Brando had finally managed to talk Andriga, the Vampire Princess, into letting him off for the time being. Then, under Medisa's guidance, he saw the "cocoon" imprisoning his senior. The enormous cocoon of light floated between two ancient white oaks. It was about eleven or twelve feet tall, wide enough for two people to encircle with their arms, and hung half a person's height above the ground. It was spindle-shaped, and within it was the faint outline of a woman with graceful curves. It was easy to make out that she was none other than the female knight, Nemesis.
Brando looked up at the cocoon of light and walked over to tentatively touch its surface. The soft light passed through his palm. Its surface was nearly as warm as a human body. Though the body of light was very soft, it was also astonishingly resilient and clearly not easy to destroy. Medisa, who looked somewhat weak, explained what had happened earlier. Andriga and Mordefis had taken the same hidden passage as Bai Jia, but arrived one step too late. Thus, when they reached the surface, all they saw was this cocoon of light and Hypamira lying unconscious nearby.
"Andriga found this thing nearby." As Medisa spoke, she took out a stone tablet. It was the War Tablet of the Dragon Skin Technique that Brando had once seen beneath the tomb vault. However, the tablet had now lost its metallic luster and become dull gray, while much of the pattern on its surface had vanished. This was clearly what happened after the inheritance within the War Tablet had been activated and its energy depleted. The instant Brando saw the tablet, he understood what had happened.
He breathed a sigh of relief. Looking at the cocoon of light, he replied, "It seems