"The Goddess has spoken to me. She told me to find the path leading underground and stop the forbidden magic circle in the research lab," Lin said, suppressing the pain surging through his body as he relayed the message from the Goddess.

The room was thick with demonic energy, so dense that the floor was invisible. Even the members of the hero's party, aside from Lin, felt their bodies tremble under the weight of the concentrated miasma.

"How is it that you, a mere porter, received a divine revelation that I, a saint, did not?" Arsil challenged, suspicion in her …