Chapter 655 Play it By Ear
However, after Ethan finished speaking, the voice within the high platform suddenly fell silent, with no further sound.
"Why aren't you talking? Feeling guilty?"
Ethan pressed on, but still received no response, as if the voice had never appeared.
"You're actually backing down? And you're supposed to be the leader of your race? Aren't you afraid of being laughed at if this gets out?"
Ethan's mocking had no effect.
"I can feel my physical body inside this high platform, but even my divine sense can't penetrate the outer seal!"
At this moment, Maeve's voice echoed in Ethan's Sea of Consciousness.
Unwilling to give up, Ethan tried several more times with his divine sense, but each attempt was futile. Every time his divine sense touched the golden runes, it was directly repelled, unable to advance even an inch.
Even Maeve's divine sense couldn't penetrate the runes' confinement, so Ethan had no choice but to give up.
"Emilio is ignoring me now, what should we do?"
Ethan asked helplessly.
"I can feel the power of the seal weakening. It won't be long before the seal is completely lifted, and then you'll be able to enter!"
Maeve reminded him calmly.
"If I can enter, doesn't that mean Emilio can come out too?"
Ethan smiled bitterly at her words. If they waited until then, it might be too late.
More importantly, Maeve's soul was outside, and her body was as good as dead. If Emilio regained his freedom, who knows if he would destroy Maeve's body first thing?
"That's right, I know what you're worried about. As long as I can return to my body, I won't have to fear him!"
Maeve's tone carried a hint of pride.
Ethan thought to himself that if Maeve had been able to crush Emilio back then, they wouldn't have had to resort to such a mutually destructive method to seal him here.
But Ethan only thought this to himself. If he said it out loud, what if she got upset with him?
"Do you think he'll just watch your soul enter your body?"
Ethan changed the subject to remind her.
"Of course not, so I need you to help get my soul out of this tower. You also need to grow stronger quickly. Your current strength is far from enough!"
Maeve bluntly criticized Ethan.
"You're really straightforward. I just broke through, isn't this speed fast enough?"
"Not enough, you need to speed up!"
Maeve replied firmly.
"Forget it, Emilio is hiding here, and we can't do anything about him. Let's leave for now. He can't escape from here anyway!"
Ethan decided not to argue with Maeve; it was too hurtful.
Even he had to admit that his current mid-master level strength might be impressive under normal circumstances, but it was far from enough to face the powerful enemies that would soon appear.
Not to mention, even Kirk from the Hills Guild was enough to give him a headache!
Recovering from his light sleep, Ethan stood up and sighed at the gray mist in front of him.
"Did your divine sense get in?"
Francis hurriedly asked.
"It did, and Emilio even spoke to me. But when he heard that I had killed Neil, he immediately stopped talking to me!"
Ethan shook his head helplessly.
Francis and Raymond exchanged glances, and Raymond slowly nodded, "We can't let him know that Neil got away. Better if he thinks Neil's dead. At least until the seal is broken, that should keep him off our backs for a while."
"Yeah, but here's the thing—Orla's already awake, so that seal could open any day now. We're running out of time!"
Francis reminded seriously.
"That's right, so I need to hurry and improve my strength before the seal opens! There's nothing more to see here, let's leave first!"
Ethan nodded in agreement, then led them and Orla out of the Radiant Peak, returning to Neil's former residence at Serenity Peak.
"What do you plan to do about Neil?"
Looking around Neil's former residence, Francis asked Raymond.
Currently, only Raymond had experienced everything that had just happened. Everyone else in Celestia Vale was still in the dark. If they found out that Neil, the head of Celestia Vale, had fled and was colluding with the other race, or might even be one of them, who knows what would happen?
Raymond looked directly at Ethan.
Neil was indeed the head of Celestia Vale, but now Ethan, with the Sun and Moon Beads in hand, was the de facto ruler of Celestia Vale.
Outside, Ethan might not be feared, but in Celestia Vale, he was the master.
Moreover, Celestia Vale was originally part of the ZF Guild. Now that Ethan controlled the Celestia Vale secret realm, the worst-case scenario would be to take it back. What would happen to the people of Celestia Vale then?
"You don't have to look at me like that. I haven't decided how to handle Celestia Vale yet. To be honest, I never had much affection for Celestia Vale, and it's not against you. I now understand that the root of the problem was Neil stirring up trouble in the shadows. Now that he's gone, the remaining issues aren't that important."
Ethan said calmly, meeting Raymond's gaze.
"Do you plan to maintain the status quo?"
Raymond asked, frowning.
"If I announce that Celestia Vale is rejoining the ZF Guild and I'm reclaiming the secret realm, can you handle the fallout? Sure, Neil might have kept Celestia Vale united as their leader, but with him gone, can you really guarantee all seven elders will be on the same page?"
Ethan asked rhetorically.
Raymond fell silent, lowering his head.
"Let's keep Neil's situation a secret for now. It's not the right time to reveal it. We don't have much time, and the urgent task is to deal with the seal. We'll handle other matters later!"
Francis nodded in agreement.
"That's the only way for now!"
Raymond sighed and nodded bitterly.
Just then, an idea struck Ethan, and he whisked himself, Francis, and Orla over to Raymond's place.
"The Celestia Vale secret realm and the Tiger Mount secret realm were originally one. Now they've been forcibly separated. I'll open a passage in your residence to directly enter the Tiger Mount secret realm, making it easier for you, Francis, and Phoenix to move in and out. Explain Neil's situation to Phoenix. As for the others, I don't trust them for now."
Ethan created a spatial passage in the air with a flick of his fingers.
"What are you going to do next?"
Francis asked Ethan.
"I don't know yet. I'm just playing it by ear."
Ethan shrugged helplessly. The Hills Guild and Cross Christianity wouldn't let him off easily. These two obvious enemies were already enough to give him a headache!
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