery within this!” Princess Juliette’s powers of deduction were strong; she discovered many points Igor hadn’t noticed.

”Mysteries remain, we just haven’t discovered them yet.”

”Those ancient families! The breakthrough lies with those ancient families; these discoveries shouldn’t be new. The reason they haven’t spread is that these ancient families believe it’s a secret worth guarding!” Princess Juliette’s thoughts were swift, immediately realizing what these ancient families were hiding.

”That’s true, but we can’t reach these ancient families,” Igor scratched his head, realizing he was like a child next to Princess Juliette, unable to keep up with the pace.

Kadi was even more ignored on the side; so far, he only had the chance to sneer and mock Igor.

Old Cole listened patiently on the side, now very admiring of Princess Juliette. This princess was indeed decisive. He finally witnessed today that none of the Kayne Royal Family were mediocre; most of the time, they hid their abilities.

”Mr. Cole, now, is the Kangen Family willing to share information related to the Soul Guardians?” Princess Juliette suddenly directed the question toward Old Cole.

Old Cole bowed deeply to Princess Juliette and respectfully said, ”Your Highness, as the promises made by both our family head and the old family head, the Kangen Family will follow the directives of the Kayne Royal Family at any moment. The Soul Guardians belong to the Kayne Family and naturally follow your orders.”

”Good, now we can further explore the unknown!” Princess Juliette’s spirits were high, seemingly very satisfied with Old Cole’s response.

Igor was also quite surprised by this development; he did not expect Princess Juliette to immediately take action upon reaching a conclusion. It was something he hadn’t anticipated.

The speed was indeed surprising!

It was so fast that Igor hadn’t reacted; they were already planning to explore the secrets of those ancient families, which indeed was a large movement.

With such big steps, aren’t you afraid of overreaching? Igor was somewhat worried about this.

”Aren’t we being too direct? Those ancient families are not simple!” Igor quickly expressed his concern.

”Don’t worry about that; I have a plan. The royal family still holds some authority, and we have the assistance of the Kangen Family.” Princess Juliette said.

”Not just the Kangen Family, Lord Popovich of Bistal also wishes to contribute, and North Shore and other places like Luona are willing to offer their strength!” Old Cole quickly added.

For many days, they had not been idle, making contact with various imperial capitals, quickly forming an alliance. After all, the Kayne Empire was in a unique state now, and the secrets within the palace had raised suspicions in many. The silent struggle against the Alchemy Workshop had already begun.

Now, each imperial capital contained the power of the Alchemy Workshop, which essentially controlled the main cities of the empire, let alone those already under the jurisdiction of the Alchemy Workshop.

However, the Alchemy Workshop was only an assumed enemy; the true enemy was yet unknown.

They proceeded step by step, cautiously at each stage.

Princess Juliette’s exchanges with Igor had yielded results, which made Old Cole quite gratified. After all, no one could have predicted things would progress so smoothly.

While each of them felt excited about future plans, a small purple flower unexpectedly withered, and the vines that had wrapped around other plants began rapidly withdrawing, reducing the coverage of the vines in the garden.

”What is this?” Igor was bewildered by the phenomenon before him.

”It’s an omen of failure,” Princess Juliette stated calmly.

”Failure?” Igor and Kadi couldn’t believe it. Didn’t everything seem fine just moments ago? How could failure be mentioned so suddenly?

”The Knowing Flower has encountered an attack and is concealing its tracks,” Princess Juliette seemed quite familiar with this flower.

”Does this mean the Knowing Flower hasn’t found the whereabouts of Xiso and Bigas?” Igor asked shakily, shocked by the phenomenon.

”You could say that. Look, they are destroying themselves!” Princess Juliette calmly faced the self-destruction of the Knowing Flower.

”They won’t expose their location or let the enemy know where they come from. This flower blooms only once, solely for the pursuit of knowledge. When they self-destruct, it indicates they’ve encountered an unforeseen situation.”

Princess Juliette did not show her sorrow on her face; she buried the sadness deep within her...