Alion brought a small gem out of his pocket that he had been carrying for a really long time, exactly for this moment.
"Don't move," he told the woman's soul before directly placing the small blue gen on her forehead.
After placing the stone on her forehead, the man stepped back.
A whirlpool of magical energy rushed out of the blue gem, surrounding the soul of the young woman who looked slightly scared for the first time.
The whirlpool made it impossible for Gabriel and Alion to see what was happening inside it but the power it was emitting wasn't something an ordinary item could emit.
"How long will it take?" Gabriel asked.
"Two days," Alion answered. "Recreating the physical body to bring the dead soul back to life isn't an easy process. It goes against the laws of nature that no one can completely ignore."
"To think that there were such magical items..." Gabriel had only known about the Numens and hadn't known about such gems which could even recreate physical bodies for a person.
Looking at the whirlpool before him, he also had an absurd thought.
Novius and Cylix had their souls destroyed. If he could find more Destiny Stones to recover their souls, and the blue stones to recreate their physical bodies, they could once again live.
Unfortunately, even he knew that it was only theoretically possible. In reality, it was as hard as ascending to heaven. Even Karyk couldn't find a Destiny Stone at his peak, without a big enough sacrifice, let alone him.
"Are there more Destiny Stones in this world?" he asked.
"I've never heard of any more in existence. However, if there are, they are impossible to find," Alion responded. Deep in his heart, he felt slightly bitter. If it was that easy to find a Destiny Stone, would the world have to go through such chaos?
"And the blue stones?" Gabriel still hadn't given up. He didn't know what happened to the real Novius and Cylix. He wasn't even sure if their souls were actually destroyed. Since the souls weren't absorbed by him, the chances of them being completely destroyed like the souls of Karyk's sister were slim.
So there was a possibility that he didn't even need a red stone. He just had to find the two souls in the realm of the dead. He didn't know how to go there yet, but he had faith in his future abilities. What was the real problem was the blue stone. That was absolutely necessary.
"The Aria?" Alion asked. He couldn't help but think of the past. "The Aria isn't found... It's created."
"You created it?" Gabriel asked, slightly surprised. If that was the case, it solved half his problems. "Can you make one more in that case?"
"Do you think they are some wild cabbage that can be grown whenever we want? To make one Aria, you need to kill at least over a hundred million people! Moreover, all those people have to be as strong as a Head Priest in the outside world. Only then can their soul and blood be merged to create the Aria!"
The more Alion spoke, the more nightmarish this process sounded. Killing a hundred million people with the strength of a Head Priest? Let alone the fact that there weren't more than two hundred head Priests, even if there were over a hundred million, it would've been impossible for him to kill so many!
"You mean you...?" He was slightly taken aback, thinking that Alion killed so many people, all to bring back Karyk's sister. Was he the reason the era of gods ended? He was behind it?
As if reading Gabriel's mind, Alion clarified right away. "This stone was created by Karyk after he received the Destiny Stone."
"By him...?"
So far, Gabriel had only expected Karyk to kill people who offended him. However, to think that not only he sealed his army, but he also took so many lives, all for the sake of one person...?
"That's why I told you..." Alion muttered, glancing in the direction of the whirlpool. "The girl he wanted to save so much... She was his salvation, as well as his biggest calamity."
"And now that everything is successful, you better protect her with everything you have. Don't let the sacrifices of the past be in vain," he further added. Even though he still wasn't clear what happened in the past but his words gave Gabriel a hint.
"Karyk killed so many people here. There was no way the other gods would let him do it. Without his army, he was even weaker. So all the gods joined forces to kill him?" he asked, guessing the entire story.
"If you think that's the case, you really underestimate the overlord of that era." Alion shook his head, as if outright rejecting Gabriel's guesses. "Even without his army, he wasn't someone who could be killed by the human gods."
"Also, you're wrong about one more thing," he added. "Even in the era of gods, there weren't more than a few thousand people above the strength of the Head Priests of the current era. So finding a hundred million here was impossible."
"Not here...? Then where? If this place only had a few thousand, then how could he find over a hundred million? How could he create the Aria?"
"Young man, shouldn't you be thinking about how to solve the mess outside first?" Alion tapped the forehead of Gabriel lightly, bringing him out of a daze. "There are guests waiting outside for you. How about you find a way to deal with them first?"
" The people outside?"
Gabriel had almost forgotten about them. There were the Holy Lords outside. At the same time, there were also people from the Time of Temple.
His protection formation of the City still wasn't completed. Moreover, he had heard that the real strength of the Temple of Time was even stronger than the Holy Lords. Without enough preparation, he didn't want to face them yet.
"How long until the army can be freed from that thousand oath?" he asked Alion. If he could use that army, was there even a need to be concerned for now?
"Still over a month left," Alion answered. "After a month, when the seal would've opened, this Palace would've appeared in the world once again. However, you forcefully opened this place ahead of time. The seal on the forbidden army won't be lifted before the scheduled time. So don't think about using them for now."
Gabriel frowned. Lost in thoughts, he walked back and forth in the beautiful mist-covered hall.
