"Have you decided to use this crown-grade treasure you currently possess to complete the entire system?"
Sofia asked, looking at Alka.
This is a very serious question.
After all, Alka had already said that the chaotic system formed by his first five treasures would allow him some freedom of choice in selecting crown-grade treasures.
This meant that perhaps a number of crown-grade treasures could potentially be combined with his first five treasures to form a complete system.
This was a truly luxurious thing.
For others, having it would be great, and it would be a perfect match, a blessing from the goddess of luck. So what's the point of choosing? What freedom of choice is there?
But they were different. Now the 12th Trial Tower stood before them.
As long as they added this Trial Tower, they would have fulfilled their promise and assembled all 12 Trial Towers.
They would then have the ability to find the alchemist's scales of equivalent exchange.
They could then exchange Alka's crown-level treasure for another.
"No need. This treasure is also compatible, and once I mastered it, I found it incredibly useful."
Alka smiled.
He had already seen with his own eyes the divinity that matched his five treasures.
If the exchange took place, there was a high probability that the treasure would be inferior to the one he had.
Upon hearing this, Jason immediately asked curiously.
"So, what exactly is the function of this treasure?"
They had just experienced what happened when Alka mastered the treasure.
Things kept disappearing and reappearing.
They barely even noticed.
Hearing this,
Alka's smile could no longer be hidden.
It was clear that he was extremely satisfied with the crown-level treasure he had obtained.
"Yes, 'take it.'"
"Take it?"
Hearing this, everyone was completely confused.
"That's right. It's the law of the world's essence. Crown-level treasures are designed to directly touch upon that essence."
As he spoke, Alka walked over and reached out, taking something from Jason's pocket.
"Just like this."
Watching this ordinary scene, everyone, having just experienced the transformation, immediately understood.
"So that ability that made our things disappear without our even noticing was to take it?"
Sofia asked.
Alka smiled and nodded.
Hearing this, everyone's expressions became somewhat strange.
Jason said, "How is this different from stealing? Or isn't this stealing?"
Hearing this, Alka's smile froze.
Then his expression turned serious.
He solemnly corrected him, "I told you, it's taking, not stealing."
After hearing this, Jason understood and shrugged, saying, "Okay, take it if you say so."
Although everyone thought this was stealing.
Sneaking in without my consent, stealing something from me without my knowledge—isn't that stealing?
Everyone couldn't help but think.
The changes they just went through weren't just about stealing; it would be the same even if they were taking.
"But... how does this relate to your other treasures?" Lucelia asked, completely bewildered.
Although she hadn't experienced what Sofia and the others had just gone through, she still wondered how this thing connected to Alka's other treasures.
Wasn't it still incredibly confusing?
"So that's the point. Even I hadn't thought of it." Alka seemed to be waiting for this question.
Then, looking at the group, he said, "Have you heard of a word?"
"What word?" Pororo asked cooperatively.
"Fishing in troubled waters."
"Never heard of it." Everyone shook their heads.
"Although I haven't heard of it, I roughly understand what it means," Lucelia said.
After all, the phrase is exactly what it means, very easy to understand, and one can instantly grasp the context in which it applies.
"So, only when there's enough chaos can I get what I want."
"..."
So isn't this still stealing? Or rather, this is stealing.
This made people think silently in their hearts.
Then, in their minds, they silently replaced "take" with "steal."
Alka continued to explain.
"If you want to steal... take something, you need a medium, or a method.
I need to know where the thing I want is and how to get it, right?"
Everyone nodded.
That's the truth.
Aluka stretched out his hand, and a dream crystal ball appeared in his palm.
This was the first thing Aluka had mastered, a treasure that gave him the power to travel through dreams.
"Although I don't need it very often, this treasure allows me to take things from dreams and the spiritual world."
That's right, because in dreams and the spiritual world, Aluka can directly rob.
But it also allowed Alka to achieve an even more outrageous increase in his power in this realm.
Afterward, Alka donned a mask, a mirror-like mask.
"The mirror, the opposite of reality, a reflection of reality, allows me to seize illusory and false things."
As the transformations unfolded, Alka revealed one treasure after another.
"The Lucky Silver Snake represents luck, representing an ethereal, invisible, and intangible power. It allows me to obtain these ethereal things."
"The Elemental Card represents the elemental interface and the foundation of real matter. It allows me to directly obtain the objects of the real world and the power of nature."
"The Small World represents space, representing those objects hidden within the cracks. It allows me to ignore space and leap across it to obtain objects that are usually in other dimensions or beyond my sight."
In short, although each of these five treasures cannot reach the pinnacle of their respective fields,
they do indeed represent different fields.
This single representative domain was all that was needed to allow Alka to reach into the environment of a specific domain.
Then there was his crown-level treasure.
It was the ability to reach into different domains, representing an illusory hand.
"Take" or "steal."
This provided him with a sufficient medium to seize objects within the range that blocked this ability.
After Alka's simple yet detailed explanation, everyone understood.
He frowned, thinking.
Sofia looked at Alka and said, "Doesn't that mean you can take whatever you want now?"
That wouldn't make him invincible.
Take whatever you want. When the enemy attacks, just take all their treasures.
Then why fight?
"It's not that outrageous. It's just... a vision for the future. It's not possible right now," Alka said with an awkward smile.
This was just his vision of how to wield his power in the future, a pie in the sky he painted for himself.
He had only just gathered all the treasures, and this crown-level treasure had only just come into his hands. How could he just take whatever he wanted?
At least he had to wait until he had combined all these powers and ascended to godhood before he could accomplish such a feat.
As for taking things, you had to wait until the enemy was completely unprepared.
Taking something by force isn't taking; it's robbing.
"And then there are those hidden, more detailed realms I mentioned, which I can't understand either.
For example," Alka said, looking at Lucilia.
"Like the soul."
For example, he couldn't understand the soul.
He thought dreams were connected to the soul, but he was mistaken. Dreams are simply the spiritual world.
It's simply because Alka's soul has been strengthened by the spiritual world, but in reality, the entire dream world has little connection to the soul.
There are many other things, such as the realm of death.
Alka could only ensure that his treasures were connected to most things, allowing him to grasp many abstract concepts.
"So, can you take someone else's treasure now?" Jason asked.
"What did you say?" Alka asked, shaking the object in his hand.
At some point, a ring appeared in Alka's palm.
It was one of the fusion rings on Jason's hand.
Jason looked at his empty finger, his face filled with shock. He hadn't felt anything just now.
When did this happen?
He felt nothing at all.
"Damn it, it was stolen, you damned thief."
Alka smiled and tossed the ring over.
Jason took it and put it back on his finger.
She looked at Alka with a scrutinizing gaze: "You're really scary right now."
Alka didn't care at all for these words. Instead, she turned to look at the others with a smile.
At Alka's gaze, everyone stepped back cautiously.
"Hey, what do you mean? I wouldn't steal your things."
"Who would know?" Julia said softly.
As soon as she finished speaking, her brows furrowed in alarm.
"Are you stealing my treasure?"
"See, it's easy to crack. As long as one is vigilant, it's easy to notice something's wrong," Alka said.
"So your ability only allows you to steal from the enemy when they're completely off guard?"
"Then why is it called stealing?"
Alka stopped pretending and spoke directly.
That's definitely called stealing.
Hearing this, Sofia frowned. "Wouldn't that easily alert others? Then your advantage wouldn't be that great."
If it were just a single crown-level treasure...
Then it would be difficult for Alka to steal the enemy's treasure in front of them, while they were on guard.
He could only make some preparations while preparing to attack the enemy and steal the enemy's belongings stealthily.
In this unpredictable situation, and without Alka in sight, almost no one could defend themselves.
But the problem was the combination of other treasures.
This situation was greatly improved.
Because Alka wasn't just stealing ordinary treasures.
He could steal abstract concepts from the world.
In front of everyone, Alka casually grabbed something.
A faint light appeared in his hand.
As he waved his hand, light spread all around him. Under Alka's control, this light converged into a beam-like attack, shooting into the surrounding sea.
Watching this, Sofia felt that her treasure was still there.
And if it's just stealing treasure, you can't just steal it and immediately master it.
"What you just stole was... light?"
"What I stole was the control of light," Alka said with a smile.
This is the control of real natural elements based on the elemental cards.
"But you still need more practice and mastery. I'll definitely give you a big surprise when you do."
Everyone nodded.
At the very least, they had witnessed the power of the crown-level treasure Alka now possessed.
Just stealing a treasure in secret was already extremely unacceptable.
Let alone anything else.
After all this discussion.
Alka looked at the image in the mirror, confirming the true situation.
The image in the mirror was naturally the situation on Southern Cross Island.
Then Alka looked at the final Tower of Trials before him.
With a light grasp,
The Tower of Trials vanished before everyone's eyes.
Alka had stolen it.
Or perhaps it couldn't be considered stealing, since the Temple of Trials had originally granted Alka control of the Tower.
Otherwise, Alka wouldn't have been able to move the Tower.
Then, Alka turned to look at everyone and said, "Let's go."
"Uh... you're not going to put it in the small world."
"It's okay. I'll put it in once I'm aboard. For now, just steal it."
"How can you still do that?" Jason said in surprise.
If you can still steal it like that, then what kind of condition is the stolen item in now?
It was a bit confusing.
But he didn't ask any more questions. He had finally witnessed a more outrageous side of Alka's power.
It was even stranger than they had imagined.
Everyone left the Trial Island.
Returned to the Voice of the Dawn.
Before leaving, Simon found the closed triangle in the ruins.
However, it was already quite damaged, and its fate was not good. We could only wait and see if it could be repaired later.
Then everyone entered the small world together.
Now was the culmination of their nearly ten years of work.
When Arka reached the gap in the circle of Trial Towers,
Naphtos appeared.
He stared at the gap, watched Arka approach, and could already sense that the last Trial Tower had vanished, indicating that Arka had secured it.
He had come to witness this event.
Or rather, everyone who entered was witnessing this event.
Alka opened his palm.
The last Trial Tower appeared.
It slowly descended onto the gap.
Thus, the twelve Trial Towers formed a circle.
"Finally... the past scene has finally reappeared," Naphtos muttered as he watched the scene unfold.
Alka watched him, awaiting his next move.
Naphtos calmed down for a moment before saying, "Are you sure you want to place the twelve Towers of Trial here? Or somewhere else?"
"Once you've decided on a location, we'll begin connecting the twelve Towers. Then, his true power will be fully unleashed.
This also means it will be difficult to move him, unless you blow up the world again."
Hearing this, Alka shook his head and said, "Then there's no rush. The twelve Towers of Trial definitely can't be placed here."
As for the specific location, Alka would have to consult with other church leaders.
This wasn't something he could decide on his own.
Because these 12 towers weren't collected by their team alone.
Aside from a few where they contributed, most of them were merely collectors.
Akin to running errands, this was primarily the job of Alka.
But that doesn't mean Alka's contribution was significant.
Naphtos nodded.
His figure vanished from the spot.
He needed to deliver the good news to the instructors waiting in the temple.
The Arka group also left the small world and emerged.
"So, are we heading back now?"
Sofia asked.
Arka shook his head. "No, you've forgotten something important."
As Arka spoke, three items appeared before him. They were the same three items Sofia had collected earlier.
They were left behind by the death of the newborn god.
"These three treasures are two scepters and a crown."
"Ah?" everyone exclaimed in surprise.
They had never considered that among these three treasures, there was also a crown-level treasure, and the other two were also scepter-level.
At most, they had thought there was only one scepter-level treasure.
They had never imagined there was another crown-level treasure.
So, if they hadn't come, it would have been fine, but now they've come, two of them?
Aerka nodded and said, "Don't be surprised. These three treasures are the divinity that the New God once stole from this world when he betrayed it.
Now he's returned it."
"Returned it?" Sofia asked, puzzled.
This suggests that there had been communication between Aerka and the New God, something they were completely unaware of.
After all, when Alka and the others were communicating on the island, everyone could only see them talking.
But they had no idea what they were talking about. No information could be conveyed; they could see nothing except what they saw with their naked eyes.
So, no one knew what kind of deal the two had reached on the island.
Hearing this, Alka remembered that he didn't seem to have explained it to everyone.
Then he began to recount his earlier conversation with the new god.
After the conversation,
Pororo's expression was a little strange.
"So, he's still a good god?"
After all, in Pororo, it seemed this new god adhered to fairness, especially in battle, a principle he greatly admired.
Hearing this, Alka smiled and shook his head.
"Don't think too highly of him. It's simply his pride that makes him disdain any extraneous means.
And the reason he's so generous is because he believes these things he takes from the world will only become a burden to him."
"Why do you say that?" Jason asked, having just finished hearing Alka's words and before he had time to elaborate.