Chapter 113: Roots of a domain
The soft glow of dawn hadn’t yet faded from the Nexus vault’s entrance when Clayton made his decision.
Standing before the vine-entangled metallic door, he let out a long, steady breath. "We explore it," he finally said, his tone calm but resolute.
After much thought, Clayton realized that being cautious was good, but he was underestimating the trio of him, Torren, and Kaelin.
All 3 of them were battle-hardened warriors, adventurers who have encountered their fair share of dangerous Behemorphs, even Null Crowns, and even survived a Behemorph stampede together.
Even if inside the Nexus vault was dangerous, Clayton doubted it could be as dangerous as the Behemorph stampede that they survived.
Besides, compared to then, he was stronger now.
And close to his Rootsite, his Aspect and all his abilities were amplified. Clayton felt that they were equipped to deal with any danger that the Nexus vault threw at them, unless there was a Verdant Warden Behemorph inside there.
Even if there was, Clayton no longer dreaded those horrors as before.
As an Initiate Ember Awakened, he was already killing Luminous Seed Crown Behemorphs and subordinating them. Now, as a Luminous Seed, even if he could not kill a Verdant Warden rank Behemorph yet, at the very least, Clayton was confident in his ability to escape.
This was what necessitated his decision.
Torren’s brow lifted slightly, Kaelin’s mouth quirking with eager anticipation. None of them refuted his decision.
But before any of them could act, hurried footsteps echoed behind them.