Sean's question made Fawkes hesitate. Wearing Little White Flower's dress, she looked troubled like an unwanted grown child.
"I can sense a little, but I'm not sure. And Albus repeatedly told me not to look for him."
Sean frowned slightly. Back in the living world, Dumbledore had also appeared among the Returners' assault force, but Grindelwald had said that something about his condition was strange.
Dumbledore's corruption was already a confirmed fact, but he seemed different from the other corrupted souls.
This was the final moment, so Sean had wanted to use Fawkes's connection to members of the Dumbledore family to find Professor Dumbledore. But now, even Fawkes herself could not be certain of what she sensed?
Fawkes could even travel between the Underworld and the Realm of Illusion, yet she could not sense Dumbledore's location...
A bad feeling rose within Sean... This was probably going to be troublesome.
Professor Dumbledore was most likely in Herpo's temple.
Grindelwald had a way to resolve Herpo's corruption, but if Professor Dumbledore was inside Herpo's temple, then Sean's plan to strengthen their top-tier combat power would fall through.
Once they entered the temple, it would be a battle to the death. Yet removing the corruption required vast amounts of magic and life force, and there would not be enough time...
Reluctantly abandoning the idea, Sean made one final search through the God of Knowledge's temple and found several rare magical books that were not especially useful.
"Hermione and Stephanie should both like these..." he muttered, placing the books into his ring.
Then he looked at Fawkes, who had been squatting on the ground the whole time—Fawkes had originally wanted to hang upside down from the pure gold perch. As a Phoenix, she was certainly capable of it, but she was currently in Ariana's