Chapter 49: The Night of Brilliance (1)

Q: What kind of sacrifice is required to summon creatures from the other side?

A: A beast which is supposedly widely considered as the embodiment of purity, such as Unicorn, Winterheart Reindeer, Pegasus.

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The wind curled around me as I came down, air drifted off like smoke from my back. Not much of the juice was left in the suit after last night’s usage. I reckoned it wouldn’t even last a trip down, even when I use it the most efficient way. Not even halfway down.

“It would take about two hours to reach the camp,” I said, coming down. My eyes drifted upwards at the gathering clouds. “Well, considering the blizzard didn’t hit us by then.”

Harth didn’t meet my gaze like always. While Mrs Kirien was still unconscious, her condition seemed better than before.

‘How easy it had been for her--’ I stopped at those lines of thoughts, biting my lips. She didn’t even know she lost her husband, did she?