Planck switched to plain language, well-acquainted with Tubie, the Great Prophet of the Naturalism Church Headquarters, he was inspired by the Great Prophet and developed a keen interest in the balance of nature.
Similarly inspired by Tubie, he learned that the original Life Alliance had five major faiths.
These five faiths together represented life, with nature and death in opposition, light and darkness in opposition, together forming a whole—life.
The current Life Alliance could not represent life, missing its opposite, believers, even if they practiced the Divine Arts of the three faiths, could not achieve complete life.
Planck, therefore, studied a multitude of faiths, the more knowledge he mastered, the more he felt his ignorance, to stabilize his own balance, and also due to strong desires, he had started to believe a little in everything.
He was probably the most confused Legendary Mage in the Liberty Mage Alliance when it came to faith.
Planck was deeply aware that his path had come to an end, to continue studying would break the balance within him, and he would become the next Marshall.
Marshall recovered his self for unknown reasons, Planck didn’t think he would be that lucky, thus he stopped his studies and placed his hopes of validating the theory on Wayne.
Nature, the sun, moonlight, darkness, death.
Planck had provided all knowledge regarding faith, as well as Ancient Silver Coins, now was the time to recoup investment returns.
Wayne had an odd look on his face, Planck’s knowledge of faith being replaced by God-chosen Knight’s Divine Artifacts, the Ancient Silver Coins by obelisks and Orb’s Ancient Silver Coins, it was an investment but not a sole investment, and he didn’t hold a major share, suddenly asking for returns...
It was not impossible, Planck’s initial Ancient Silver Coins indeed had a great use, helping him smoothly get through the Silver Crucifix Stage.
"This is not a place for talking."
After considering, Wayne decided to return Planck’s returns according to the percentage of the investment.
Joy radiated in Planck’s eyes, he swiftly led the way forward, taking Wayne to the eighth layer, the most dangerous area of the entire Red Leaf Forest Asylum.
The most dangerous place is the safest, no problem.
Moreover, the eighth layer was also the secret he was ready to trade.
The ancient castle of the Crimson Leaf Forest extended eight stories underground, designed and constructed by the former Heavenly Father’s Court, well-funded clergy spared no expense in building this marvel.
Each floor presented an extremely vast space, almost like a separate realm, viewing the sky above, the sloping earth and ocean, and the boundless starry cosmos.
Although a creation of magic, it was lifelike, enough to deceive the real with the fake.
Moreover, Wayne smelled different rule information from different celestial domes.
He curiously asked, "Planck, is the Crimson Leaf Forest truly built by the Heavenly Father’s Court?"
"Indeed, at that time the Heavenly Father’s Court swept through the God-chosen Continent, the deity was the Heavenly Father, and the only one at that, what you’re seeing are the spoils of the Heavenly Father’s Court." Planck murmured.
Just from this tip of the iceberg, the Red Leaf Forest Asylum, one could imagine how glorious the Heavenly Father’s Court once was.
Wayne also thought, the Papal State is awash with wealth, yet The Pope only gifted a Heaven Holy Spear and an ornamental pendant to the Reincarnated Angel, truly a bit stingy.
A complete stranger, impartial, that’s something The Pope did not do properly.
Hopefully corrected soon!
The two delved deeper into the ancient castle, reaching the lower levels rapidly through a teleportation portal, arriving at the sixth floor, where the living conditions of the patients were not so optimistic.
The dazzling sky was no more, replaced by cold stone walls, narrow vents, and occasional magic stones injecting vitality and weak light into the area; the oppressive atmosphere was palpable.
The air was tinged with sickly pale light, making the surrounding shadows deeper.
There were no defined sickroom cells here; the stone walls twisted and spread out, symbolizing the twisted labyrinths of the mind of the Forgotten.
Everywhere was the damp odor of mildew, occasionally accompanied by heart-pounding chain sounds, and from deep in the maze emanated creepy whispers, walking here, every second was torment.
"Starting from the sixth floor, the chief physician may enter only with my permission, two by two. The Forgotten here cannot be saved; they are filled with intense desires, engaging in devouring one another, known as Void Wanderers in the Magic Realm."
"They serve as sources of contamination, dragging the host into chaos through parasitic means, devouring and merging with each other, becoming even crazier..."
"The infective power of Wanderers is extremely strong, second only to the knowledge of the void and the flesh of the Star Beasts. Silver Mages cannot resist their parasitic methods—only the Life Barrier of a Golden Mage is qualified to contend with them."
Planck explained one by one, his research on the Forgotten connected with Borne’s research on the Star Beasts, the two often exchanged insights, therefore were quite close.
"Wayne, in the Magic Realm, the Forgotten and Wanderers are called errors of evolution, Borne and I disagree, Wanderers still have the potential to evolve and can evolve into Star Beasts."
"It’s a clear evolutionary path, but due to harsh conditions, it remains largely undiscovered, hence the few successful cases lead to misjudgment as a failed evolutionary path."
Mentioning his own research, Planck sounded more like a madman, which further affirmed Wayne’s thought that all Legendary Mages were a little mad.
The same was true for Saina and Philomena, if he had to name someone relatively normal, Wayne could only think of one.
The Dark Church’s Holy Maiden Anastasia.
The Dark-Skinned Elf had a strong sense of responsibility, was fearless in sacrifice, staunch in her convictions, willing to face a bleak life head-on, and with high moral standards, one of the few who made Wayne briefly hold back.