Ethan didn't linger.
Once the last enemy was cut down and the chaotic energy over the mine finally thinned out, he stowed the energy core Kharvexis had left behind and led everyone out of the Solaryn mining zone. The golden ore they'd stripped was still being crated nonstop—goblin engineering teams stayed behind to keep hauling. Feylora, meanwhile, followed the route pulled from Kharvexis's brain data and drove the main force deeper in.
Before long, the group reached a canyon.
It was deep—so deep it felt like the world had been split open with an axe. On both sides, sheer cliffs rose like two black walls.
But the cliff faces weren't normal rock.
They were studded with energy gemstones, packed so densely it looked unreal. Red, blue, purple, gold, gray-white—every color bled out through the cracks, turning the entire canyon into a river of shifting gemstone light.
And every single gem carried a violent presence.
