Chapter 673 - Bounty of Truth
This made a lot of sense. Greya’s body was lost in the Nightmare Realm, while the only person in the entire southern region capable of helping her was undeniably Sunders. Greya might not like Sunders’ character, but she would at least behave well on the outside, especially when she needed his assistance.
This was probably why Greya had been following behind Sunders instead of going back to Candy House or looking for her workers.
Angor knew that Sunders already decided to help Greya since Sunders allowed Greya to stay. Sunders even went to Sleepless City to get her out of trouble.
The question was, when would they depart for their quest?
Flora suddenly spoke and interrupted Angor’s train of thoughts.
“Professor, did you help Greya with anything when she’s at Phantom Island?” Flora just arrived at Phantom Island but she more or less knew what happened after looking around.
“Why do you think so?” Sunders gave Flora a sharp look.
The old man chuckled. “Not exactly.”
“Care to share your thoughts, Elder of Books?” Iron Granny picked up her cup and drank.
“I don’t mean to be stingy. Truth is, there’s not much I can tell you.”
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Greya had been staying still in the air for a long time. People were beginning to wonder whether the subsequent omen would continue.
Flora decided to ask Sunders.
“When she did her thing at Hazy Waters, the omen caused by ‘Artificial Life’ persisted for hundreds of days, and the sweet seawater and winds were so easy to notice, but why isn’t anything happening now?”
What Flora mentioned was the “reward” given by the world’s consciousness after Greya passed the challenge. Wizards in history usually regarded it as the “bounty of truth”, while people in recent centuries preferred using “omen of creation”. This was similar to the debate revolving around the “channeling method” and the “meditation method”, which referred to the same thing.
“Modern” wizards tended to use more straightforward names.
“The nature of the reward will determine how it will appear in our view, but no matter what shows up, it will benefit Greya, the creator of the new spell. While to us, the omen is simply something fun to look at.
“For Artificial Life, the world’s consciousness let her witness the future of gourmets. When I created ‘Nightmare Substitute’, it allowed me to experience the memory of a powerful Nightmare in my mind while there was almost nothing to see from the outside.”
Flora tilted her head. “You mean… Greya might be experiencing something in her mind right now?”
Sunders shrugged. “We can’t say yet. Nobody can. Just keep watching.”
As if to prove his point, something on Greya suddenly changed.