"Yes. They destroyed that sealed gate."
"To determine the exact situation here and decide what to do next, I found a way to restore your flesh."
Linsey explained the current situation and his intentions as briefly as possible.
The man on the ground slightly closed his eyes after listening, beginning to adjust to his body, both unfamiliar and familiar.
Heartbeat, breathing, the flow of source essence.
Feelings he had not experienced in a long time.
"Hah—"
After taking two deep breaths, he pushed himself up from the ground with his right hand.
"I understand the general situation."
Then he looked at Linsey.
"Young people these days truly are remarkable."
"Putting aside this artifact that brought me back to life—whether it was discovering me earlier or stopping me, you have displayed powerful skills that would have been utterly impossible in my era."
Linsey neither agreed nor disagreed.
What concerned him more now was naturally the secret of this Under-lake World.
"Since you retain the memories from when you were a Shadow of the Past, then regarding the Wizard's Tomb..."
"I'm sorry, but even if you restored my life, I cannot trust—" Before Linsey could finish, the Resurrected Knight immediately shook his head. But just as his refusal left his lips, Linsey's action made him freeze as well. "This is... the medal of the Seven Stars Federation!"
Before him, Linsey took out the Peace Seven Stars Medal.
The passage of tens of millions of years had severely diminished the medal's power, but the source of that power and the traces left by those long years instead proved that it was unquestionably genuine.
The awakened man took a step back.
His golden eyes studied Linsey intently, filled with both caution and surprise.
Powerful Awakened were not uncommon.
But those who possessed this medal—at