633 A Fair Trade (Part 1)

Under the crystal mines, he could see a flow of world energy so big that it made mana geysers look like drinking fountains.

There were also life forces inside the ground, the kind of which he had never seen before. He didn't notice any of it earlier because he was in the middle of the raging storm that was Mogar's essence.

It was also the reason he had been unable to chase Korgh.

Only now that Lith was far enough, could he glimpse the magnitude of the natural phenomenon that gave life to mana crystals.

'Does the life force belong to Awakened crystals or to Mogar itself? Thank heavens we left the mines. Being exposed for too long to such a vigorous flow of world energy might speed up Phloria's Awakening process.

'It would be a shame if I had to kill the entire expedition to protect our secret. Yondra and Morok seem to be nice people, but "seem" is not enough to…'