Chapter 355: In His Full Form
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Sitting in the quiescence of his tent, Ivan read through the book and made sure no one interrupted him while he did so, not even Herbert. However, his wife was an exception, but he really hoped she wouldn’t come at an inappropriate time like this, cause right now, getting distracted was the last thing he sought.
He knew how doubtful Tobias looked when he said he was going to read the book page by page, and if he tried, it would take at least a week to finish, but thankfully, his skills had opted, and the records in the book was nothing new, as he had given it some read back in GreenHollow. He knew what each page entailed, but he couldn’t help but feel like he was missing something regardless of how many times he brushed and skipped to the end.
Another five hours had gone by with him trying to piece the puzzles, it was that serious he took a pen and circled each phrase that looked vague, or structurally ambiguous to him. He hated every complex phrase his eyes landed on, and he couldn’t help but circle it with the hopes of returning back to them.
"Whoever wrote this must be some unhinged philosopher." He muttered, eyebrows furrowed with exhaustion. He even found himself dozing off a couple of times, but he shook aside the sleep and steadied himself.
Another hour went by, and the story was still the same. After obliterating Marius from earth, his kind seized the green orb he refused to let go, even at death. The green orb channeled his strength, he was a power-hungry demon, basically everything in the book shared some sort of diabolical connection with the orb, and that made Ivan’s eyebrows crease whenever he read through the lines he circled, again and again, and again.
"What if..." Ivan’s eyes snapped wide, and he stopped chewing at the bottom of the quilt. As if timed, he heard someone call his name.
"Ivan!"
"Huh?" Averting his gaze from the book, he subconsciously jerked his head at the tent flap to see his wife rush in, her enchanting green eyes wide with urgency. He could literally hear the sound of her heart pounding in her chest as she stopped at the entrance, and that made him set the book aside.