"What kind of place is the Black Shores?"
Galbrena looked confused.
Although the Black Shores was powerful overall, it remained extremely mysterious in ordinary people's eyes. Naturally, she did not know much about it.
"The Black Shores is… uh, let me find a professional to explain it to you."
Noah took out his terminal, found Aalto, and sent a message.
[Noah: Aalto, do you want a Calamity-class Bloom Bearer?]
[Aalto: Yes! Of course the Black Shores wants a Calamity-class Bloom Bearer!]
[Noah: I will send you her contact later. Whether you can recruit her into the Black Shores is up to you.]
He looked up at Galbrena.
"Um… shall we add each other's terminals first?"
"Alright."
Time passed minute by minute.
Even though Aalto used every method he could and strongly promoted the benefits of the Black Shores, Galbrena still did not agree in the end.
"Fighting against the Lament and continuing civilization… I have to admit the Black Shores is indeed a place where talented people gather. I am also very interested in the Tacet Discord information they know."
Galbrena put away her terminal. When she looked at Noah, the coldness in her eyes softened a little, but she still shook her head.
"Unfortunately, I still have some personal matters to handle on this side. After I finish dealing with them, I will seriously consider whether to join the Black Shores."
"Is it convenient to tell me… what the personal matters you mentioned are?"
Galbrena's expression became serious. She spoke word by word.
"Hunting the Threnodian."
The moment she finished speaking, she saw a helpless look appear on the other person's face. She raised an eyebrow.
"What? You do not believe I have the strength for it?"
"I believe you, but—"
Noah spread his hands.
"We have already searched the entire Rinascita. We simply cannot find It."
"Is that so."
Galbrena's eyes flickered slightly. She suddenly asked,
"Do you have anything related to Leviathan? The Chimera might be able to use it to find Leviathan's traces."
"Maodie has that kind of ability?"
Noah exclaimed in surprise, then suddenly felt as if he understood something.
No wonder in the original story Galbrena was able to find Cartethyia inside the Inverted High Tower. It turned out the Chimera had been guiding her.
Speaking of things related to Leviathan, he actually did have something.
He opened his backpack and took out two pieces of a blue stone that had broken into two halves.
"This is the Threnodian gem that once carried Its consciousness. Can you use it to track It?"
"No."
The Chimera circled around Noah's hand once and shook its head.
"The aura on it is too weak. It is so weak that tracking is completely impossible."
...
Ragunna, Order of the Deep.
Inside the Tidal Cathedral, the original statue with a horse body and fish tail had long been replaced by a pure and noble winged horse.
From time to time people walked into the cathedral and prayed piously toward the Sentinel's statue. They completely failed to notice a strand of twisted frequency that slipped into their bodies while they prayed.
Outside the cathedral, the light gradually changed from bright to dim yellow, then from dim yellow to darkness.
Leviathan knew that daytime had ended and night had finally arrived.
Today, no one else would come to pray to It or reveal the secrets hidden deep in their hearts.
Thinking of this, It could not help but sigh inwardly.
Slow. Far too slow. At this sneaky speed of harvesting spiritual consciousness, it would probably take three hundred years to fully recover.
Just then, a young girl in pure white clerical robes with a blue ribbon on her shoulder walked into the cathedral.
She finally reached the front of the statue. After looking left and right to confirm no one else was around, she closed her eyes, clasped her hands in front of her chest, and murmured,
"Great Sentinel, your believer Phoebe comes to confess."
"I am clearly your devout believer, yet recently I have been having strange feelings toward another person."
"Especially when he bullies me, I feel particularly excited and look forward to him continuing."
"Please give guidance to this lost believer. Tell me how I should reconcile with myself, and what attitude I should use to face Mr. Noah."
The moment the last five words fell, Phoebe suddenly felt the entire cathedral fall silent.
She hurriedly opened her eyes and saw the huge Sentinel statue in front of her seeming to stare hard at her.
Phoebe was so frightened that she kept stepping backward. When she looked carefully at the Sentinel's statue again, there was nothing there. It was as if the earlier feeling had only been an illusion.
...
A new day, Ephor's Palace in Septimont.
"After the Hunt Plains matter ended, it is rare to see you once."
Augusta smiled.
"Speak. What brings you here this time?"
"There is something, brother, there is. Augusta, when you were little, did you have a friend who was swallowed by the Dark Tide?"
"Yes. How do you know?"
Without paying attention to Augusta's confusion, Noah operated his terminal and sent a photo to Augusta.
"Angel. She now has a name called Galbrena and is living perfectly well. If you have time, you can take a few Chocoz and go look for her on your own initiative."
Speaking of Augusta and Galbrena, these two were the real tragic pair.
They had originally been childhood playmates who grew up together in Murmurstown. But after one Dark Tide, one of them was swallowed by the Dark Tide and the other came to Septimont. Each suffered their own hardships.
After giving Augusta another round of heavy spoilers, Noah teased,
"Didn't you want a childhood sweetheart who belonged to Septimont before? Look, your childhood sweetheart has arrived."
"You still love joking as always. But thank you for the information anyway."
Augusta patted Noah's shoulder and spoke solemnly.
"I will not say too many polite words. If you ever need my help in the future, please do not be polite."
After chatting for a few simple sentences, Augusta took a few Chocoz and left the Ephor's Palace.
Noah watched Augusta leave, then opened his mission list. There was only one newly refreshed daily mission on it.
[Daily Mission: "If I Never See You Again Tomorrow" has been activated.]
[Mission Description: If I never see you again tomorrow, I wish you good morning, good afternoon, and good night. (Mission Requirement: Leave Rinascita)]
[Completing the mission will grant rewards: Astrite ×800, Shell Credit ×10000.]
"Today's daily mission has no challenge?"
Noah was a little surprised. He repeatedly opened and closed the mission module, trying to refresh a mission challenge.
Normal daily missions were usually very easy to complete, but once a challenge was added the difficulty would rise sharply.
Just like the brick-moving mission when he first arrived in Ragunna, the challenge content had limited him to only using the weaponless and Echo-less character Youhu.
"Mission content: Leave Rinascita?"
Thinking about the mission content, Noah could not help but laugh.
"I have not even finished the main story missions yet. How could I possibly leave Rinascita?"
The moment the words left his mouth, several lines of small text suddenly popped up at the bottom of his vision.
[Main Story Mission: "The Bygone Shall Always Return" has been activated.]
[Mission Description: In order to open the old object left behind by the Sentinel, you once again returned to Ragunna… Status error, mission cancelled.]
[Main Story Mission: "Dawn Breaks on Dark Tides" has been activated.]
[Mission Description: … Status error, mission cancelled.]
The final two major missions of the Rinascita main story started at the same time and were cancelled at the same time.
The sudden change first left Noah stunned, then made him feel as if a huge stone had finally been lifted from his heart. He became extremely relaxed.
"Just as I expected. The current Leviathan has lost the support of Cristoforo and the Fractsidus, and has also suffered several heavy blows. It is already weak and completely unable to rise again."
Although the eighty pulls behind those two main story missions were gone, it was good that they were gone!
The difficulty of these two Rinascita final battle missions was far beyond what Scar and Cristoforo could compare to.
With how broken the main story had become, if these two missions were truly launched, the difficulty would definitely far exceed any previous main story.
"The missions on the Rinascita side can be considered finished. Next I should think about how to enter the Sonoro Sphere where Chisa is."
Noah was considering heading to the Black Shores when several lines of small text suddenly appeared at the bottom of his vision again.
[Status correct—]
[Main Story Mission: "The Bygone Shall Always Return" has been activated.]
[Main Story Mission: "Dawn Breaks on Dark Tides" has been activated.]
[Trial character provided: Rover (six-chain Aero).]
[Daily Mission Challenge (Optional): Save Rinascita!]
"..."
Noah stood completely still as if he had been turned to stone. Yet inside the Ephor's Palace, a violent heartbeat suddenly rang out, one beat heavier than the next.
Thump!
Thump-thump!
This was his own heartbeat.
Panic. Extreme panic. Overwhelming panic.
Whether it was the cancelled main story restarting, or two main stories starting at the same time, or the main story providing a trial character—
All of them were firsts!
His mind was in complete chaos. Noah tried hard to stay calm and recalled the original plot of this main story.
The plot started with Rover returning to Ragunna. Rover encountered a performance by the Troupe of Fools, then went to the Inverted High Tower to see Cartethyia, and discovered that Cartethyia had been…
The memory was interrupted. Noah cried out in shock,
"Oh no—Cartethyia!"
...