The new marker appeared beyond the pool. Caelus checked its position twice and then turned the display toward the others.
"There's another one."
"This time I want the high-grade one!" Freya raised her tiny hands in excitement.
Caelus rolled his eyes hearing this. "Just wait your turn. Me and Big Sister Sylvia gets it first."
"No fair....!" Freya said with a sigh. But in the end, she didn't refute his words.
Soon, they followed the route through a narrow stretch of fog. A glowing tree appeared ahead with a golden embryo resting between its exposed roots.
Caelus had almost reached it when a bolt of white light struck the ground in front of his feet.
BANG!
Fragments of stone scattered across his boots. He stopped and looked toward the far side of the tree.
"This embryo is ours."
"Leave while you still can or else prepare for death. Random nobodies."
Three people emerged from the fog. The man at their front held a silver staff and wore the Nine Towers symbol on his robe.
