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

　June 11th, morning.

　As planned, the survey team first arrived at the "Snow Mountain Goddess Palace" and spent a morning setting up the barrier.

　While this barrier does provide physical obstruction, its primary function is to block auras and serve as an alarm.

　The purpose of blocking out the airflow was to prevent the commotion created by the investigation team from further affecting the palace.

　The birth of the "Moon Goddess" has certainly already affected the palace. However, since the situation has not yet escalated, let's assume it has had no impact for now.

　Dark and the others believed that the missing fragments of temple consciousness should be in the palace at this moment.

　Therefore, in their eyes, that palace was a bomb that could explode at any moment.

　Therefore, subsequent exploration and loot transportation must be accelerated.

　In the latter half of the day, the investigation team began a thorough cleaning of the entire temple.

　The cleaning continued the following day.

　However, more maids were sent to excavate the ice coffin and excavate the "divine body." On the third day, a team of strategists led by Ergani began to solve the unsolved mystery.

　However, the scope of the cracking still prioritizes the interior of the "Divine Kingdom".

　The fourth day, the fifth day...

　The danger to the temple has been completely identified and eliminated.

　More and more maids were sent to excavate the ice coffins and dig out the "divine bodies".

　Even though most of the maids aren't good at this.

　But you can learn if you don't know how.

　Everyone has a basic understanding of armed cards. Their learning speed in this area may not be as fast as Dark's, but it won't be slower either.

　Moreover, even if one cannot learn it for the time being, one can assist those who have learned it to improve efficiency.

　Under these circumstances, the entire temple was like a huge mining area, with clanging sounds everywhere.

　Later on...

　Even Alvitt, Claire, and others personally took to the field, rolling up their sleeves to mine... no, to unleash their "divine bodies"!

　With Arvit's addition, the speed of excavating the ice coffin increased even further.

　Finally, on the night of June 22, the team unearthed the last "divine body".

　The investigation team, carrying the "Orb of Truth" containing the "divine body," began a full evacuation from the divine kingdom of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple"!

　All of this was observed by the fragments of the temple's consciousness within the palace.

　With the departure of the investigation team, the "Divine Kingdom" was instantly emptied. The "ice statues" that were once everywhere, the numerous "divine bodies" that existed, and the strange creatures hidden in various places were all gone.

　The "divine kingdom" of this "Snow Goddess Temple" looks like it has been thoroughly plowed from head to toe, leaving a desolate landscape reminiscent of locusts infesting the land.

　Only the giant beast remained asleep.

　The palace of the "Snow Goddess" still stands, luxurious, magnificent, and sacred.

　In the giant painting of the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" hanging on the main wall of the palace, the fragments of the temple's consciousness were still making a ruckus.

　After being awakened by the birth of the "Moon Goddess," they have been waiting for the invasion of outsiders.

　But the invasion of outsiders was long overdue.

　Finally, after the last outsider packed up and left, the fragments of the temple's consciousness also disappeared back into the puzzle.

　At this moment, all was quiet.

　The investigation team spent an hour leaving the temple and returning to their camp outside. After examining, classifying, counting, and recording the last batch of "divine bodies," Dark also placed them into the "Magic God Kingdom."

　This concludes our exploration for the day.

Chapter 1703 Darkdemon and the Disappearance of the Valkyrie (4k)

　Among these many "divine bodies", Dark confirmed the existence of three "divine bodies" that possessed the divinity of the "God of Life".

　However, he did not find a third "divine body" possessing the divinity of the "Moon Goddess". This means that if Serena had not completed her breakthrough that night, she would probably have to wait until the exploration was over to find another "root divinity".

　There are four "divine bodies" that are compatible with the "Golden Armor": Capricorn, Taurus, Pisces, and Aries.

　The "divine body" that corresponds to the "Aries Palace" was found on Dak's birthday.

　However, since the "Aries Palace" armor was not in Alvita's possession, it was not "deified".

　Therefore, Alvit only possesses three pieces of "Golden Divine Armor" for the time being. However, if Dark wants to emulate the "Golden Holy Armor" and forge a "Golden Cloth," he has four options.

　However, he currently has no corresponding plans.

　Once the exploration is over and he returns to the academy, mastering "Pride V" will undoubtedly be his top priority.

　However, the exploration is not over.

　Within this "temple" located in the present world, there are still some areas that have not been fully deciphered.

　The investigation team also decided to stay for two days to observe whether any unusual events would occur in the "God Kingdom" after the team withdrew.

　2 PM on June 23rd.

　Dark and Ergane discovered a secret room mechanism behind a bookshelf in a room.

　After activating the mechanism, the two led the team into an underground chamber. On the wall at the far end of the chamber, they discovered a line of glowing inscriptions. This was a common type of text deciphering found in the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple." The difficulty of this type of text deciphering primarily lay in "translation." However, the current investigation team was already able to correctly translate most of the text. After reading their translations, Ergani also acquired some translation skills.

　After translating the text, she provided the correct answer based on its content. Then the inscription would refresh, and the next question would appear.

　Generally speaking, as the number of questions increases, the difficulty of the questions will also increase.

　The more questions there are, the more difficult they become.

　Before this, Claire had solved a maximum of thirteen consecutive problems, and the problems at that time were so difficult that it took her a whole day and night to figure them out.

　That was certainly related to the fact that translation skills were not yet fully developed at the time. But it also gives us a glimpse into the difficulty level of those questions.

　This time, Ergani started answering the first question and quickly progressed to the thirteenth.

　Then she spent about half an hour solving the thirteenth question, and the fourteenth question was then posted on the wall.

　Ergani immediately became interested and stood there, refusing to move. Seeing this, Dark wisely left the secret chamber to join Claire in tackling the final, unsolved section.

　7 p.m.

　Dark and Claire went to the secret room to check on Ergani's condition before returning to their camp with her.

　But they had only gone halfway when they suddenly had a strange feeling, as if the weighted sandbags tied to their ankles had been suddenly taken off, and they felt so light that they could fly.

　Suddenly, Dak realized that the rule of "walking" in this temple had been lifted!

　He quickly turned and exchanged a glance with Claire, and the two of them suddenly sped up and ran towards the secret chamber. Sure enough, they encountered Ergane walking out of the chamber's doorway.

　Claire couldn't help but ask, "How many?" Ergane replied calmly, "Seventeen." Only four more.

　But heaven knows how difficult these four questions will be.

　Claire slapped her forehead and said, "I'll share the questions when we get back."

　Ergani nodded and said, "Okay."

　The two then walked together, chatting all the way, and quickly returned to their base.

　……

　"I didn't expect the 'walking' restriction to be lifted just as the exploration was about to end."

　Upon hearing the news, Arvit shook her head and sighed slightly. It was unclear whether she was happy or disappointed.

　But it's certainly good that the "walking" restriction can be lifted. It's not like they're never coming back after leaving the temple. The distance from the temple entrance to the "divine kingdom" entrance is so short, but it takes an hour to walk there each time, and two hours round trip, which is really unbearable.

　Now things are better; at least we can move freely tomorrow to "finish things off."

　June 24th.

　The final "closing" operation. After completing the cleanup on this day, the survey team completely concluded its exploration of the [Snow Mountain Goddess Temple].

　After a victory banquet was held at the palace outpost that evening, Arvit set off overnight to return to the capital.

　She couldn't wait a moment longer.

　Thirty-eight days have passed since the tea party ended on May 17th.

　Vigo, the former head maid of Virgo, left the Duke's mansion more than twenty days ago for the celestial realm. She is now likely serving as the steward of Aphrodite, the goddess of love and beauty, managing her divine affairs. Meanwhile, Capel, chosen as the "Chosen One" by Hestia, the goddess of the hearth, left the Duke's mansion thirty-five days ago to search for a "miracle" at the location designated by Hestia.

　Of these, Capel was one thing, but Vigo's departure had a significant impact on the operation of the palace.

　At this critical juncture in the kingdom's turbulent situation, it was quite deadly. From the latest intelligence she received today, Alvite had learned the general situation in the capital, and she knew she had to return as soon as possible.

　Now that Aylvit and Claire have left the camp, Dark naturally has no need to stay any longer.

　He had the Moon Goddess Serena summon the Moon God's Chariot, and then, carrying some of the necessary materials obtained from the Snow Mountain Goddess Temple, he traveled through the night back to the academy.

　The spoils the expedition team obtained from the "Snow Mountain Goddess Temple" could not possibly be limited to just the "ice statue" and the "divine body".

　Even without considering the "ice statue" and the "divine body," the spoils they obtained were still a huge harvest.

　Of these, Dak only took a small portion, while the rest were taken back to the manor by Alvette.

　In addition, Alvette and the others also selected several "divine bodies" from the "Magic God Kingdom" and sealed them in the "Orb of Truth" to take away.

　Unless a large number of "divine bodies" appear at the same time, the hidden barrier inside the Duke's mansion can still conceal them to some extent.

　As for all the other "divine bodies", they are temporarily stored in the "Magic God Kingdom".

　As for how to deal with those "divine bodies," that will have to wait until the situation becomes clearer before we can consider it.

　In short, with Aisha and Ellie around, Dark could keep in touch with Alvite anytime, even while he was at the academy, after they arrived in the capital.

　In addition, Dark also had Serena leave her mark on another "Moonstone" that Claire possessed.

　With that mark, Serena could pinpoint the coordinates of the "Moon God Stone" and, through the "Moon Concealment" authority, instantly travel between the academy and the Duke's mansion on nights with strong moonlight.

　in this way.

　Both teams then left their posts and embarked on their return journey overnight.

　……

　Noon on June 25th.

　After nearly forty hours of high-speed flight, the "Lunar Chariot" finally arrived at St. Marian's College.

　Professor Sylph, sensing Dark's arrival, snapped her fingers to open the barrier and let the "Lunar Chariot" in.

　Dark, Serena, and Ergane emerged one after another from the carriage of the "Lunar Chariot," stood on the dragon-training platform, and looked around, experiencing for the first time the desolate atmosphere of the holiday academy.

　There were no organized "summer camp" activities during this year's long holiday. At the end of the semester, the college professors unanimously recommended that students take advantage of the long holiday to go out and travel more.

　The professors' words were somewhat subtle, but they were essentially recommending that students take more risks and gain more experience in order to adapt to the increasingly challenging situation that would inevitably follow.

　If you're lucky enough, you might even find your own destiny through adventure.

　Meanwhile, some professors who used to stay within the academy have also gone out in groups to pick up their almost forgotten skills again.

　—The wave of adventure had already begun, and now it was only greater. Professor Sylph, Professor Cazell, and Professor Steven Harvey remained at the Academy.

　Principal Arte, however, had long since disappeared.

　Dark handed his luggage to the maid who rushed over and strode toward the clock tower. Now that he was back at the academy, the first step was naturally to set up [Paradise] on the clock tower and then release the magical spirits back out.

　But as soon as he reached the foot of the clock tower, he looked up and saw a bunch of heads sticking out, and then with a "splat," a dark figure rushed down from above.

　Dak quickly opened his arms and caught the little Guhuoniao that pounced like a missile, then held it in his arms and coaxed it wildly.

　On the floor where the Fantastic Beasts Company was located, Sherry Augustine and a bunch of Ergany's familiars were still leaning over the corridor railing, looking down.

　Now that the students are on holiday, St. Marian's Academy has practically become their territory. And the Magical Creatures Club's classroom has become their activity center.

　The little Guhuon, flower fairy, Magnemite, Foxfire, and Victoria and Phoenix that Dark stayed at the academy also mostly stayed in the clubroom.

　In short, there were indeed many people, but those who were lonely would still feel lonely. Victoria was also leaning on the railing, her eyes filled with tears as she watched Dark finally return.

　—Although she will be a third-year student in two months.

　night.

　It took Dark an afternoon to finally settle down. He learned about the recent events at the academy from the maids and gained an understanding of the recent changes in the kingdom's situation.

　First, unsurprisingly, Zeus's plan to establish a nation was leaked, causing a huge uproar in various countries.