Feylora held it up in front of Ethan, her voice still buzzing with excitement.
"There's defensive energy inside this rune. If you wear it, it can form a powerful spatial barrier. That way, the enemy won't be able to hurt us."
Ethan stared at the rune, heat rising in his chest.
He truly hadn't expected a place like this to be hiding another layer of power. The abandoned runes on the surface had already been shocking enough—but underground, everything felt like it had been lifted up by an entire tier.
It wasn't just that there were more runes.
More importantly, these were clearly more complete, and their energy was far denser.
Right then, Ethan's gaze paused.
On one of the walls, he saw an extremely strange rune.
Its shape was odd, like a tadpole curled in on itself. It wasn't large, and the energy it gave off wasn't nearly as strong as the other runes around it. But after Ethan stared at it for a moment, his expression began to change, inch by inch.
