Shade asked curiously, and Illustrious Miss shook her head slightly:
"It has a very dangerous feel to it. I'd better not look into it. Let's not discuss that. I thought we'd have to go through a dangerous battle this time, but I didn't expect you to really have a solution."
She had no intention of examining the Cross Sword, just as Emilia did not dare touch it. Every Angel Level Relic had to be handled with caution. Since nothing happened while Shade held it, he should be the one to keep it.
But although it was a powerful weapon, even now that it had truly fallen into his hands, Shade had no intention of using it himself.
He already had enough relics around him, and Night Watchman suited him better. Excessive greed invited disaster, and Shade understood that well.
To prevent Light Chaser from returning again, the three of them did not linger there. After Shade touched the Elixir of Longevity Ring and turned back time to restore the angel statue, Illustrious Miss "locked" the ruins again, concealing the three statues and the stone platform once more.
Little Unicorn even gently touched those rune chains with her horn at the end, seemingly making the seal even more stable.
On the way back to the city, the three of them also discussed why Light Chaser had appeared so abruptly.
He had certainly come for the thing inside that metal box. What was in it remained unclear for the moment, because the box itself was also a mechanical lock.
Light Chaser had probably sensed the box's location through some method, but he could not break through the Rune Lock set by the elves of the Fifth Epoch. He had therefore been waiting for an opportunity to crack it. This reminded Shade of