Leyton slowly shook his head, denying, "No, I just want to retain the humanity that belongs solely to me."
"Heh, a foolish idea." The Genie chuckled, then directly ended the topic, "When do we start?"
"Wait a bit longer, some helpers haven't arrived yet."
Leyton shook his head, and as his words fell, Leonard, dressed in a white shirt, black vest, and black trousers, appeared out of thin air in the square.
Leyton casually tossed out a ring inlaid with intricate gems. This was a Mystical Item from the demigod of the Loen Military, a ring that could perform short-distance flashes and teleports.
Leonard instinctively reached out to catch the ring falling towards him. He held it in his hand and examined it carefully. Just as he was about to ask about its effect, green pea vines suddenly dropped down around him.
The green vines quickly submerged the surroundings, intertwining and rapidly forming a forest, layer upon layer, reaching so high that its peak was nowhere in sight.
Bernadette's figure emerged from the depths of the forest woven from green vines. Her gaze lingered on Leonard for a moment, her eyes shimmering with a faint purple glow, appearing exceptionally profound and sacred.
After a moment, she retracted her gaze and spoke in a calm voice, "Parasite?"
Without waiting for Pallez's reply, Bernadette turned her gaze to Leyton and calmly asked,
"What do you plan to do?"
Leyton tapped the lamp wall with the index finger of his right hand, which was holding the wishing lamp, and a golden figure filled with chaos and distortion appeared in Leonard and Bernadette's eyes.
The Genie raised his figure slightly, looking down at the group, looking down at the Machinery Hivemind square beyond the vines, and spoke in a majestic, deep voice,
"This is the last wish, don't forget your promise."
Leyton nodded, calmly responding,
"Of course, George III's ascension ritual in Loen is about to begin, which is also helping yourself."
The Genie's golden figure floated in mid-air, no longer speaking.
Leyton took out a grayish-white charm from Zaratul from his Pregnant, poured spiritual power into it, and at the same time whispered in Dragonese:
"I wish: Let the Fourth Epoch's Trier descend into reality!"
The grayish-white charm cracked inch by inch in his hand, and an invisible torrent burst forth from it, quickly sweeping the surroundings, passing over the forest woven from green vines, descending upon the Machinery Hivemind square in reality, and rapidly spreading outward.
The Genie's light golden figure floating in mid-air simultaneously extended both hands forward, grasping and pulling forcefully.
The invisible torrent suddenly surged, instantly covering the entire Cathedral District and parts of the adjacent Quartier Éraste, Hill District, and Cemetery District, encompassing the Eternal Blazing Sun Church's largest Sacred Heart Cloister in Trier and the God of Church of the God of Steam and Machinery's main cathedral, the Patriarchal Cathedral.
The invisible torrent pierced through reality, twisting the surrounding space-time in an instant, pulling the ruins of the Fourth Epoch's Trier beneath Trier into reality, superimposing the ruins with the Trier of reality.
The originally clear sky immediately became dim, the Sun suddenly disappeared, replaced by gray clouds with surging mist.
Beneath the dim sky, two mountain-sized flame giants wielded weapons such as longswords, chains, and spears, battling each other.
Their combat caused continuous scattering of crimson, fiery white, and purplish-red flames, raining down a firestorm filled with high temperatures and destruction.
These were Medici and the Sauron Family leader who had lost control and entered the Fourth Epoch's Trier ruins underground. They did not directly descend to the surface of Trier due to the "wish" just now, but the Angels' power unleashed still affected the city above ground.
In the Quartier Éraste, within the Sacred Heart Cloister, where the patron Angel Saint Viève was stationed, intense sunlight suddenly erupted. Clear, pure, and blazing sunlight intertwined in mid-air to form an "ocean," intercepting the fire rain that poured down from the sky due to the battle of the two flame giants.
In the vast expanse of the ocean of light, space also became chaotic. The falling fire rain continued to descend but never touched the ground, only gradually being assimilated by the light and vanishing into nothingness.
At the same time, in the Patriarchal Cathedral, a faint glimmer emerged, not brilliant, not pure, devoid of any color, as if composed of a massive amount of illusory things.
This light rapidly floated around the square, continuously spreading outward, forming fragments of light like shattered glass, resembling shimmering light spots.
On the light spots floated scenes of humans discovering fire, emerging from caves, building houses, smelting Steel, making tools, and crafting machinery. They carried the weight of years and history, the civilization of human society, and were fragments of civilization.
These fragments of civilization continuously floated and spread in all directions, like a thin, invisible scroll, intending to re-glass the overlapping space around them.
Bernadette calmly watched the continuously floating and spreading historical scroll, her voice calm:
"I will stop him. Before the True God of the Astral World intervenes, he will not leave my sight."
As her words fell, the surrounding interwoven green vines rapidly swayed, and Bernadette's figure instantly blurred, disintegrating into streams of complex knowledge, becoming a pure information flow creature, surging like a torrent towards the continuously floating and spreading scroll, destroying it from within.
Watching Bernadette leave, Leyton raised his right hand, which was wearing a mechanical glove. Faint blue light of time continuously overflowed from between his fingers. He drew a symbol of layered, illusory doors in mid-air.
Instantly, the surrounding starlight became dazzling. Shimmering starlight flew out from the void, intertwining and reorganizing around him to form a deep blue Door covered in mysterious patterns.
Faint blue starlight brushed past, and Leyton and Leonard's figures instantly vanished, then reappeared inside the Patriarchal Cathedral.
Ignoring the wary gazes of the clergy inside the surrounding church, and the Beyonder abilities that had condensed into form, aimed at the various firearms and cannon muzzles, Leyton raised his hand and snapped his fingers.
Snap!
Dots of deep blue starlight appeared and rapidly moved around, twisting the surrounding space-time and completely isolating it from the outside world; even information could not be exchanged.
This was the "Realm of Mysteries" belonging to the "Attendant of Mysteries," derived from the mystical knowledge previously analyzed from Antigonus. Leyton used his mastered information and abilities to partially complete the incomplete "Realm of Mysteries."
This new "Realm of Mysteries" possesses a certain Concealment effect. Although it cannot directly sever reality like the "Concealed World" created by the "Servant of Concealment," as long as one cannot leave this area, all interactions with reality will be blocked, which can buy them some time for their act of stealing Sealed Artifacts.
As the "Realm of Mysteries" took shape, the Patriarchal Cathedral instantly became eerie and dim, as if isolated onto a pitch-black wilderness.
Leonard and Leyton's figures blurred for a moment, then disappeared from the sight of the clergy and the still-recovering believers inside the church. A middle-aged man in a white shirt, black vest, and bow tie appeared in their previous position, looking bewildered at the gun barrels pointing at him and the already formed Beyonder abilities.
Pallez, who was Parasite in Leonard's body, made his move. He directly stole their positions and swapped them with a Machinery Hivemind team member who was still in the basement.
In the underground area of the Patriarchal Cathedral, Pallez continuously brought Leyton and Leonard to the church's Sealed Artifact storage area by stealing positions.
The Machinery Hivemind members who were alarmed along the way didn't even have time to react before Pallez stole their corresponding thoughts. Their infiltration process was exceptionally smooth.
Outside the Patriarchal Cathedral, light composed of countless complex and pure knowledge rapidly floated in mid-air, intertwining with the fragments of civilization that had no tangible form, like light spots, using a large amount of complex and useless information to burst these nameless fragments.
Between the floating light spots, Bornova, with chestnut long hair, blue eyes, a tall physique, and handsome features, emerged.
He calmly looked at Bernadette, who maintained her information creature form. His blue eyes turned brassy, with an indistinct metallic sheen. In his sight, everything around him was returning to its essence, including Bernadette, who had transformed into an information creature.
After a brief silence, centered around Bornova, the surrounding physical rules subtly began to change. The transmission of information was disturbed, no longer flowing smoothly or being formless.
In mid-air, Mystical Items flew out of the void one by one. Some were dark gray metal hammers, some were silver-white spears wrapped in lightning, some were dull mirrors that reflected nothing.