Chapter 210

Inside the floating castle at an unknown location, Fornius walked down the corridor with a gloomy face. He had just returned from outside since leaving a week ago. Today he intends to meet Azalia because he wants to ask her for help. While he was deep in thought, a voice from behind brought him back to his senses.

"Fornius? Where have you been? I think Miss Azalia ordered us to stay in the castle for a while." The one who called him was the white-haired man who fought alongside him against Ziel in the Cirlus Kingdom a week ago. He is Aghares. The servant of Azalia and the 'God's Domain' organization leader. Fornius looked back and saw Aghares walking towards him. But he didn't answer Aghares' question.

"What happened to you? Why are you walking in such a hurry?" Aghares added another question to Fornius after seeing his gloomy face.

"I want to meet Miss Azalia. I want to explain why I went out and also want to ask her for help." Then Fornius walked again towards Azalia's room.

"What happened?" Aghares frowned when he heard the severe tone of Fornius' words.

"Oillet disappeared, and I don't know where she is now." Fornius said with a face full of depression.

"Have you tried contacting her? Aren't you supposed to have a communication artifact?" Agares walked faster to catch up with Forneus.

"I've tried to contact her. But strangely, there was no answer from her" Fornius sighed heavily.

"Did you look for her properly? Where did you leave her?" Agares knew how precious Fillet was to Forneus, and it was only natural that she would feel that way. Right now, Fornius must be very worried about Oillet's condition.

"I left her on a small island in the Cirlus Kingdom. I've looked all over the island but can't find her. Besides, I also checked where I left the teleportation circle, and Oillet wasn't there either. After confirming that she was no longer on that island, I decided to look for her at the destination of the teleportation circle. Still, I couldn't find any trace of Oillet's whereabouts." Fornius' face grew darker. He thought of the worst that could happen to Oillet.

"So when you said you wanted to ask Miss Azalia for help, you wanted to borrow her Cardinal Mirror?" Aghares quickly understood the purpose of Fornius to meet Azalia.

Aghares knew that Fornius had always been reluctant and afraid to meet Azalia. That's why he didn't live in the castle with them. He also knew why Fornius felt that way towards Azalia. But this time, Fornius ventured to ask Azalia for help in finding Oillet. This shows how important Oillet is to Fornius.

"Yeah, you're right. I've searched endlessly throughout the human region of the Clorius continent for this week, but I still can't find Oillet. I couldn't possibly search the entire Clorius continent as it would take a lot of time. So my current hope is Miss Azalia's Cardinal Mirror." Fornius confirmed Aghares' question.

Aghares was dumbfounded after hearing Fornius' explanation. He was amazed that Fornius could search for Oillet throughout the human territory of the Clorius continent without rest. Then the two of them quickened their footsteps towards Azalia's room.

Even though the floating castle was huge, it didn't take long for them to reach Azalia's room. The door to Azalia's room is pure white and looks normal. But in reality, the door is made of orichalcum, known as divine metal. The door was also shrouded in a layered barrier, so it had an astonishing level of defense.

Knock! Knock! Knock!

"Miss, it's me, Aghares. I came together with Fornius to discuss something important." Aghares knocked a few times on the door and spoke. He knew that Fornius was afraid to do it, so he took the initiative to do it for him. It didn't take long, they got an answer from inside the room, and the door opened itself.

"Come in." Azalia's sweet voice called out to them from behind the door.

Aghares and Fornius entered the room after being permitted by Azalia. They didn't dare to look around because the room was Azalia's private place, and they were afraid to make her angry. They only saw Azalia sitting on her bed at the moment.

"What do you want to talk about?" Azalia asked when she saw Aghares and Fornius standing in front of her. She was curious as to why they had come to see her. If that person were just Aghares, she wouldn't feel anything like that since she was used to meeting him inside the castle. But this time, Fornius came with him, and something important that Aghares said earlier seemed to be related to Fornius.

"We came to see you to…" Aghares wanted to speak for Fornius, but a voice next to him cut his words.

"I would like to borrow the Cardinal Mirror from you, Miss Azalia." Fornius said with a serious face.

Azalia frowned upon hearing Fornius' request. The Cardinal Mirror was one of her God Rank artifacts. She had it since she was a baby because the artifact was especially gifted by her parents when she was born. Therefore, only Azalia could activate the artifact, and she learned all about it from her older brother, Azael.

The Cardinal Mirror was an artifact that could locate a person wherever she was. But of course, it takes specific requirements to use it, and it's not easy. The further away the target is, the greater the force used to find that person. In addition, activating the Cardinal Mirror requires an essential part of the target's body. An example is a blood.

"Do you know what you mean by that? By borrowing the Cardinal Mirror means, you also borrow my power to activate it." Azalia narrowed her eyes at Fornius. She thought that Fornius would only come to the castle if he was in trouble and needed her help. In other words, he came only because he had something he wanted.

Azalia was annoyed with Fornius' request, especially now that she was in bad condition due to the injuries she received from Ziel's attack when she helped them. Another thing that made Azalia angry was that Fornius disobeyed her order to stay in the castle and left quietly without being noticed.

"I know that I am guilty of disobeying your orders, Miss Azalia. But I have to do it. I also know that I don't deserve your help, but I have no other choice because your Cardinal Mirror is my only hope." Fornius' face was pale as he spoke to Azalia. Then he suddenly knelt before her. Fornius was currently throwing all his arrogance to get help from Azalia.

Fornius was very worried about Oillet's condition, but he couldn't waste time searching for her all over the Clorius continent. That was because Fornius couldn't contact her via the communication artifact and was afraid she was in a dangerous state. Therefore, the quickest way to find her was to use Azalia's Cardinal Mirror.

Aghares and Azalia were taken aback by what Fornius had suddenly done. They did not expect that he would kneel to borrow the Cardinal Mirror. Aghares renewed his opinion on Fornius' concern for Oillet. He sensed that Fornius might be willing to die for that girl.

"Okay. Stand up! I'll lend it to you this time. But you must already know the conditions for activating the Cardinal Mirror. The first is that this artifact can only be activated with my power, and the second is that you must have something related to the person you're looking for. You need blood, nails, or hair if it's a living thing. But if it's an inanimate object, you need a part of it." Azalia sighed heavily and finally gave up after seeing Fornius' earnestness.

"I understand! I've already prepared it." Fornius smiled broadly and quickly stood up after hearing that Azalia was willing to help him. Then he took out a small vial from his space storage. The vial contains Oillet's blood.

"You… how come you have her blood?" Aghares asked Fornius in bewilderment. He didn't think that Fornius had Oillet's blood with him. Azalia also had the same question in her mind.

"I took it by force when Oillet wanted to experiment with her blood. I forbade her to experiment with her own body from then on." Fornius answered honestly.

"That girl..." Aghares massaged his forehead after thinking about Oillet's bold action. What Aghares knew about Oillet was that she was a timid and whiny girl. Many people from the Divine Race were using themself as an experiment, but he didn't expect Oillet to do it.

"Okay. give me the bottle." Azalia urged Fornius. She wanted to solve the problem quickly because the pain in her hands was starting to recur, and she wanted to rest to reduce it.

Although Azalia looks fine on her face, she keeps feel excruciating pain in her hand for the past week, and no one knows about it, including Aghares. Azalia covered the wounds on her hands with bandages and hid them by wearing a long-sleeved shirt so that no one would notice that the wounds had not yet healed.

Fornius quickly handed the small vial containing Oillet's blood to Azalia for fear that she would change her mind. Fornius found it strange that Azalia looked like she was in a hurry, but he didn't think much of it. The most important thing for him right now was to find Oillet's whereabouts.

Azalia took out an object from inside her space storage. It was a hand mirror slightly larger than Azalia's head and had a handle at the bottom. The mirror has classic gold engravings around it. It was the Cardinal Mirror and was a God rank artifact. Then Azalia opened the bottle's cap and dripped the blood in it on the mirror's surface.

Cardinal's mirror absorbed the blood and shone brightly. Aghares and Fornius closed their eyes, but Azalia kept staring at the mirror surface while injecting her power.

Not long after, the dazzling light gradually diminished, and an image appeared on the mirror's surface. Fornius and Aghares approached Azalia to see the image in the mirror more clearly. Unfortunately, the image shown is like being covered by fog. This made Azalia frown.

"What happened, miss? Why can't I see anything in the mirror? is the mirror broken?" Fornius asked Azalia impatiently.

"I don't know why this happened. But I can assure you that this mirror is not damaged and is still functioning properly." Azalia answered without taking her eyes off the image in the mirror. She was curious why the image in her mirror seemed to be covered in the mist because it was the first time she had experienced it while using the Cardinal Mirror.

"Hmm… is it possible that some mighty person is hiding Oillet's whereabouts?" Aghares gave his opinion. He could only think of that possibility if the mirror wasn't broken.

Fornius trembled after hearing Aghares' words. His face suddenly turned pale, and he slightly lost his balance.

"Miss, can you trace her current location?" Fornius looked at Azalia with a hopeful face.

"Okay. I'll try to trace her location." Then Azalia injected her power into the Mirror again, but suddenly she frowned because the power consumption needed to track Oillet's current location was extremely large.

The mirror shone again soon after, but it didn't show any image this time. Aghares and Fornius wonder about the results of Azalia's tracking. They saw it and waited for the answer.

"I… I can't trace her." Azalia answered helplessly. She looked pale from using too much of her power. Not to mention the wound on her hand that she had endured all this time. Azalia tried her best so that Aghares and Fornius wouldn't know about her condition.

Fornius' body suddenly lost its strength, and he fell to his knees. He lost his only hope of finding Oillet's whereabouts.

"Could it be that Oillet was hidden by the person who had fought us in the territory of the Cirlus Kingdom a week ago?" Fornius suddenly thought of the possibility. But just as Aghares was about to answer Fornius's question, the castle shook violently with a loud explosion coming from outside.

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