Whispers of the Machine Age
Chapter 1496

Earth's Core

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The Outlander let out a long sigh. He felt that the greatest takeaway from his adventures in the first three months of 1854 was not learning of Earth Power, but understanding love and marriage.

Back in his hometown, the Outlander had not merely never married—he had not even understood what love was. Only after coming to this world had he understood love under Luvia's guidance. And after witnessing so many stories in Randall River Valley, he had, at the very end, met his earliest friends again. He had much to say to Luvia, Dorothy, and Leisha. Once tonight was over, he wanted to watch the sunset with them and talk about the meaning of life.

Of course, thoughts about the meaning of life and love could wait until he had nothing better to do. At the moment, Shade had no spare time to waste.

Other than the astonishingly large coffin and stone slab in the center, the only movable object in the entire Main Tomb Chamber was the key placed at the very center atop the coffin.

Since Saint Nun Perry had said that Mr. Lehmann had left Shade a gift, it had to be this key.

And after picking up that utterly ordinary-looking stone key, Shade's senses almost immediately detected a keyhole in the wall opposite the tomb chamber's entrance.

It was rather strange. Given Shade and Iluna's sensory abilities, there was no way they should have failed to notice such an obviously abnormal keyhole in such a relatively confined space. Yet only after Shade picked up the key could he sense its existence.

Not only that, as Shade touched the key, he also sensed that this plain stone key was confirming his identity.

If the one touching the key is not you, it will possess no power. This

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