Within the secret prayer hall of the Siren Hymn Temple, Mercy was sitting in the middle of the Fate Soul Formation while surrounded by an ethereal white light, and the states around the formation were glowing brightly.
In front of Mercy were a few dry corpses of sirens, and another siren was in the process of turning into one. At this moment, the light around Mercy dimmed down, and the formation also stopped.
She looked towards the cloaked figure who was waiting for her to finish and said in a grim tone with a hint of shock, "This Harold fellow is also dead!"
The cloaked figure spoke at this moment, "Don't you find it amusing yet terrifying that, including Free Sword, his crew is dead? But somehow, he's still proclaimed alive?"
Mercy frowned and replied, "I don't understand what you're implying."
"That's the thing. You can only perform an oracle on the person who is still alive, but you can't tell when and where they died. Now that we have pretty much confirmed that Free Sword and almost all his crew are dead, this has me thinking: Who killed them and then took the legendary key? Whoever this person is, he has to be extremely cunning."
"Then why are you still insisting on finding out about these people's whereabouts if you think the legendary key has already been taken? Shouldn't we be trying to locate the legendary key now? With this Fate Soul Formation, I don't think an error like before would transpire," Mercy stated with some uncertainty.
If before she was speculating that Golden Constant-87,001 was scheming something and there was something special about Free Sword and his crew, now she had no idea what he was trying to achieve by having her perform oracle on dead beings.
"Just keep going, only three people left on the list, and if nothing happens, you can do as you please. But we need to do this until the list ends." Golden Constant-87,001 coolly replied, but his tone was firm.
In truth, he was also starting to doubt Timeless City Lord's decision and no longer had any clue what he wanted to achieve by doing this. If it were on him, he would've also given up after finding out Free Sword and most of his crew were dead. But he had to complete this mission no matter how reluctant he was, or he found it meaningless.
Mercy's frown deepened, but since she wasn't the one exhausting her lifespan to perform these meaningless oracles, and she was even getting this Fate Soul Formation out of it, she decided to get over it.
However, at this moment, when she was about to continue, Nataly's voice sounded in her mind, "Your Holiness, please forgive me, but there is an urgent matter that requires your attention. Just now…"
After Mercy heard about what Eula had brought and that sealed scroll, she was astounded.
She couldn't help but look towards Golden Constant-87,001 again and ask, "I just received a message from the Holy Maiden that she received eight heads and a sealed scroll. According to her, those heads belonged to the attackers involved in the recent incident. As for the sealed scroll, the sender stated that I should know the method to unseal it. Is this your doing?"
Golden Constant-87,001 didn't refute her statement and merely shrugged his shoulder, "You were the one who wanted an explanation on this matter, so I'm giving you an explanation. As for that sealed scroll, consider it compensation and a written apology from the reckless person who offended you without knowing your status."
Mercy's lips curled up slightly, "So, you told the Star Hackers who their real master is, huh?"
"Sometimes, we need to teach our dogs how to behave in the presence of their master, or they might start thinking about biting us," Golden Constant-87,001 dismissively stated.
"Heh, that dog must have been devastated when he found out that he had someone holding his leash and wasn't as free as he thought he was." Mercy coldly sneered as she agreed with Golden Constant-87,001's statement.
The next moment, Mercy vanished from her spot, and after a little while, she reappeared with a glass container filled with eight heads and a sealed scroll.
"Well, consider this matter over. I accept your explanation." Mercy seemed very pleased as she asked while waving the sealed gray scroll in front of Golden Constant-87,001, "So, how should I open it? I'm quite curious what's inside?"
Golden Constant-87,001 didn't reply and pointed his sharp finger toward the scroll. A faint dark blue beam shot out from it and directly entered the runic sealed on the scroll.
The seal instantly vanished, and the scroll was unsealed. However, what both Golden Constant-87,001 and Mercy failed to notice was that hidden in the runic seal was an extremely tiny crimson dot. The moment the seal was opened, the crimson dot vanished with it.
They were both confident that the owner of this scroll would never dare to play any trick against them. But they didn't know that there was someone else who had touched this scroll.
Now, Mercy was about to open the scroll when one of the heads in the glass container suddenly flashed with an ethereal black light. Mercy and Golden Constant-87,001 instantly noticed it.
"What's this?" Mercy asked curiously as she thought this was also Golden Constant-87,001's arrangements.
However, Golden Constant-87,001 said something unexpected with a hint of uncertainty, "This… I don't know…"
Just as his voice trailed off, round objections started to pour in within the glass container, glowing dark brown.
1…3…5…9… the glowing objections continued to pour out, and soon the glass container broke because of their numbers.
Both Mercy and Golden Constant-87,001 were alarmed by those mysterious as they didn't have any magic fluctuations, but they seemed to be pulsing.
"What the hell is going on?" Mercy was agitated and angry.
"I don't know. Quickly use your magic to gather them…" Golden Constant-87,001 sprang into action. He didn't have time to answer Mercy, and he also had no idea what was going on.
However, at this moment, the small round objects stopped pouring out, and a twenty-meter-long cylindrical object filled with glowing dark brown liquid appeared. The moment it appeared, both Mercy and Golden Constant-87,001 heard a faint sound…
"Beep…"
The next moment, a blinding white light started to bloom like an apocalyptic volcano!