I opened an adventurer's guild in another world.

The reason why magic exists in this world is because of the Magic Corridor.

It doesn't extend to one place like a road, but rather spreads throughout the entire world.

To be precise, the Magic Corridor is a projection of a higher dimension into the world, which is why it can be found in various parts of the world.

For the first time, Anno experienced the existence of a higher dimension and felt a profound sense of powerlessness.

Hidden within the magical corridor, the Philosopher's Stone, shrouded in layers of shackles, is also located in a high latitude!

Anno could only sense the other's presence.

If you want to make further contact, you need to enter a higher dimension.

Anno didn't need to think about how to enter a higher dimension, because he automatically understood some things when he sensed the Philosopher's Stone.

To retrieve the Philosopher's Stone from the Magic Corridor, souls are needed to pave the way, helping Anno build a path from the main space to the higher dimension where the Magic Corridor is located.

This path can only be built by a soul, and only a soul can help Anno achieve 'dimensional ascension'.

Secondly, to use the Philosopher's Stone, a large amount of special law power is needed to fill the damage on the surface of the Philosopher's Stone, until all the pits on the surface of the Philosopher's Stone are completely filled.

This special power of law also has another name—Blessing!

When Anno learned that he needed to pave the way with souls, he immediately tried it with the few souls he had left.

To Anno's despair, a ninth-tier soul laid out in the magic corridor was as invisible as a speck of dust.

God knows how many souls it would take to build a path that can ascend to a higher dimension.

However, according to Anno's rough estimate, it must be in the hundreds of millions.

This means that to obtain the Philosopher's Stone, Anno would not only need to kill an unimaginable number of beings to obtain their souls, but would also need to sacrifice an unknown number of Blessed Ones.

It wasn't until then that Anno finally understood why the original second-generation god named the key to the Philosopher's Stone Pandora's Box.

Perhaps the true meaning of "second generation" is not that the place where the Philosopher's Stone is hidden is Pandora's Box.

Rather, the act of trying to obtain the Philosopher's Stone is like opening Pandora's box.

Using the Blessing to obtain the Philosopher's Stone means that Anno must begin collecting Blessed Ones.

Those who are currently following Anno may become part of the key in the future.

Moreover, according to Anno's conjecture, all of this could not possibly be accomplished by simply one or two, or even a hundred or two hundred blessings.

In the future, Anno may even have to personally dedicate some or even all of his Protectors to this cause.

Perhaps, this protector will need to sacrifice himself!

He will become a complete and utter evil god.

But in the end, Anno came up with another way to convince himself.

"As the chosen one of the world, I have the right to access and use the Philosopher's Stone. There shouldn't be a situation where I need to sacrifice myself. I'll acquire the Philosopher's Stone first, and then use its omnipotent power to revive everyone!"

Whether it was the first generation of summoning god Amidorn or the current Fate, they all say that the Philosopher's Stone can make anything possible and fulfill any wish.

More than 1,400 years later, the core reason for the start of the Third World War was still the Philosopher's Stone. Its ability to use the power of the world's rules to achieve anything was known to most of the gods who knew about it.

That's why so many people risk their lives to try and steal the Philosopher's Stone.

Every time someone around Anno dies, it becomes a source of pressure for him.

Because if they fail to obtain the Philosopher's Stone and it falls into the hands of the enemy, then those around Anno will truly die!

The true second-generation God of Summoning may never have appeared due to his own reasons, or he may have simply disappeared from history.

The search for the true second-generation Summoning God, who had grasped the power of resurrection, became increasingly elusive.

There is only one path that Anno can take.

That means we absolutely, must, and absolutely must obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

Even if the road ahead may be filled with bloodshed and sacrifice, Anno must succeed.

This is both an obsession to resurrect Liz and a responsibility to the protectors who truly follow Anno.

Therefore, it is not that Anno is indifferent to those who have died in battle.

He was not numb.

However, he needs to stay clear-headed, figure out how to deal with the current war, and find a way to obtain the Philosopher's Stone.

He knew that in this process, sacrificing ten or a hundred was no different from sacrificing a hundred thousand or a million.

The only difference is whether you can truly achieve your goal.

But what if I don't achieve my goal...?

"There are no 'ifs'! I will definitely get the Philosopher's Stone! Any enemy who dares to stand in my way will die!"