Merlin's incident has always been fraught with huge doubts, even the guild members who participated in the crusade are unable to grasp the complete picture of the event.

The personnel of No.003, including the station master, were replaced, all information regarding this plane was destroyed, and a recent dispatch of an investigation team was due to abnormal energy fluctuations catching the guild's attention. Shortly after the news of the investigator's murder was reported, one of the guild's senior members personally took over the case.

Among the current members of the Six-Person Council, only two experienced the war against Merlin.

One is Crowley, who has followed the King of Gold from the beginning, and the other is Yoda, the most mysterious in their group.

The eternal neutral party, dealing with situations without personal emotions, akin to a machine devoid of feelings.

He is deeply trusted by the King of Gold, so when he conveyed the orders left by the King of Gold to the other council members, no one doubted the authenticity of the orders. But now it seems, Yoda was the one hidden the deepest.

Cynthia was also deeply surprised by this.

She had thought she was fighting alone all along, believing the other council members were inwardly numb, yet never imagined that more than half of the council members had their own considerations, but hidden even more deeply — so secretive that perhaps even the King of Gold couldn't perceive their true thoughts.

"This is…?"

Kara's gaze was drawn to the strange item on the table.

A black box with a dim, lifeless screen, it clearly didn't look like a creation of this world.

These types of creations are closely linked to certain special planes, and the guild classified all planes that completely defy common sense into a special manual.

A transparent high-rise building, reaching the clouds, over a hundred floors high, masterpieces only divine spirits could create. These peculiar buildings are also filled with numerous things they've never seen before, square-shaped, capable of glowing, with large boxes displaying changeable images. Evidently, this black box also comes from those special planes.

Kara faintly guessed Yoda's intention.

He is pursuing a secret, one deliberately hidden by the guild's high echelon, a secret they don't desire anyone to know, yet it's a secret that has puzzled many — why did Merlin betray the guild?

His status was equivalent to that of the King of Gold.

Reputation, power, wealth, even the creation of his own realm, stamping his name onto a plane, Merlin could have almost anything in this world.

But Merlin willingly gave up all the glories and opposed the guild.

Kara knows what this means.

They are subjects of the King of Gold, even though they held very high positions within the guild, investigators probing these doubts always met with the same fate.

Disappearance.

The guild's usual tactic is to issue transfer orders, relocated to different plane transfer stations briefly, and shortly thereafter, completely losing contact. Friends believe they've merely been transferred, establishing their home at another station, personnel changes are extremely common in the guild.

If the King discovered their doings, it wouldn't be long before they joined the ranks of the disappeared.

Yet Kara truly cannot fathom what kind of secret necessitates such rigorous defense from the guild, where anyone daring to touch this secret ends up vanished.

At least on the surface, the guild is an institution that encourages adventure and exploration, many guild investigators come for this very reason.

They can witness different planes and civilization structures during investigations, and if tired, they can apply for a long vacation from the guild, living for a time on the plane that suits their desires the most. Even for those structures most peculiar, the guild primarily encourages; investigators discovering unique planes can apply for an additional reward from the guild.

"This is a smartphone."

The voice from behind startled Kara, she almost instinctively assumed a combat stance.

Ethan walked noiselessly, she hadn't noticed when he appeared, and his presence meant the battle on the surface already...

Kara dared not continue the thought.

Knowing the fleet of the Golden Kingdom is hovering over the Sivalentine Capital, the council has mobilized all Golden Kingdom residents and war machines, entering a state of war. Even under the enhancement of divine artifacts, they couldn't hold back Ethan's advance.

Now, Ethan has directly identified the item from a special plane.

After the first special plane was discovered, the guild established a corresponding research institution, but to date, they still can't explain the origin of the items in the building.

Fortunately, Ethan seemed not to come for battle; his gaze was captivated by the black box on the table, examining it very closely.

A smartphone, seemingly long out of power.

No modern person would fail to recognize the object on the table, though he vaguely suspected, seeing the item from an "otherworld" still stirred a difficult-to-restrain tremor within Ethan's heart.

The quietly placed object on the table had entirely revealed Merlin's identity.

Transmigrator, likely coming from the same place as he does.