Cain glanced at Anark and gave a final nod to the True Primordial before diving back into the Everstrife Empyrean World, descending directly toward the Scarlet Crown.
The instant he stood alone within its crimson vastness, the somberness in his eyes only deepened. Merely waiting for the Heart of the Root and Radagon to move was not wisdom—it was surrender. And surrender was something Cain had never once considered.
If he wished to launch an offensive, the first step was clear: he needed the support of the five remaining Empyrean Worlds. To gain that support, he had to prove that the defensive path they favored was not only flawed but fatal.
And there was only one method capable of revealing that truth—learning Radagon's real intentions. And the only way to uncover those intentions was to infiltrate the Heart of the Root itself.
