He turned his gaze back to Ember, his eyes reflecting the world they stood on. "This moon is my artifact. The nature I helped birth became my ultimate battery, ensuring I always had the pool of energy I needed when waging war against the mages."
He paused, letting the weight of the lesson sink into the boy's mind, making him truly understand, a physical, crafted artifact means nothing to an Origin God, for they themselves are the ultimate source of creation.
This revelation shattered Ember's old perspective. The sheer scale of the concept left the boy completely paralyzed in thought. For days, he stood frozen, trapped in deep contemplation, until he finally snapped out of his trance. When his eyes focused once more, he saw Ikenga quietly studying the architecture of the Mage Tower. Now that Ember truly understood what a divine artifact could be, he realized what the tower represented and he immediately asked to be a part of the study.
