Chapter 1325
Davey used the instrument courtesy of Mute to track down Willow’s remnants. Every time the melody rang out, a current of power became visible and audible to him.
Using that flow as a guide, he located the remnants and sealed their traces inside the remnant crystal Ares had given him.
During the process, Davey learned a few things, like the fact that most of the remnants he had to recover himself were connected directly to Willow’s memories.
Each time he retrieved one, a memory she had never spoken about rushed into him.
Her remnants had also seeped into both inanimate objects and living beings without distinction. Those exposed to the remnants showed different reactions.
There was a case where a savage monster assimilated with a remnant, one tied to one of her happy memories, and became unusually docile. In another case, there was a gentle animal that merged with a remnant of her painful memory and had flown into a frenzy.
So far, he had found only five traces, but they had been located without much difficulty. He had no idea how many remained.
The fifth remnant had seeped into an evil beast king within the territory of Alpha Reinforcements.
The Evil Beast King Granatos. Exposed to one of her sorrowful memories, it had failed to resist and became assimilated. It reacted explosively and immediately began to move erratically, causing significant damage.
The memory fragment it absorbed was of Willow suffering from the clash between the power of the Abyss and Predatory Assimilation.
As the memory that kept calling out to him and begging for his help poured into him and Perserque, she covered her mouth with one hand and fell silent.
“If it's too much, you can go back,” he told her with concern. “I’ll handle it.”