Chapter 553 - 547. Moving Forward
From his bed, Zein told what he saw in the vision. It wasn’t a long story, because Zein described the event as concisely as he could, so he didn’t have to dwell on it too much.
"W-what?" Han Shin, who wasn’t on the ship and was not the Boss or the Boss’s husband, heard about it for the first time. He sat weakly at the edge of the bed, grabbing Zein’s blanket with a trembling hand. "T-then...what now?"
"Now, we raced against time," Radia narrowed his eyes.
Zein nodded. "The Fallen Star wouldn’t be able to absorb the celestial energy inside the shard right away."
He recalled back to the vision; it bugged him that the Fallen Star told its fragment to take the shard instead of taking it by Itself. This proved that the Fallen Star couldn’t actually touch the shard--or rather, the celestial energy.
"That Fragment...it covered the shard in some kind of a cocoon...like an energy barrier--only then did the Fallen Star able to take the shard," Zein shared his observation. "I think the Fragment was made of the part of Fallen Star that still contained a little bit of celestial energy. The Fallen Star had to unravel the shard’s energy, mix it with the cocoon that contained part of its own energy, and only then absorb it safely."
"I see," Radia tapped his lips in contemplation. "So that was why you said we still have time."
Zein nodded. "Perhaps not much, but I think we still have hope."
"Why?" Radia tilted his head; the scarlet eyes were both cold and calculating. "How are you so sure?"
Zein would have been annoyed if it was their first time doing this dance. But he understood that Radia had the burden and responsibility to decide whether the operation was feasible to be staked on. Because, if there was no hope of reclaiming the Deathzone through a complete fragment of Setnath, it would be best to retreat and declare failure. That way, they could break the Reclamation Act’s contract and attack the Fallen Star together with their allies and the government.
"This kid told me," Zein lifted his thumb, where the ring sealing the shard circled his hand.