Erbane Cliff

The Time Chamber of Commerce's ship was sailing leisurely across the ocean. Erbane Cliff, the person in charge of this voyage, had brought a chair to the deck, where he sat enjoying the sea breeze in a pleasant mood.

The large number of forbidden artifacts he had acquired through various means during this trip was proof of his success. This guaranteed that upon his return to the Time Chamber of Commerce, he would receive greater recognition, as well as a higher status and position.

Dressed in a black formal suit like a gentleman, he sipped his wine unhurriedly.

"Has anything noteworthy happened in the outside world lately?"

Erbane called over a subordinate and asked.

"Lord Erbane..."

Upon hearing the question, the subordinate immediately stepped forward respectfully and told Erbane everything he knew.

Erbane had only asked in passing, but he hadn't expected that major events had indeed occurred during this time—events closely related to the Time Chamber of Commerce. His expression shifted after hearing just a few sentences.

Preston, the Protagonist of the Era belonging to their Time Chamber of Commerce, was actually dead?

Chester, an Evolver from their chamber, had also been arrested by the Radiant Light Church because of this matter?

Why had so many things happened in such a short time? Moreover, every single one of them was unfavorable to the Time Chamber of Commerce.

What exactly was going on?

Erbane's expression flickered repeatedly, feeling that the changes in the main world were too rapid, catching people off guard.

But after a short while, he let out a long breath. "Although the situation is very unfavorable for the Time Chamber of Commerce, fortunately, it all happened in places far away from me. It doesn't have much to do with me."

Erbane didn't share the sentiment of collective honor or loss. Even if the Time Chamber of Commerce suffered heavy losses, as long as his own interests weren't significantly affected, it didn't matter much to him.

"By the way, that Olivia Melianne you mentioned, what kind of person is she?" Erbane asked his subordinate again.

"She's... she's... yes, exactly like that."

The young subordinate was about to describe Olivia when he suddenly seemed to see something. He subconsciously raised his head and pointed into the distance as he spoke.

Erbane was startled and looked up as well, seeing a blonde nun flying rapidly toward them through the air.

This was Olivia?

Wait, why was Olivia here?

After a moment of shock, Erbane's face darkened instantly.

The subordinate who had just pointed her out also realized the situation. He subconsciously took a few steps back, looking at the approaching Olivia in terror.

"Why is she here? She couldn't possibly be coming for us, could she?" Erbane's brow furrowed deeply.

He felt something was wrong. His operation didn't have a fixed route, so how could she have found him so accurately?

But the fact that she appeared right here made it difficult to believe it had nothing to do with him.

"It's fine. she's just a Skywalker. Even if she's a Protagonist of the Era, she won't be a match for me," Erbane whispered.

Hearing Erbane's words, the subordinate beside him couldn't help but chime in, "But Lord Erbane, according to the latest news, Olivia has already advanced to become an Evolver."

What?

She's already advanced to an Evolver?

This news finally caused Erbane's expression to change drastically. If she was a Protagonist of the Era at the same class rank as him, he truly might not be able to defeat her, even though he had lived for over five hundred years and possessed extremely rich combat experience and countless methods.

Because the title of Protagonist of the Era was truly not something just anyone could possess.

Those who could become a Protagonist of the Era were, to some extent, quite unreasonable.

At this moment, even Erbane could only pray that Olivia was just passing by and wasn't there for him.

But such hopes were quickly dashed.

He watched with wide eyes as Olivia's arm extended, and the palm at the very end of her arm suddenly grew massive, slamming down toward the ship he was on.

She was definitely coming for him!

"Damn it!"

Erbane couldn't help but curse. With a flick of his hand, an item resembling a wallet appeared.

This was a forbidden artifact called the Starry Rift. When opened, the interior of the wallet revealed a scene resembling a starry sky, possessing a unique and wonderful utility.

If left uncontrolled, this forbidden artifact would automatically pull all things into itself, including life. Once anything was pulled inside, it would be lost forever, as if it had completely disappeared.

However, through the research of the Time Chamber of Commerce, they had found the correct way to use the Starry Rift, ensuring that things actively placed inside would not be lost and could be retrieved at any time.

But this was no simple space-type storage artifact, because any forbidden artifact placed inside would have its negative effects contained, unable to affect the outside world.

It wasn't that the Starry Rift suppressed the negative effects of other forbidden artifacts, but rather that the internal space of the Starry Rift was very subtle, as if it were infinitely large.

Therefore, no matter how much a forbidden artifact inside tried to cause trouble or act up, its influence was limited to the interior of the Starry Rift.

At that moment, Erbane held out the Starry Rift and instantly pulled the ship beneath him into it, while he himself floated into the air.

"Stop! Olivia, what do you think you're doing?"

Erbane's figure was now fully visible to Olivia. At the same time, he reached his hand into the Starry Rift and grabbed one of the forbidden artifacts within, looking at Olivia warily.

Seeing this, Olivia had no intention of stopping. Her massive palm slammed down heavily like a descending black cloud, causing the surrounding air to whistle from the compression. A heavy pressure flooded the area in an instant.

Erbane's face darkened at the sight.

He no longer hesitated and directly pulled a forbidden artifact out of the Starry Rift, intending to use it against Olivia.

Although he had a basic understanding of Olivia's information from his subordinate, he didn't know that one should not use forbidden artifacts to fight her. Instead, because of his wariness toward her, he chose not to use his own abilities but opted to borrow the power of a forbidden artifact.

In the next moment, a torch appeared in Erbane's hand.

As soon as the torch appeared, the flickering sparks rapidly grew intense. A scorching temperature instantly filled the space between heaven and earth, and rolling flames soared into the sky, as if capable of burning the heavens and boiling the sea to destroy everything.

As Olivia's palm slammed down, she felt a scorching sensation and had to pull her hand back quickly.