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Today, I found the traces of an Ancient Temple. From the mana it gave off, it seemed to be coming from a dead God's Temple.

It was deeper, into the north of the forest, in the deadwoods of the Lost Path. The place had an eerily atmosphere, making me lose my path at least 100 times before I realised that I was walking in the same steps all the time.

The only way to break through this was to return the way I came into the woods. It was impossible at first, but as I used my demonic mana, steps became somewhat easier, and I managed to break out of the forest's grasp.

Phenomena like usually occur in the presence of a God, or at least, their will. I felt a peculiar hatred coming from the mana in the air when I was using the demonic energy, exactly the same feeling when I fought against the weaker angels and godkins. Making me think of the presence of a temple within the deadwoods.

Though it also made me wonder.

Why would a God be present here? Why would their temple be here? Was my hypothesis right? In the end, after a few hours of deliberation, I came to two different conclusions.

The first one was that a living demigod, or something similar, is living there. The deadwood's condition would fit the scenario given that the mana is too thick for anyone to survive in that mana dense place for so long. Also, the fact that I was constantly getting lost no matter how much I struggled to get through the forest. This could also be solved through the fact that the Demigod was using his powers to make me lose my sense of direction.

Thinking about it made me feel deep chills down to my last bones.

As for the second conclusion, it was also very firm. It was based on the fact of a particular Ancient God that had died, leaving his will within the deadwood. The abnormal mana given off by the dead God's body is enough to corrode the surrounding atmosphere, creating abnormal phenomena.

Though this line of thinking, along with the effects produced by it, made me think of only one God.

The Late God of Time.

There is no record of his existence, so it is more akin to a myth at this point. But if I were to go deeper into this, perhaps I could find out something?

I looked at the text of the book for a few seconds before slowly closing it and then keeping it in my inventory. Even though I was surprised to see the mention of the Temple of Time, it wasn't that much of an unexpected news.

It was obvious that there would be hints here and there about the temple if the players were sane enough to search every book, note and file. Putting them together would surely get them almost any place they wanted to reach.

Or you can get lucky and stumble into the very temple itself. I recalled my own fortune of events on how I was able to get the class just because I was getting bored and needed a thrill of sorts.

"Anything you need to find?" I asked Lierra, who was observing me with a focused expression. My sudden question brought her back to reality from her thoughts, before she paused, and then shook her head. Nodding at her, I then used my knife to cut the circle into pieces, carving irregular lines here and there. Took a few minutes, but I was able to cut apart the circle, making it impossible for anyone to copy it or recreate it.

"Let's go. There is nothing more here," I then spoke before moving out of the house with Lierra, back to Tierra, who were impatiently waiting for us, walking left and right with hurried steps. Noticing us coming out of the house, she walked towards us and then asked,

"So, how was it?"

"Here. You can take these for the settlement. The rest are mine," I spoke out as I gave her 500 silver coins in her hands.

500 silver was a lot of money. You can probably buy a house in this settlement with this much money, and it was enough to keep the settlement functioning for at least a few months before it ran out. While I could have kept them with me, I probably didn't need them as much, especially because I already have a lot of Gold Coins at a time when players haven't seen one.

On the other hand, if Tierra can use this to strengthen the settlement, developing it slowly, it will in turn be beneficial for me. Given my high favorability with everyone in the settlement.

It will become all the more significant when I will need to return to this place. Especially when I will be coming to take Class Quests from the temple. At that point, it would make sense to stop by and rest here. I wonder if I can help develop this place into a village? That would be great, allowing me to earn some passive revenue as well.

Shocked, Tierra looked at me with a dumbfounded expression before I looked at Lierra. Without speaking a word, I asked her to explain things to Tierra, to which she nodded before moving to talk to her.

As I was wondering what I should do next, I saw the Players trio coming from the forest at a distance, each with an apple in their hand. With them walked another NPC, who was explaining things to them as they listened with great interest without missing a beat.

Walking closer to them, I saw Blaze turning in my direction before raising his hands and waving at me with a cheerful expression. Link also smiled at me before waving, while Raven just observed me as usual.

With a slight smile on my face, I slowly walked closer to them.

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