When she returned to the city, the chaos she had witnessed when manifesting in the divine realm had mostly subsided. Primarily, after Sethlin was sealed, those unlucky individuals who were likely host to the [Withering] power had all fallen into unconsciousness, essentially winning without a fight.
As per usual, Violet retracted the 【Radiance of the Holy Light】, which was only serving as illumination after the death fog disappeared, allowing the Sky Island to return to the night. Violet then went straight back to the residence of the Human United Kingdom’s diplomatic mission. She also dropped off the half-dragon who had been knocked unconscious and probably wouldn’t wake up for half a day directly at the embassy’s doorstep.
Although she had returned directly from the Forbidden Zone’s southern region to the Sky City via the “Invisible Spatial Portal,” since that area was remote and unsuitable, or rather had no value for placing a portal, Violet couldn’t return the same way now.
However, with the destruction of the Magic Island and the extermination of the Abyss Worms by Sigrid and others, there wasn’t much threat left on the main battlefield. As long as they waited for the front lines to converge and eliminated the remaining remnants of the Abyssal Beasts, it would probably be over.
Leila, Rene, and others were helping there, with a total of seven legendary forces to ensure everything went smoothly.
The most troublesome enemies had been dealt with by Miss Priestess, and she couldn’t be bothered with the remaining trivial matters. So, after taking a simple shower, she crawled into bed with her pet and fell asleep.
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Probably due to temporarily resolving a worry, Violet slept very comfortably. It wasn’t until around 9 o’clock the next morning that she slowly got out of bed.
The dragon girl remained in her usual position, curled up beside her emitting a soft snore.
Although the divine battle from last night wasn’t too much of a burden for her, dragons typically liked to recover their energy through sleep after battles. If they truly wanted to sleep, it wasn’t measured in hours, so it was quite normal for her not to wake up yet.
The Sky God statue that housing Sethlin was placed on the table, while the newly appointed Goddess of Life sat next to it like a real person, flipping through the novel Violet hadn’t finished reading before. She seemed quite engrossed in it.
Without needing to speak, she could feel Miss Priestess waking up. Turning back with a warm smile, she casually pointed to the door.
Violet understood and gently moved her large tail aside, following Sethlin, who was moving on her own, to the doorway.
By the way, although Sethlin was still attached to the statue, her manifested body was now fully capable of walking and interacting with objects like a normal being. So the scene looked... quite peculiar, like a person dragging a tail made of jade-green statue behind them.
As soon as they stepped out of the room, Miss Priestess couldn’t help but tease.
“I mean, when do you plan to come out of that thing? Don’t tell me you’ve gotten addicted to it?”
Sethlin leaned back against the wall in a very human-like manner, smiling with her arms crossed.
“Don’t worry, the seal is actually optional for me now. I can break free anytime. It just takes some time for me to fully reconstruct my physical form, and this is one of the few things left by Minerva... But forget about that, remember what I mentioned yesterday? I have an idea. You still have the seal of [Withering], right?”
“Of course, what kind of crazy idea have you come up with now?”
Reaching into her backpack, Violet pulled out the miniature seal crystal that had been shrunk and stored away, waving it in front of Sethlin.
Without an immediate answer, the Goddess of Life watched with curiosity as the black-haired girl reached into the void to retrieve the item, then asked thoughtfully.
“What kind of spatial magic is this? How do you store items directly without using a medium? Even for a deity’s personal special space, shouldn’t it only be able to hold items closely related to oneself?”
“Hmm?”
Violet’s hand, which had just been withdrawn, paused for a moment.
“Is this method really rare? I thought you gods could all do similar things casually.”
In a patient teacher-like manner, Sethlin explained gently, “Yes, it’s possible, but as I mentioned earlier, it requires a medium. Otherwise, the alternate space is so chaotic and vast that even a god wouldn’t be able to instantly locate the position where they stored their items, right? After all, we’re not gods of space.”
“Oh? There really are gods of space? What kind of god and what level are they?”
Seemingly accustomed to Violet’s jumping topics, the Goddess of Life rested her chin on her hand and pondered for a moment.
“Well... there are, and indeed, the gods of space are quite powerful. They’re a neutral main deity, but just like their title implies, this deity’s whereabouts are elusive. They disappeared mysteriously tens of thousands of years ago, and even among the gods, not many know of their existence.”
“So mysterious...?”
The Goddess of Life chuckled casually and glanced at the golden crystal-like seal in Violet’s hand.
“Yes, your ability to retrieve items remotely is somewhat similar to that deity’s method. However, your divinity is of light, obviously not related to space... Anyway, let’s get back to the point. Regarding the seal of [Withering], I plan to change the previous method. Instead of dividing it into many parts, I will directly suppress it with some powerful creature, closely monitoring it to ensure nothing goes wrong.”
“A powerful creature?”
Curiously tilting her head, Violet raised a question.
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“Why not just keep it in my possession? Are you saying you don’t trust me, Sethlin? Well, well, turning back into a goddess and already forgetting old friends, huh? How heartless!”
“Don’t be silly, let’s be serious...”
The Goddess of Life gave a speechless look and flicked the smooth forehead of the black-haired girl, eliciting an “Ouch!” before continuing with a serious tone.
“It’s not that I don’t trust you, but seals like this can easily encounter various problems due to environmental changes. It’s not suitable to bring them out and about, especially since this is a complete divine essence. Even if it’s sealed at a forbidden curse level, it cannot be maintained indefinitely. Therefore, we need a living organism seal that can grow to suppress it, to be completely secure. What do you think?”
“Alright, if you say so...”
Actually, as Sethlin guessed, despite the name 【Suppression of the Prison: Eternal Light Prison Imprisonment】 in this 10th-level magic, it couldn’t autonomously absorb external magic power to sustain itself like 【Radiance of the Holy Light】. The strength of this skill mainly lies in its powerful sealing and suppression capabilities.
If no supplementary actions were taken, it would probably be breached sooner or later, even though it might take hundreds of years, it would still be troublesome.
“Another point is, although we don’t know how Minerva sealed off the Abyssal world from this world, it’s clearly not entirely secure, and it’s been damaged over the millennia. The fact that the [Doomsday Bombardment] can cross the channel to reach this world proves this.”
“Although this world now repels creatures from the Abyssal world and prevents them from entering freely, judging from the disasters caused by the God-made Beasts and what happened before, I believe it’s still necessary to completely seal off the passage between the two worlds. And this, conveniently, can also be achieved through the living organism seal mentioned earlier, killing two birds with one stone.”
“So... Sethlin, what exactly is this living organism seal you’ve been talking about since earlier?”
At the question, the Goddess of Life smiled slightly, showing an eager expression.
“Good question. Do you remember the seed I gave you before?”