Chapter 977 – First Song Spring
Ely's breath caught. The Devourer pushed harder.
Lux's arms trembled more violently.
"Ely!"
She looked at the broken spring.
At the dead roots.
At the hollow mountain.
At the place that had been called sealed but had been forced to starve.
Ely didn't know the spring's true name.
She only knew what the book had called it.
The sealed spring.
That was all.
But somehow, deep inside her blood, something stirred. A name rose without thought, instinctive and ancient, like a newborn creature recognizing the first warmth before it as parent.
Then she said, voice shaking but clear, "The First Song Spring."
The chamber reacted.
The stolen fragments pulsed.
The Devourer roared.
[Owner Identification Shift]
[Spring Identity Reasserted: First Song Spring]
[Temporary Claim Conflict Detected]
[Devourer Claim: Corrupted Consumption]
[Ely Vireleth Bloodline Witness: Valid]
Lux smiled through gritted teeth. "There."
Sira's eyes widened.
