Author's Note: Unedited Chapter
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"Now, will you let me take what I came for, or do I have to keep proving my point?"
The creature hesitated, glancing at its fallen comrades before bowing its head. "The sacred ground belongs to the flames, but... we cannot stop you. Do what you must, outsider. But know that the flames will remember."
"That's more like it," Gustav's tone softened slightly. "I'll be out of your hair soon enough. Just stay out of my way."
With the creatures retreating, Gustav approached the coordinates provided by the system. The vestige was buried deep beneath the planet's molten surface, but this posed no challenge for him.
Gustav soon began to descend through the molten crust of the fiery planet. His hands emitted a faint milky-white glow as atomic disintegration allowed him to burrow effortlessly through layers of magma and solidified rock.