Chapter 377: The Weight of Succession
’Master!! There is something wrong with Adira!!’
Mirabella blinked in genuine surprise at Vespina’s panicked, telepathic words echoing through her mind. She instantly shifted her weight and turned to her assembled guild members, her demeanor sharpening. "I will be back!!"
With that short command, her figure vanished entirely from sight, leaving a vacuum of displaced air. But instead of an empty space, reappearing precisely on her previous spot was a tiny, intricate golden Palace, radiating an intensely ancient, divine frequency.
"Is that...?" Rose muttered in surprise, her eyes widening as she recognized the energy. She didn’t hesitate for a microsecond. "Concealment barrier!!"
She yelled, stretching her legendary class staff at the palace. A massive, shimmering dome of cloaking energy erupted around the artifact, completely hiding the miniature palace and its energy signature from the outside world and the wandering eyes of Galaxy City.
"She explicitly told us back on Earth to keep this a secret at all costs. It only means this golden Palace is really important to her," Rose explained, wiping a bead of sweat from her brow as she stabilized the high-tier illusion magic.
"I get it... You’re so thoughtful, Rose," Austin slowly nodded his head, blinking stupidly as he moved his confused gaze around the empty air. "Uh... Where exactly is the Palace again?"
"It’s sitting right in front of your face... You literally can’t see it due to the visual refraction," Aurelia said, raising a judging eyebrow at her twin’s lack of awareness.
"Oh! Right! I knew that!" Austin laughed sheepishly, extinguishing the flames on his knuckles.
’Why would Big Sister leave her primary artifact behind in a hot zone like this? Did something catastrophic happen?’ Carl thought, his gaze lowering to the restless, unkillable red-skinned zombies pacing below their positions.
"What should we do about those things while she’s gone?" David asked.
"For now." Hitachi sheathed his legendary sword with a crisp, metallic click, his celestial eyes tracking the entities’ micro-movements.