Chapter 388 - Compass & The Grail (1) (1/2)

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The pearl was like death. It had a stench that made one wish to regurgitate their stomachs, but it was an odd stench. Despite that sensation, an unbearably pure aura emitted from it. It could be described as it trying to remove all the toxins from one's existence, establishing that revolting feeling.

While it reached near Akane, whose eyes were wide and filled with disbelief, it flickered with faint traces of that pure light.

Then, in a split second, the ritual had ended.

Akane felt a temporary liberating feeling, as if she was no longer burdened. Her hands were lifted away from the sword, and her eyes flashed with a light. With an instinctive desire for survival of not just her but her entire race, she lunged towards the pearl in an act of self-sacrifice.

She knew that pearl wasn't after her, but the Ancestral Hope.

Then, a voice seemed to echo in her brain. She pulled out a silver compass and threw it at the pearl. She had no idea why she did, but she felt it was right.

”Oh?!” The translucent woman gasped in shock when she saw the compass, and an uncertainty flickered briefly in her eyes.

Surprisingly, the pearl didn't dodge the compass, smashing directly towards. However, it didn't cause any sound of collision, but a soft sound resembling a rock being thrown into a pond.

That plop was resounding.

It caused everyone to unintentionally exclaim as their heartbeat increased unnaturally.

”The Ancestor said to remember the compass, but...what?” Confused, Akane thought. The events were too sudden to think about it too carefully.

The pearl and compass attached to each other. They were like two pieces of sharply contrasted gum.

Zuuum!

A charging sound emanated from the two. A build-up of unknown energy was occurring as the pure, white light and silver sheen of the compass started to glow brighter. It was like two unstable energy sources were competing for dominance.

Akane and Kaiga's expressions changed. Without thinking about it, Akane and Kaiga shot backwards without hesitation. A profound sensation of danger linked to their inner heritage alerted them of a terrifying event that was about to occur.

However, the translucent woman didn't have the same thoughts. She sped towards the sword in the stone, her nearly unseen eyes glowed with a brilliantly bright light of desire and happiness. All she needed to do was come in contact with the stone, and she would have accomplished her mission.

The two objects spun slowly in the air like they were performing a close contact tango of sorts.

As she sped forward, a violet light shot from a distance. This light was like a comet in the horizon arriving. The woman briefly glanced at it, promptly ignored it, and pushed forward.

She was only a few dozen meters away at this point. Her hand was reached as far as possible, and her fingers trembled. An incomparably excellent feeling emerged in her heart, like an explorer finding the most valuable treasure in the world.

Just.

A.

Little.

More.

Her thoughts spiraled.

The violet light appeared beside Akane as if it had eyes at remarkable speeds. A small, dainty figure emerged. It was Tsumi.

”Tsumi!” Akane cried.

When she appeared, despite being shocked by the events and filled with a sense of profound danger, Kaiga fearlessly stopped his retreat and grabbed at Tsumi. He pulled the confused girl into his embrace and turned his back towards the compass and pearl.

A soft exclamation escaped Tsumi's lips, but witnessing Kaiga, the Clan Lord's son, grab her protectively in his embrace, she didn't resist.

Luckily, because…