"Dodge is still the most useful."
Light Rain sighed inwardly. It seemed the energy fluctuations within these Gear Ruins were a specialized countermeasure against beings like Energy Mechs.
After reading the contents of the Stone Tablet.
Light Rain began exploring other places.
As he ventured deeper, some leftover drops began to appear.
Although the quality of these drops was not high and they were of little use to a player at Light Rain's level, the scattered descriptions upon them gave him a deeper understanding of the Gear Ruins.
These Gear Ruins had come from a group of scholars from the Gear Era.
There had been no shortage of powerful figures among them.
Their long lives had allowed them to personally witness the splendor and glory of the Gear Era, and they had taken pride in it.
Yet when that glorious era came to an end.
Unwillingness naturally arose in their hearts.
Unlike other eras, however, the Gear Era had not been given a relatively dignified exit.
With the succession of the migrating Kindling, Burning Land had fallen into prolonged turmoil.
Just as the Stone Tablet had said, people once again embraced savagery and madness, while the knowledge of gears was abandoned and forgotten by most living beings.
The scholars of the Gear Era had once tried to preserve and protect the remnants of that glorious age, hoping against hope that the Gear Kindling would be different from the eras of other Kindling.
But as the blows of time fell again and again.
They sorrowfully discovered that the Gear Era was no different from any other era. It, too, would eventually fade away.
To leave behind the last embers and traces.
The scholars had personally created this ancient city, using their own power to shield it from disturbance and destruction in