Kapitel 729: Cautionary Take

"Be very wary of that Familiar that you keep close. The one you trust so deeply and place in charge of your affairs."

As the blast erupted, Rey remembered one of the words that The Oracle said to him.

Back then, he assumed the one she was referring to was Ater, but… was that really the case?

She never mentioned a particular name, and kept referring to the Familiar in a non-binary manner. The way The Oracle framed the warning didn't make it exclusive to just Ater.

All along… it could have been Emil.

~BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!~

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The powerful blast of sheer Mana should have easily destroyed the entire Shrine and everything around it for at least a few blocks—if not more—yet nothing of the sort happened.

Instead, the incredible explosion was contained within a barrier that covered the explosion in its entirety.

As a result, only the interior of the barrier was affected by the powerful explosion.