In the dark, hollow passage, silence was the eternal, unchanging undertone. Scattered Origin Crystals embedded in the rock provided only a faint, negligible glow.
There was no sound—not even the whisper of wind. Time seemed to have lost all meaning here, frozen at some moment.
But now, the balance had been broken.
The pleasant hum brought by howling magic echoed through this seemingly endless passage. Several firefly-dim points of light lit up one after another in the distant darkness, growing brighter as they drew nearer.
They were magical creations that now gathered the greatest wisdom of mortals.
A transparent barrier condensed from magic enclosed the surroundings, its surface wreathed in mysterious Magic Runes that served both protection and detection. Yet the source of all that energy was merely a palm-sized prismatic crystal, while Wang Gulas and the others stood atop the semicircular platform.
"Koya, does this thing have any other forms? Do we have to stand the whole time?" Giant Axe shouted.
People were never satisfied. Once there was equipment to replace walking, they would inevitably make further demands.
Of course, in most cases, civilization developed precisely because of that.
"You may choose its form freely." Koya gave an affirmative answer.
"It has quite a few functions. Let me try..." Wang Gulas muttered as he opened the accompanying light screen. The information displayed on it was not complicated, and even someone like him, who had never encountered it before, could understand it easily.
When civilization reached a certain height, equipment naturally became ever simpler to use.
Because all the complicated parts were sealed away where users could not reach them.
It was like modern magic-guided items. Even an ordinary person who had never touched one before could use it with ease.
Yet in the beginning, one needed at least the