Bab 3162: Monster Hunt (Part 2)

'This should keep the World Fucker busy.' Solus thought. 'I don't know why no one tried to imprint me yet, but I'm even more surprised the Yggdrasill hasn't sent someone after Lith either.

'If they did and more Chroniclers died, I would have noticed the tremors. If something happened to Lith, I bet everything I don't have that the Tree would throw it in my face.'

As if in answer to her thoughts, a small energy dome nailed the stone ring to the wooden floor while the door of her cell opened. The bark of the World Tree shifted into a rectangular opening, letting inside the first light in two days and a female elf.

'I see.' Solus studied the newcomer's deep violet core and lithe figure. 'The Yggdrasil must have chosen her as my "host" if they revealed the secret of the violet core to her.

'The Tree must have waited until she got accustomed to her new powers before making another attempt at imprinting me.'