The villainous young master just wants to live a Buddhist-like life.

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon flapped its wings and slowly flew into the sky. White light gradually gathered in the air, and it opened its mouth to unleash a "destructive jet of white light".

　"Boom!"

　The floor tiles laid flat on the surface were shattered by the white light, revealing the underlying gray material, which was completely different from that of contemporary architecture.

　When the remaining white light struck the layer of gray matter, a nearly transparent rune flickered slightly.

　The same runes were also found on the outer walls of the temple, likely indicating some kind of reinforcement mechanism. "Roar—"

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon glanced at it once, then suddenly looked up. Intense white light rapidly gathered and compressed, transforming into a giant sphere of light.

　Then it suddenly lowered its head and sprayed "Destruction Burst Gale Bullet" at the gray matter.

　"Boom!"

　As the surrounding floor tiles crumbled layer by layer, the transparent runes reappeared. But when the dust settled, the surface remained intact. "Dragon's Reverse Scale!"

　Dark frowned slightly and issued an instruction through their mental connection. The "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" immediately began to take shape.

　The "Blue-Eyed Girl" was also ready to unleash her [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!] power upon it.

　That layer of defensive runes must have a critical point.

　He didn't believe that a temple that had existed for so long could retain much divine power.

　Unless, the god to whom this temple belongs has shown signs of awakening.

　But as soon as he gave the order, the "Cosmic Brain Beast" sent a message through its mind: "Wait a moment."

　Dark then signaled the Blue-Eyes White Dragon to stop.

　The Blue-Eyes White Dragon, unable to catch its breath, turned red in the face and glared fiercely at the Cosmic Brain Beast.

　But the "Cosmic Brain Beast" instructed him to walk to the open space where gray matter was exposed and to reach out and touch it carefully.

　After a moment, it raised its head and said to Onix, "Use Stealth Rock on this area."

　This Onix's "Stealth Rock" is a terrain move with the "Greed" attribute, which creates an invisible rock that floats above the ground.

　Within a designated area, it deprives opponents entering that area of ​​some of their life force.

　The duration is five rounds, or 150 seconds.

　"The maximum time is 150 seconds. Time is tight. Everyone, focus! Begin!"

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" was deployed rapidly.

　Onix swims to the edge and releases Stealth Rock.

　As the transparent rocks emerged, a circular area was marked out on the gray surface.

　Another mindless "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" charged up and unleashed "Destruction Burst Gale Bullet".

　The intelligent "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" unleashed "Dragon's Reverse Scale." The "Blue-Eyes Girl" snapped her fingers, and after the dragon entered its rage state, she unleashed [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!] upon it.

　That moment.

　The "Destruction Burst Gale Bomb" blasted into the area marked by the "Invisible Rock".

　With the enhancements of [Strong! Invincible! Strongest!], the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" slammed into that area.

　"Boom!"

　The entire temple trembled at that moment, shaking as if an earthquake had struck.

　Dak was moved.

　Hannah, Maxine, Felimon, and the others couldn't help but show expressions of shock. Meanwhile, on the second level of the temple...

　The gray matter within the "Invisible Rock" area suddenly cracked open, and the transparent runes disappeared under the powerful attack of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

　The edges of the "Invisible Rock" area showed obvious transparent ripples.

　"Roar!"

　In its rage, the Blue-Eyes White Dragon launched a frenzied clawing attack on the layer of gray matter, managing to dig a hole right through it.

　"Boom!"

　The moment the two floors were connected, the surrounding floor tiles suddenly rose up amidst a roar.

　Countless runes squeezed out from the cracks in the floor tiles, accompanied by white light that rolled the tiles together. A terrifying pressure suddenly appeared at that moment and exploded at a rapid pace.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" remained expressionless and immediately raised its "Cosmic Ray Gun" to fire rapidly at the convergence point of the rune storm.

　But several beams of light pierced through, yet nothing happened. Without hesitation, it shouted, "Go!"

　All the magical spirits except for it and the Blue-Eyes White Dragon immediately climbed onto the back of the Onix.

　Onix charged into the area of ​​Invisible Rock like a train, crashing into the large hole that had just been pierced in the ground.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" retreated while keeping a close eye on the rune storm, excitement gleaming in its eyes.

　In just a few seconds, the floor tiles in the runic storm had been piled up to form a huge monster that looked like a fortress.

　It stood tall amidst the white light, with countless transparent runes forming ribbons that rotated around its body.

　The tower-shaped head has two dark, empty eyes that seem to want to devour everything.

　The mindless Blue-Eyes White Dragon roared at the monster, instantly attracting its attention.

　Then, in the next second, the body of the "Blue-Eyes White Dragon" exploded in mid-air.

　Magic power reduced to zero.

　With a flash of its eyes, the "Cosmic Brain Beast" jumped into the cave and landed on the back of another "Blue-Eyes White Dragon".

　Then, without hesitation, he commanded the magical spirit to rush towards the temple entrance. "BOOM!"

　An explosion was heard overhead.

　Onix immediately sensed the destruction of the Invisible Rock's terrain. The magical spirits turned their heads and saw a large number of runes emerging from the giant hole in the ceiling, then shrinking to a single point in an instant before disappearing from the hole.

　The "Cosmic Brain Beast" closed its eyes and sensed that the commotion on the second level quickly disappeared; the terrifying monster had not pursued them.

　"In the name of Darkdemon, a magical summoning—'MoeMoemon'!" Darkdemon recalled "MoeMoemon" and then evolved it into (Fairymon).

　"Go and bring them back."

　Soon after.

　The "Fairy Barrier" reappeared inside the temple entrance. The "Fairy Beast" brought back all the magical spirits, but did not teleport them directly outside the temple.

　They displayed all of their harvest for the day at the entrance.

　Dark had already ordered Hannah to prepare a "shelf" and place it inside the temple.

　The magical spirits then placed the divine items one by one on the shelves. After a night of exploration,

　The number of "Oracle Orbs" increased from six to ten. The number of small bottles increased from one to three. The number of books increased from four to nine. A cursed scarecrow was also acquired.

　A dozen investigators were already waiting there and immediately began to manipulate the magical spirits to make copies of the nine books through the temple gates.

　After the copies are made, they will select two books and take them out of the temple to conduct experiments.

　The rest of the divine objects were temporarily stored at the entrance, except for one "Oracle Orb".

　Considering that books do not possess divinity and cannot be considered "divine objects," Dark chose the one with the weakest divinity from the ten "oracle orbs" as the subject of his classification experiment.

　He will only remove the other divine objects one by one if the "Oracle Orb" does not collapse after being taken out of the temple.

　Based on the investigation team's experience, it will take a considerable amount of time to confirm the results.

　During this period, the main focus was on studying this "Oracle Orb". If we were to designate the two runes found in "Magic Beast: Goddess of the Mind's Eye" as "Rune Set One" and "Rune Set Two" respectively...

　The rune set corresponding to this "Oracle Orb" is number one. By studying this "Oracle Orb," one can also analyze the runes. Other "Oracle Orbs" can only be studied through a door.

　……

　A quarter of an hour later.

　Apart from the "Cosmic Brain Monster", all the magical spirits went to the restaurant to rest under the guidance of the maids.

　Meanwhile, Dark and the others remained outside the temple gates.

　"It's been a while now, so it seems the spawning of that 'rune monster' is just a defensive mechanism of the temple."

　"Only by destroying the main structure of the temple will the 'Runic Monsters' be activated to repair the damage."

　“It seems so,” Dark said.

　"The main body of the temple is protected by runes, so attacking any area is equivalent to attacking the entire temple at the same time. Without the power to destroy the entire temple in one go, it is impossible to penetrate it."

　"But special methods can be used to separate one area and then destroy it."

　"Although destroying the main body will summon 'rune monsters,' as long as you're fast enough, you can cross to the lower level."

　"The 'Rune Monsters' on the second level will not follow you to the first level."

　"This means that the first layer can most likely also spawn 'rune monsters,' and they won't be of the same type."

　"So, if we simultaneously launch attacks on several areas, will it attract even more 'rune monsters'?"

　Dak raised his pen and looked at Professor Cazell.

　Professor Kazel frowned slightly, and after a moment said, "Do you intend to weaken the temple's defenses using this method?"

　Dark nodded and said, "Although it was an unexpected gain, I think using this method has the potential to disrupt the balance between the 'virus' and the 'immune' systems. However, this would mean defeating the temple's immune system, which doesn't align with our needs."

　Professor Cazell said, "A reverse experiment is still an experiment, so there is no better way to do it."

　Dark said, "Then let's keep it as a backup plan." So the two continued their research.

　It was past midnight, but the temple entrance was still bustling. Dark was studying the "Oracle Orb" he had retrieved from the temple. The "Cosmic Brain Beast," meanwhile, was inside the temple, studying another "Oracle Orb" that corresponded to Rune Set Two.

　Professor Kazel is manipulating the "Alchemy Beast" to study the other "Oracle Orbs".

　Professor Lily, feeling rather bored, also summoned a little fairy to examine one of the small bottles.

　Ms. Fremont was looking through some of the books that had already been photocopied.

　They clearly had no intention of leaving to go to sleep.

　Dark left briefly at one point, then returned to continue his research. At 2:30 a.m., in just two hours, he had figured out the divine effect of the "Oracle Orb".

　At the same time, it was also confirmed that Rune Set No. 1 is compatible with "Gluttony"!

　...

Chapter 1441 God War (4k)

　After two hours of study, Dark was basically certain that the set of runes in his hand could be transformed into the "Gluttony" rune.

　In his previous deductions, "gluttony" corresponds to Venus and should be mainly associated with the steel element.

　Finding the rune set that could be used to create the "Gluttony" rune in the temple of the "Goddess of Life" was somewhat unexpected.

　However, the "major sins" system and the attribute system do not have a clear correspondence.

　The divine message of this "Oracle Orb" also belongs to the genealogy of life, but has no clear attribute.

　Its divine word is "to feast".

　The effect is to grant the people of the gods the ability of "divine offerings".

　The people of the gods gather in the "Hall of Divine Feasts," each preparing food and praying to the gods during the ceremony. The divine messenger who controls the "Oracle Orb" will then activate the "Oracle Orb" and begin the "Ceremony of Divine Feasts."

　Eating during the "Divine Feast Ritual" allows you to absorb the life force contained within the food, enabling you to grow and potentially gain special abilities from the food itself.

　This is clearly a "gluttonous" style ability, perfect for a feast after hunting large edible monsters.

　"The room where this 'Oracle Orb' is kept must be the dining hall of this temple..."

　After observing the "Oracle Orb" in his hand for a while, Dak turned to look at Professor Kazel.

　The professor has begun studying the second "Oracle Orb".

　Seeing him turn to look, Professor Cazell paused for a moment, smiled, and said, "I've figured it out."

　Dark nodded slightly and then explained his research findings. Professor Kazel, using his "magical hand," raised the "Oracle Orb" he had just finished studying again, saying, "The divine inscription within my Oracle Orb should have something to do with 'healing,' possessing a 'life transfer' effect. It can transfer the life of other beings into the believer's body, thereby healing the believer's injuries."

　Then he pointed to the "Oracle Orb" held in the "Alchemy Beast's" hand and said, "As for this one, I haven't fully studied it yet, but it likely has the effect of 'Harvest Sacrifice,' able to extract the life force of one type of plant and feed it back to another, causing it to grow and harvest quickly. It should be related to the authority of 'Harvest.'"

　Dark said, "These three 'Oracle Orbs' all seem to be divine pronouncements geared towards everyday use."

　Professor Kazel said, "The rooms they are in should be the cafeteria, clinic and agricultural department, respectively, which are indeed more focused on people's livelihood."