The Queen's Palace, the main hall.
This was the royal hall that the Elf Queen usually used to receive guests.
It was not as magnificent as the reception halls of ordinary human countries, and there were not too many decorations either. It was just a very vast and open hall that allowed people to get a glimpse of the simplicity and natural flavor of the elves.
In the hall, the Queen's throne sat high in the deepest part, which was similar to the royal halls of any country.
However, after entering here, Sophie did not walk to her throne. Instead, she knocked the ground with the scepter in her hand in the center of the hall.
"Dong dong —"
In the clear and audible sound of knocking, vines suddenly grew out of the ground.
The vines entangled and intertwined with each other, and finally turned into a wooden round table.
Sophie solemnly put the package in her hand on the round table.
Shien and the others immediately gathered around.
It was worth mentioning that Artemis, who had left for a while, was indeed invited back, just as Naduna had said.
She stood silently on the side, side with Naduna. She did not look at Shien and Lilith again, but only glanced at La Xia, and then looked at the package on the round table with a serious gaze.
Everyone lined up around the round table, forming a circle.
"How is it?" You Lin said impatiently, "Aren't you going to open it?"
Hearing this, Sophie looked at Naduna, as if waiting for her to make a decision.
Naduna nodded at Sophie.
"Open it."
The reason why she did not go forward herself was not because Naduna did not want to do such a small thing, but because she was not sure if touching the slate would cause any problems.
After all, back in the ruins, Naduna had not been able to successfully enter it.
The Demon King was the natural enemy of the Supreme God, and also the natural enemy of the Protoss. His power had restrained the Protoss countless times.
Whether it was at the Glorious Palace of the King's Capital or the time inside the world gap, the power left by the Demon King in this world had seriously affected the performance of the Protoss, suppressing the power of the Protoss, making the Protoss completely useless.
Therefore, for the sake of caution, Naduna hesitated again and again, but still decided not to touch the slate at close range.
Of course, if Nadia couldn't touch it, then Artemis and Lilith couldn't touch it either.
Among the remaining people, La Xia was definitely not to be touched. Everyone was worried about letting this existence who had a deep relationship with the Demon King touch such a dangerous thing.
Then, only Shien, Sophie, and You Lin could touch the slate and the package.
"Then let me do it."
So, before Sophie could speak, Shien stood up.
"Since the God Race is restrained by the Demon King and can't touch the slate, then it should be the safest for me, the hero who restrains the Demon King and the Demon Race, to touch it personally, right?
Sean's proposition made everyone present unable to find any words to refute.
Indeed, Shien was the most suitable candidate. Not only was he the Hero, but he was also the strongest person apart from the goddesses present. There was no doubt that he was the most suitable person to touch the slate and open the package.
At that moment, everyone focused their attention on Shien and let Shien come to the round table.
"— —"
A somewhat tense atmosphere spread in the air.
The goddesses, elves, and dragon girls all focused their attention and subconsciously tensed up their bodies.
La Xia's eyes flickered slightly.
As for Sean, he fully demonstrated what it meant to not dawdle at all. He immediately used his skills and directly opened the parcel.
In the next second, the package was opened on the spot.
Inside, pieces of worn-out stone slabs lay quietly on the ground.
They looked no different from ordinary slate, except that they emitted some mysterious fluctuations that were difficult for others to detect.
However, when the mysterious fluctuations spread, not only Naduna and Artemis, but even Lilith showed a solemn expression.
Clearly, these three powerful goddesses had sensed something dangerous from this wave of energy.
After entering the Tagore Forest, Lilith was able to sense something even though they were so far away. Now that they were so close to each other, it was easy to imagine how much the goddesses of the same level would feel.
On the contrary, Sophie and Ulean did not seem to notice anything at the first moment. Their gazes involuntarily shifted to the slate.
"Are these the slate?"
Sophie murmured.
"It looks … like … there's nothing strange about it?"
Ulean also said in confusion.
The two of them stared at the slate, and their gazes fell on it as if they wanted to see the situation on it clearly.
However, as they stared, for some reason, not only did Sophie and Ulean's eyes not focus, but their pupils gradually became dilated, and their expressions became a little dull.
Sean was keenly aware of the abnormality between the two of them at the first moment.
"Wake up!"
Shien immediately turned to the side, blocking Sophie and Ulean's view and blocking the slate behind him.
"Ah!"
"…!?"
You Lin and Sophie seemed to wake up abruptly. They shuddered, and cold sweat began to appear on their foreheads.
"Are you all right?"
Naduna retracted her gaze from the slate and noticed the abnormality of the two of them. She quickly asked in surprise.
Artemis noticed this as well and furrowed her brows.
"I … I just …?"
Ulean and Sophie showed a look of lingering fear in hindsight.
Shien looked over.
"What happened to you just now?" Shien asked. "What did you see?"
This question, Ulean and Sophie could not answer at all.
There was no other way.
"I … I didn't see anything. I only felt that the moment I saw the slate, my vision suddenly spun, and my mind went blank."
Ulean patted her trembling chest.
"My mind went blank, and when I woke up, I only felt a little burning pain in my eyes."
Sophie said and rubbed her eyes, pretending to be in pain.
Seeing the two of them like this, everyone had a general understanding of the situation.
"Even Miss Ulean, who is at the limit level, and Sophie, who is only one step away from the limit level, can't see the slate?"
Naduna frowned deeply.
"It seems that this really is related to the Demon King. Just a few slates left behind can cause such a deterrent. It's as scary as ever."
Artemis said in a low voice that was difficult to understand.
"What about you?" Shien suddenly asked Naduna and Artemis. "What did you see?"
As he said this, Shien moved aside, letting the slate reappear in everyone's sight.
Seeing this, Sophie and Ulean quickly looked away, not daring to look at the slate anymore.
Nadia and the other goddesses stared at the slate, but they didn't seem to notice anything unusual.
It was obvious that once one reached the Transcendent Realm, it wouldn't be affected by just a few stone slabs that were used to record something.
But Naduna and Artemis's frown deepened.
"Although we didn't feel anything unusual …"
Naduna muttered.
"… But we didn't see anything either."
Artemis also sighed.
"Are you sure?" Shien narrowed his eyes and said: "You really didn't see anything?"
"Yes." Naduna nodded.
"There's nothing on it, it's just a smooth slate," Artemis echoed.
Shien went silent.
He turned his head and looked at the slate on the round platform.
This time, Shien saw it very clearly.
Then, he saw lines of words on the stone slab that looked like water ripples appearing on it.
Yes.
Shien saw it.
There were words on the slate.
And they were words that he was very familiar with, but hadn't seen for a long time.
They weren't words from the Omnippertansen.
"… This is clearly the language of my world, right?"
That's right.
The words that appeared on the slate were actually the language of the world that Shien's previous life was in, which was the language of another world.
However, the words were crooked, like the handwriting of a child who had just learned to write, it looked a bit funny and funny.
But the more he read, the neater the words became, the stronger and more powerful.
What did this mean?
It meant that the person who wrote these words was not very good at writing at the beginning, and only became more and more proficient in writing later on, which was why the writing became more and more neat and beautiful.
Shien could see that the author worked hard to learn to write these words, which made him feel a bit complicated.
(Is this really a record left by the Demon King?)
(If it is, then what kind of state of mind did she have to use the language of my world to make a record?)
(Also, who taught her to write these words?)
Shien had already guessed the answer to these questions.
But because he guessed it, he felt a bit complicated.
Like this, Shien did not notice that La Xia had been looking at the slate.
She was neither in an abnormal state like Sophie and You Lin, nor was she confused like Nadur and Artemis. Instead, like Shien, her expression was full of complicated feelings.
La Xia stretched out her hand and gently pressed it on her chest.
There, for some reason, her heart was beating violently.
At the same time, a wave of inexplicable emotions also burst forth in La Xia's heart.
There was happiness.
There was joy.
There was happiness.
There was loneliness.
There was loss.
And … … there was endless … … sadness left at the end.
"Is this the remnant longing of this body?"
La Xia said to herself.
"If this is the case, what kind of experience did it have to leave such strong feelings?"
La Xia felt these feelings alone, and she was silent.
Nadur and the others were not aware of this. They just looked at Shien, who was also silent, and looked at each other.
"Can you see anything?"
Nadur asked Shien.
Shien raised his head and looked at the people who were looking forward to it. He thought for a moment, and finally nodded without hiding it.
"I can see the words."
Shien said so in front of everyone.
"Although the first few slates are irregular and messy handwriting, not like records, but more like practice writing, the words on the last few slates can already form content, and can be understood and read."
Shien swept away the first few slates used for practice writing, leaving only the remaining slates, and arranged them one by one.
"Do you want me to read it to you?"
Shien picked up one of the slates and asked for the time being.
Everyone naturally thought so.
"Please."
Sophie bowed her head to Shien.
"Maybe we can learn something from it."
Nadur was also looking forward to it.
"I'm also curious about what the Demon King will leave on the slates."
You Lin raised her hand.
"…"
Artemis did not speak, but her eyes were fixed on them.
“？”
Lilith had not figured out the situation and wanted to walk to Shien's side, but she was stopped by La Xia.
La Xia shook her head at Lilith, and then looked at Shien.
She and Shien could see the words on the slates.
But she did not understand what the mysterious words written on the slates meant.
Under such circumstances, Shien lowered his eyes.
Then, Shien read the contents of the slates one by one.
