Richard was also busy.
Apart from occasionally visiting Bright Castle and the Gray Head Mountain construction site, he spent most of his time researching things alone.
Surrounded by ancient wizard manuscripts from Balta, he constantly read, pondered, and tested.
As time passed, the ancient wizard manuscripts were replaced batch after batch, and he found answers to many doubts, gaining a more comprehensive understanding of certain matters.
Just like that, it's unclear how much time passed until one day a slight change occurred.
...
Inside Atlantis, in a huge house.
The house spans dozens of meters in width and over twenty meters in height, as empty as a stadium. The walls are painted snow-white and smooth, like mirrors, but now they're covered with many black, scribbled writings, as if someone used the walls as a draft paper.
At this moment, Richard stood in front of the wall, squinting at a somewhat damaged scroll, with a thoughtful expression.
