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**[Divine Mark Activation Progress]**
- [Southeast Divine Mark Activation: 0/1]
- [Southwest Divine Mark Activation: 0/1]
- [North Divine Mark Activation: 1/1]
- [???]
- [Overall Progress in Heavenly Basin: 0/1]

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As I sat cross-legged on a large pile of rocks, irritably tapping my sword’s sheath, I waited for the next wave of lamia and muttered to myself, full of frustration.

"This isn’t going to work."

It's a waste of time. Just defending a single Divine Mark in the north wasn’t going to cut it. Unless all the Divine Marks were activated, I …