Book 20, The Crown’s Riddle – Chapter 39, Relief Sculpture

The Okerlund Plane. The Beastgod continent. The imperial capital of the Snowlion Empire – Lionheart City. The imperial palace’s garden.

Linley was seated silently in the meditative position in the midst of a flat, green, grassy area. Bebe was by his side. Linley and Bebe both possessed Godrealms, and so could easily distort the rays of light within their area, making it so that the maids and servants within the palace garden were completely unable to see them.

They had spent a full day in Lionheart City, but during this day, Linley’s divine sense had been constantly searching at full strength.

Linley opened his eyes.

“Boss, find anything?” Bebe asked hurriedly.

Linley shook his head slightly. “Nothing! The entire imperial capital of Lionheart City has nearly ten million people. Aside for a few youths and a few juvenile beasts which I didn’t inspect, I’ve inspected all of the other living creatures here. But none of them are hiding interspatial rings in their bodies.” Brodie had come thirty-plus years ago.

And so, he couldn’t have possibly secreted the interspatial ring into these then-unborn young children.

“It really is hard to find.” Bebe frowned and snorted. “The other eight Paragons have already ordered their Highgod subordinates to thoroughly...