Gorr hadn't fabricated a single word.
Standing in the center of the dusty square, Sol felt a profound, heavy weight lift from his chest.
Lumi is alive, Sol thought, a rare, genuine wave of relief washing over his mind.
Yet, as the immediate worry for the girl's survival faded, a dense labyrinth of new mysteries took its place.
Who really is Elyndra? Sol wondered, his thoughts racing back to their enigmatic encounter deep in the Orrath wilderness.
In a primitive world where beast-taming required complex manuals and generational breeding methods… like the mundane hide scroll Veylara had prized so dearly… Elyndra commanded deep-jungle behemoths with a mere thought. Her ability to manipulate spatial light, teleport a colossal entity across vast distances, and operate with complete indifference to the regional powers pointed to a realm far beyond the Layer 4 ceiling of the Great Orrath.
