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"Buzz—!"
Just as the recessed pedestal, which looked as though something had to be set into it, appeared before Your Highness's group, the package resting quietly in Ling's hands and the Star Ocean Dragon Lord's horn simultaneously began to emit a faint glow.
That glow snapped Your Highness's group out of their daze, their eyes all gleaming with surprise as they turned their attention back to the package in Ling's arms.
Ling seemed startled as well, but she quickly understood.
"I see. Since the shackles and the keys have been brought together, they're reacting to each other?"
"In other words, we really came to the right place, didn't we?" Your Highness smiled faintly before turning serious.
"Then, Ling, can you break the seal?"
"There shouldn't be a problem." Ling spoke with a rare lack of confidence.
"There are two keys needed to break the seal. One is the Star Ocean Dragon Lord's horn, and the other is the flag of the alliance leader who led the community army to seal that oldest Demon Lord two hundred years ago."
Ling raised the Star Ocean Dragon Lord's horn and the package in her hands.
"Now that we have both keys, the problem is that the Star Ocean Dragon Lord's horn is incomplete. Even if it meets the requirements and can undo this seal, it will probably take quite a while, won't it?"
"Then finish it as quickly as possible!" Your Highness gave the order without hesitation.
"We have to race against time. Start breaking the seal now!"
"Understood!" Ling