The White Tome

"The Nest?"

Screeee!

My question was covered by the loud cry of the hybrid Roc as its wing flapped and brought us to the sky, but…

'This is…'

The place the Roc was standing on seemed to have been elevated from its place as if a small earthquake had taken place…

"A turtle…?"

"Well, you can say so, but it's too much of an exaggeration to call it a turtle. We call it the Earth Diving Behemoth, it's our land 'guardian'."

The piece of earth that seemed to have 'jumped' a level or two above ground had the shape of a giant turtle, towards which the sect higher-ups that we left behind moved and appeared to be entering into its shell through some sort of a passage.

Though the existence of the 'King Roc' didn't bring me too much surprise thanks to its fragmented lineage, the surfacing of this 'Behemoth' that had a quarter bloodline of the 'Black Turtle', also known as 'Xuanwu' in eastern mythology, once again pointed towards the same point.