In a pure white space, Casio was hanging high in this space with chains of divine power wrapped around his body, his eyes tightly closed, as if he was sleeping. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The chain of divine power is constantly being transmitted into Casio's body, causing the color on Casio's body to slowly fade and transform into pure light.

On the other side, behind Casio, there is a curtain that plays out the bits and pieces of his life with Agaret in Greenwater.

However, these scenes of life, under the influence of divine power, slowly faded until they disappeared without a trace.

As these scenes of life continue to dissipate, Casio's humanity is gradually disappearing, replaced by the kind of divinity that is high above and overlooking the mortal!

At this moment, in this pure white space, a little bit of stars suddenly converged, combined into the form of a person, and finally formed a person with a fierce face, who looked more than sixty years old, but did not look old.

As soon as the man appeared, he walked towards Casio and called softly: "Casio, wake up, now is not the time to sleep." ”

The old man's voice had a different kind of magic, reaching the depths of Casio's soul and making Casio gradually open his eyes.

Casio looked at the old man with blank eyes, "Where is this? Who are you?"

The old man smiled and replied, "You should ask first who you are." ”

Casio was stunned for a moment, and said to himself very slowly, "Who am I?" yes, who am I?"

The old man stretched out his hand and pointed at Casio, and wisps of pure black light, with the light of the shining stars, merged into the dissipating scene behind Casio.

Suddenly, I saw that the scenes behind Casio gradually stopped flowing, and as if rewinding, they quickly retracted, and finally all merged into Casio's body.

And the chain of divine power that wrapped around Casio also emitted a series of disintegrating sounds, causing Casio to fall back to the ground.

The blankness in Casio's eyes faded little by little, and he gradually returned to his usual shrewd, calm look.

"Are you ......" Casio looked at the old man in front of him with a fixed gaze.

"We met, at the War Chess Council Tavern in Eagle's Nest City. "This old man is none other than old Willy.

Casio's mind raced, and he turned his head to look around, slightly stunned, "Where is this? Why am I here? By the way, am I not dead?"

Speaking of this, Casio suddenly remembered that he had been pierced through the heart by Singh. So he quickly looked down and checked himself, but he didn't find any wounds and blood on his body at all, but with a hazy sense of illusion.

"I can't see it, you're still an impatient. With so many questions at once, which one shall I answer you?" said old Willie, smiling and teasing.

Casio gradually calmed down, thought for a moment, and said, "Why don't you start by introducing yourself?" ”

Old Willie nodded: "I, like Jonathan and Heron, are all members of the archaeological research society. ”

Casio waited for a while, and when he saw that old Willy was gone, he asked rhetorically, "Is this gone?"

"It's gone. ”

Casio resisted the urge to roll his eyes and continued to ask, "Can't you tell me more about the archaeological research group?"

"When you should know, you will know. ”

In the face of this kind of jack-of-all-trades answer, Casio is also helpless, and he can't be rude with others.

"And where are we now?" asked Casio, looking around again.

"The depths of your body's consciousness. ”

Casio was slightly stunned and frowned: "In the depths of my consciousness? But I clearly remember that I have been killed by Singh, how can my soul still remain in my body?"

"Because you're in the process of apotheosis right now!" Old Willie's words suddenly made Casio's eyes widen.

For apotheosis, Casio naturally understands it as well.

It was precisely because of this understanding that he was even more puzzled: "Deification? How can I deify? I don't believe in any gods." ”

Faintly, Casio faintly realized why the gods of civilization chose himself as the son of God.

"It's a little complicated, so I'll make a long story short and tell you a little bit about it. ”

Casio naturally didn't refuse Old Willy's words, nodded his head, and waited for the following.

"It all starts with the Temple of Civilization. Old Willy began with a standard storytelling, "The purpose of the Temple of Civilization this time is also the Tears of the Immortal, so they set up a game for the Sons of God to enter the Aegis Fortress and capture the Tears of the Immortal for them. ”

"Wait, why do you have to let the Son of God enter the Heavenly Shield Fortress, and if the gods are omnipotent, why don't they descend their own incarnations?" Casio couldn't help but interrupt Old Willy and expressed his doubts.

Old Willie smiled lightly: "The gods are not omnipotent, and the Heavenly Shield Fortress has a strong protection that can block the entry of the gods. Therefore, the gods had to find a suitable person to enter the Aegis Fortress in their place. ”

Old Willy did not explain in detail what this protection was, but continued: "This candidate, the most suitable one, is undoubtedly the son of God, that is, you!"

Casio nodded thoughtfully, waiting for Willie Sr. to continue.

"Although you refused to become the son of God, the gods did something in the process of divine grace and set some triggers in you that could prompt you to passively become a child of God. ”

Speaking of which, Casio can be regarded as understanding the reason why he was obviously pierced through the heart by Singh's sword, but he has not died yet.

"I've pretty much figured it out at this point, but why are you here?" Casio began to ask another of his own questions.

"Because I'm here to save you. ”

This answer made Casio stunned again, and it took him a long time before he reacted, and wondered, "Save me? Why? After the deification, I shouldn't need to do this, right?"

"Huh. Old Willie laughed, "Then have you noticed that you have begun to deify, why didn't your consciousness awaken until I came to help you?"

"Could it be ......" Casio had a faint feeling in his heart.

"Yes, if you are actively apotheosized, then after the apotheosis is over, you will return to normal. But your current apotheosis is passive, and it can't be without a price. Old Willie looked at Casio with a hint in his eyes.

"What cost?"

"Unlike normal apotheosis, after your apotheosis is over, there are only two options. One is to completely lose self-consciousness and become a creature of the kingdom of God, and the other is to be consumed by divine power in the deification and turned into dust!"

Casio was shocked, sorted out the things before and after, looked at old Willy and said, "That's why you asked the heron to give me that piece of jade, and your preparation is on that piece of jade?"

Old Willy nodded appreciatively: "That's right, now you have one more choice, whether to continue to let yourself be deified, or accept my help and get out of the state of apotheosis!"

"What are your conditions?" Casio never believed that there was truly selfless help in this world.

"Join the Archaeological Research Society!"