Chapter 486 - Taming the Keys
While everyone processed the implications of the revelation, the small fungus continued forward, the sound of its small feet echoing on the crystalline floor.
"That means the slight changes we’ve seen in the underground..." Julius began.
"I’m not sure what they did in my absence, but yes... Their side may be affecting ours from their main vein," Dragarion nodded.
Ren’s small fungus was still walking through the chamber, completely ignoring everyone present.
Dragarion observed the small being with growing curiosity, his eyes following the trajectory toward where it was headed.
"If what you told me about a beast that speaks is true and it lost its way of communicating... I think it will go straight to the golden crystal," he murmured, pointing toward the lower section of the mural where the diamond blue crystal gave way to a golden window that pulsed softly.
The section was small and circular, perfectly smooth like a mirror, different from the rest of the crystalline structure surrounding them. It emitted a warm glow that contrasted with the blue coldness of the rest of the chamber.
This golden section seemed almost alive, pulsing with a rhythm that suggested more than mere magical resonance.
"Isn’t it dangerous to bring an unknown beast here? I know it seems harmless but Ren isn’t normal, he always..." Julius analyzed.
"I don’t fear giving it access... because it transformed energy into something that feels ’cleaner’. During that ’purification’ I think I could sense its intentions," the king continued, not taking his eyes off the fungus.
"Maybe you didn’t feel it like that because you don’t have a point of reference, but..." His expression darkened with a memory. "They were completely opposite to what I experienced when I touched Yino’s purple crystal years ago. Where that one filled me with a viscous sensation that took weeks to clean from my system, this creature’s energy felt... clean. Light. Undoubtedly opposite in every sense."
Zhao moved closer, his mind connecting pieces. "Do you think his beast is the key to stopping the corruption?" he asked.