The broken road could not stop the Traveler from the sea of stars and the Water Elemental Dragon King.
The three quickly arrived at the other end of the room, and after walking through a long corridor, they came to a... rather large natural cave.
Looking at the towering structure, Paimon was somewhat shocked for a moment.
"Woah... so there's such a big cave under Beryl Region... and a tower, there are even remnants of buildings over there!"
Lumine nodded blankly, not speaking.
At this moment, she was thinking about a question that was somewhat off-topic.
If there was such a large natural cave under Beryl Region, was Beryl Region really suitable for human habitation?
After all, with such a large natural cave and so many signs of artificial modification, who knew if they would completely collapse.
Thinking of this, Lumine nodded slightly, and the idea of finding Navia arose in her heart.
Regardless of whether the new Beryl Region would be built on the land of Beryl Region, she had to first confirm that it would not be affected by this cave.
Meanwhile, Neuvillette observed his surroundings, finally fixing his gaze on the tower located in the very center of the entire cave.
The tower's gate faintly emitted a water element-blue light, and at the top of the tower... there was a dazzling water element glow.
"Our destination for this trip... is probably there."
Neuvillette pointed into the distance, exchanged glances with Lumine, and then quickly headed towards the tower's location.
...
Looking at the dilapidated and even deformed pier in front of them, the three stopped in unison.
"Ugh... I feel like if I just walk on it... this thing will collapse...? And below is primordial sea water..."
Paimon looked at the pier in front of her with some fear, then looked at the primordial sea water beneath the pier, and for a moment she was a bit hesitant to cross.
Lumine and Neuvillette exchanged glances, nodded in unison, and then stepped onto the pier together.
"Hey?! Wait for me!"
By the time Paimon finished her muttering and came back to her senses, Lumine and Neuvillette had already walked a distance on the pier.
However, before the three had even walked a quarter of the pier's length, Lumine felt an abnormal vibration coming from beneath her feet.
Accompanying this abnormal vibration, the pier in the three's vision began to collapse downwards.
A thick layer of dust was stirred up by the collapsing pier, making it difficult to clearly see the situation ahead for a moment.
Lumine and Neuvillette, without hesitation, quickened their pace, and even the tail of Neuvillette's formal attire was adorned with a water element-blue flow of light.
—He was ready to use his abilities at any moment to ensure their safe escape.
As the gravel on the pier fell into the Primordial Sea at an increasing speed, Lumine and Neuvillette also continuously sped up their pace, finally reaching the base of the tower before the pier completely collapsed.
Lumine looked back slightly, watching the completely collapsed pier, and patted her chest with lingering fear, then began to observe her surroundings.
"Stone doors shimmering with water element light... spiral staircases going upwards... looks like there are two paths to take..."
"But..."
Lumine thought this as she walked towards the stone door, then began to observe her surroundings for any mechanisms she was familiar with, such as Immortal Spirit, torches, light-activated mechanisms, and so on.
Unfortunately, Lumine did not find any corresponding mechanisms, not even a proper switch.
"Can we only go up the spiral staircase...?"
Neuvillette, who had also been observing his surroundings since earlier, spoke at this moment:
"Traveler, our current location is the largest structure in this cave."
"This means that if this ruin is related to The Prophecy, then the item corresponding to The Prophecy will most likely appear here."
"Also... I sense some unusual aura here, which might also be related to that The Prophecy."
Neuvillette explained.
Lumine nodded in cooperation, then pointed to the spiral staircase behind them, indicating that they should go up from there.
...
Completely unlike the pier they had just crossed... this spiral staircase did not collapse due to their presence.
On the contrary, it was incredibly stable, as if it had perfectly avoided the erosion of countless years.
With the aid of the "emotionally stable spiral staircase," the three successfully reached the top of the tower.
Almost the moment the three stepped onto the top, a spatial rift shimmering with water element-blue light instantly appeared before them.
"Woah! When did that thing appear?!"
Paimon instinctively hid behind Lumine, trembling.
It wasn't that Paimon was too cowardly, but rather... when spatial rifts like this appeared, what emerged from them were usually not friendly entities.
—But monsters similar to Abyss Order.
Of course, even if an Abyss Order really appeared... Lumine wasn't afraid.
Back in Enkanomiya... a pyro-aligned Abyss Order was forced to beg for mercy by her with just a Wu Feng Sword, so there was no need to panic excessively.
Neuvillette, meanwhile, used his water element authority to investigate the spatial rift made of water element in front of him, then nodded gently.
"A water element spatial rift connecting two different locations... it seems The Knave's words were true..."
"Traveler, I think... our destination is beyond this spatial rift, are you ready?"
Looking at the serious expression on Neuvillette's face, Lumine symbolically stretched her body, indicating that she was fine.
Neuvillette understood Lumine's meaning, nodded gently, and then stepped into it.
Lumine then gave Paimon a brief pep talk before following her into the spatial rift.
...
After an expected sensation of dizziness passed, Lumine and Paimon arrived in the room at the other end of the spatial rift.
"Woah... what a spacious room, could this be the place related to The Prophecy?"
Paimon asked with some curiosity.
Lumine ignored Paimon and slowly walked over to Neuvillette, who was standing in front of a stone wall, lost in thought.
"Neuvillette, have you found anything?"
Neuvillette did not speak, merely staring silently at the wall in front of him, seemingly pondering something.
Lumine followed Neuvillette's gaze and found several stone tablets carved with strange patterns embedded at the very bottom of this wall.
"This is... something related to The Prophecy?"
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