Once only Angel and Sanders remained at the Ruins Star Pool, Sanders gestured for Angel to follow him forward.
As they walked across the sea of stars, their bodies were bathed in starlight. Ripples and undulations seemed to meld with them as one.
"Dodolo already knows about the Dream Wilderness." As they tread the waves onward, Angel broke the silence.
Sanders asked, "You told him?"
Angel shook his head. "He foresaw it himself."
Earlier, when Angel had stayed behind to speak with Dodolo alone, Dodolo had revealed the vision of the future that he had not dared mention the day before.
What Angel had not expected was that the prophecy Dodolo had chosen to conceal for him was actually the Dream Wilderness.
Angel did not know exactly what Dodolo had seen, but there was no doubt that Dodolo knew the Dream Wilderness belonged to Angel. He had also seen its boundless potential. That was why he judged the Dream Wilderness to be immensely precious. Since Angel had not made it public, Dodolo had been unwilling to mention it in the presence of outsiders.
Only when Angel and Dodolo spoke alone did he cease concealing it.
"He actually foresaw it..." Sanders' gaze went blank for an instant, but beneath the starlight filling the pool, his eyes swiftly regained their brilliance. "As expected of the Origin-Worshiping Clan's sole surviving descendant. It seems his innate gift for prophecy is as uniquely unparalleled as he himself is."
"With the Mystery of the Starry Sky assisting him, Dodolo's prophetic ability has nearly reached the realm of an Observer. That is an incredible height." Sanders turned to Angel. "Yet he has now fallen into the same predicament you once faced—his strength does not match his standing. He has the means to climb the summit, yet lacks