As for information regarding Star-Prison, the Cradle System, the Thousand-Stars Beast, and even the Star God, Ian told Mikael everything he knew.
In the past, his strength had been insufficient. Even if he knew the truth, he had not dared speak of it freely; even if he did, no one would have believed him—but now, Ian was already at the Fourth Energy Level, a player moving pieces upon Terra's grand stage, no longer an unknown pawn.
Thus, no matter how inconceivable his words sounded, people would give them serious thought.
Mikael listened carefully to every word Ian said. Although he could become Fifth Energy Level whenever he wished, he was not one yet. As a fellow Fourth Energy Level powerhouse, he listened intently alongside the Glazed Imperial Dragon, occasionally asking a few questions and conversing with Ian patiently and as an equal.
Before long, he had learned nearly all the information Ian knew on the matter.
"I see..."
Standing atop the crystal mountain steps of Dark Cloud Peak, where iridescent radiance flowed like water, the golden-haired Sun God Bird raised his head in realization and looked toward the pure-white heavens. He sighed. "The reason Father accelerated the construction of Floating Cities was, in essence, to build shelters against the Thousand-Stars Beast... The Light Calamity will activate the Thousand-Stars Beast, and my daughter, as well as Isengard, are both spare 'keys.'"
Like Isengard, Mikael's daughter was also an experiment involving the Obsidian Key. But because Isengard had become active, her priority had been pushed back indefinitely. Mikael could not permit such a possibility. The reason he had resolved to rebel against his father was precisely for his child.
"But if that is the case."
Mikael now realized the flaw in his earlier thinking. "Father does not want to destroy the world—on