While Minhyuk was busy admiring his unsealed Absolute God’s Secret, the entire world was struck with the same message.

[There will be an update in 30 minutes. Players are advised to log out in a safe place.]

“…!”

Minhyuk felt his heart tremble. Being asked to log out for an update only meant one thing: Athenae was going to usher in their second era with the integration of dozens of servers all over the world. Along with that, the ‘Battle of the Thrones’ would begin.

‘I’ve already received a penalty for expressing my will to participate in the middle of the event. Fortunately, it’s not that big.’

Since Minhyuk had unsealed his Absolute God’s Secret on time, it was still possible for him to join everyone in the beginning of the event. But before he was about to return to Beyond the Heavens Kingdom…

“Food God.”

“Yes?”

…Arlene called out to him, stopping him in his tracks. Minhyuk could feel Arlene’s gaze fixed on his back.

“Aren’t you curious about the Abyss?”

If she was asking if Minhyuk was curious about the Abyss, then the answer to that was without a doubt, yes. Ordinary players might not know anything about the Abyss, but Arlene would probably know a lot about it.

“I’m probably the only one that can open the path to the Abyss as of the moment.”

“…!”

What was more, Arlene mentioned that she was the only one who can open the path to the Abyss. This meant that if Minhyuk left now and broke contact with Arlene, he would never be able to get a chance to enter...