Chapter 312: The Lure
"How much longer!"
Irwin looked up to see Scintilla pace around, the fire in her hair flaring up in agitation.
"No idea," he said, looking up and around.
They had returned to Canadensis over a day ago and were now sitting near the edge of the forest. A stream of Pyroflux gently rippled out from the tree line, moving toward the sea, gleaming a few hundred feet away. Tang had told them to remain here, as he had an idea of what to do, though he'd been unwilling to share said idea yet. He'd shared a few things with Irwin, telling him he'd need to head to the bottom of the sea and what he would have to do when he got there.
Thinking about that, Irwin focused on the Pyroflux, staring at the black, rocky bottom. He sensed the large amount of water in the golden liquid and slowly drew on the Sweltering part of his soulcard. It took a lot of focus, but after a few moments, a muddy bubble appeared at the bottom of the stream. Keeping it there cost some effort as it seemed to want to float up. Irwin increased the size until it was large enough for multiple people to sit in. When he was sure he had stabilized it, he finally released his control.
It better be a really good plan, Irwin thought, as he recalled the absurd size of the Earth Titans.
There was no way they were going to be able to fight one, even if they were weaker this far from the world's core. His own idea had been to draw them to one of the deepest caves, then use his soundwave teleport to move inside the Earth Titan's body as it destroyed the lure, but Tang had been against that. He'd said the Earth Titan would return to the depths right away to digest the lure's unfinished heartcard, and he would get stuck.
Irwin sighed as he continued to sway his feet inside the stream.
Scintilla let out a soft growl, and Irwin looked up, seeing her stare at the ground below her feet with a mixture of worry and annoyance.
"I still don't sense any worry from Ambraz," Irwin said, poking at the connection he had with the Ganvil.
Although distant and muted, he felt Ambraz's presence deep in the bowels of the earth. He could also point to where Ambraz was deep in the ground if he wanted to.
The fact that he could sense him this far away was something he wanted to talk to Ambraz about. Even though he'd been able to sense him for a long time, he couldn't recall if it had been this far before. Even on Granvox, Ambraz had never been more than a few city blocks away. Either something had changed, perhaps when Ambraz ranked up, or he had always been able to, and it was his own increased soulforce sensitivity that made this possible.