Who hid My Corpse!

...What does this mean?

"Do you think the Contract Land will force you to hand over the remaining corpse blocks?" Mina asked.

"The word 'force' is quite accurate."

"But do they really dare to do that?" Mina said, "With your strength and status, almost no one in this world can surpass you, even the Contract Land, not necessarily..."

"They absolutely would." Isaiah calmly interrupted Mina, "In this world, everyone is a servant of the gods. In the eyes of the divine beings, there's no difference between you and me. So no one can go against the will of the gods, and Visas's power is the gods' reverse scale. They might allow some servants to possess one or two pieces of the corpse blocks, and may even be pleased to see that, because it means that Visas's legacy is still under their control to some extent, but they would never allow one person to own multiple pieces of the corpse blocks."

Mina instinctively asked, "Why is that?"

"Because to this day, they are still afraid of Visas."

Mina opened her mouth wide, not knowing what to say for a moment.

Meanwhile, Isaiah carried his hands behind his back and slowly walked forward, and Mina quickly followed. At this moment, she felt like she was back decades ago, in the days when she first studied by Isaiah's side. Only that back then, what Isaiah said was knowledge, and now what he speaks are "taboos," absolute words of desecration.

Gods, beings transcendent above all mundane existence in this world, would actually feel fear, and what they fear is a creature that died more than a thousand years ago?

To this day, no one knows exactly what Visas was.

He couldn't have been human, as humans cannot confront gods. And he couldn't have been a god, more like... a higher rank than gods?

Mina was startled by her own thoughts, and then hurriedly prayed in her heart for the forgiveness of the Lord of Star Relics.

"If Visas's corpse blocks could be destroyed, the gods would want nothing more than to erase every trace of Visas's existence," Isaiah slowly said, "Of course, they indeed did a lot of work in this regard, so many things can't be found in the history books, and can only be inferred through a series of their arrangements from the past to the present."

"So you concluded that the gods are still afraid of Visas?" Mina involuntarily lowered her voice.

"Of course, it's not that difficult." Isaiah said, "From the Contract Land that has been hidden for thousands of years, to the ultimate weapon Heavenly Sound Obedience, to the recent taboo scholar that has made many churches panic. They exist because they are related to Visas's power, and for a guy who died a millennium ago to still make the high and mighty gods so apprehensive, what do you think the reason could be?"

"...Because the things he did were too appalling?" Mina asked.

Mina thought Isaiah would immediately answer, just like he used to. But what she didn't expect was that Isaiah remained silent for a long time and finally said softly, "If only it were so simple."

"...Teacher?"

"Alright, let's end the topic here." Isaiah strongly halted the continuation of the topic, "What Visas is has nothing to do with my current situation."

Mina realized that Isaiah was deliberately avoiding this topic, but she wasn't surprised. After all, the last person who was so interested in everything about Visas was the very taboo scholar chased by several major churches. Mina guessed Isaiah didn't want her to fall into taboos as well, and so she turned her thoughts back to the previous topic.

"The Contract Land will certainly force you to hand over the corpse blocks." Mina said, "But you didn't... No, why didn't you hand over just that finger?"

As soon as she asked this question, Mina realized how foolish she was.

"Handing over the finger would confirm that the one fighting me was Ulu." Isaiah still gave an answer, "And it would confirm that I secretly kept those so-called 'unproducible corpse blocks.'"

Mina pursed her lips, "So if you don't hand it over, won't they still think so?"

"Of course, they will, but they can't confirm it." Isaiah glanced at Mina, "If I insist that the one fighting me was not Ulu."

At this point, Mina finally understood why Isaiah had previously denied the opponent's identity.

As long as the person fighting Isaiah was not Ulu, but a lunatic of unknown origin, having no corpse blocks would be normal as the opponent himself didn't have corpse blocks.

At least in terms of 'logic,' this makes complete sense.

"No wonder you hid the finger." Mina said, "Indeed, once it's handed over, it'll be impossible to explain."

Mina also understood that as long as Isaiah didn't admit that the person fighting him was Ulu, the Contract Land and several other major churches couldn't truly corner Isaiah. After all, Isaiah's status was still a considerable factor here.

But...

"Will they let it go?" Mina asked worriedly.

"Of course not." Isaiah said blandly, "They will find various ways to prove that person was Ulu, and if no flaws can be found no matter what, someone might take a desperate step."

At this point, Isaiah stopped and turned his head towards the direction of the Contract Land.