After returning to White Bone Mountain, Velin waited there.
Three days later, Kyle and Celeste returned.
The four exchanged a glance, then headed for the exit.
Along the way, Velin learned what the Half-demon had done. It opened his eyes and upended everything he thought he knew. Someone capable of clinging to life like that was truly rare.
Lucas was just as stunned. He silently resolved that, on future expeditions, he would check his own fate first whenever he could. Otherwise, he might die without ever knowing what had killed him.
The four passed through the passage and returned to Reality Space.
Velin glanced back at the passage, then turned to Lucas. "Sorry for the trouble."
"It is my duty, Your Majesty."
Lucas bowed, then waved a hand and destroyed the strange writing.
In an instant, the passage began to fade, until it vanished completely.
With the only passage gone, the Interstitial Space became a prison once more.
"Moon Knight, everything is ready. When would you like to begin?"
Velin looked around. The island, which covered more than a hundred square kilometers, had been leveled. All its vegetation was gone, replaced by neatly graded land.
"Kyle, Celeste."
Neither wasted words. They opened a Demiplane passage above the island, went inside, and began bringing out pyramids of Elemental Crystal.
The moment a pyramid touched down, the film covering it shattered. A vast surge of Abyssal Power shot into the sky and spread rapidly in every direction.
Just then, the twelve Astral Warships surrounding the island lit up. A column of light thirty square kilometers across descended, enveloping the island and most of the surrounding sea.
The Abyssal Power struck the light and dissolved at once.
Two hours later, all 131 pyramids of Elemental Crystal had been placed on the island.
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