Reilo Star (I)

A massive cavern opened in the ground. The Rotting Law had dissipated, leaving wisps of black smoke drifting through the air.

This had clearly once been excavated by the many-eyed monster before Du the Demon took it over.

Whoosh.

Reilo leaped down.

A moment later, he reached the deepest part of the cavern, where the Rotting Law hung thick in the air.

This was a gilded ore deposit. The Alpha Death Storm had completely driven away the Rotting Law from the first few meters below the surface, burying them beneath a thick layer of gravel.

The gravel consisted of fine particles left behind as the Death Storm broke down various materials, mixed with a large quantity of metal.

The mud that had once filled the depths had begun to dry, but it was still a rare patch of precious damp ground, rich in moisture.

"What's this?"

Reilo discovered that the underground had been artificially excavated and expanded into a vast space. It was clearly Du the Demon's handiwork.

He studied it for a while.

Faced with the extinction of his people, this Wind Spirit clan criminal, one of the most wanted offenders, had thought first of preserving the knowledge of his civilization—the Wind Spirit civilization of the Everlasting Tree World—in this First Gilding mine at Saint Bilimoya, rich in metal, taking advantage of the area's unique geological conditions!

Even with the protection of the unusual geological formations, after ten million years of exposure to the Alpha Death Storm's laws, any scrolls made of Magical Beast hide or the Wind Spirits' customary dragonfly-wing paper would have been completely eroded.

More importantly, the Wind Spirits' unique script was made up of symbols for emotions. To understand it, one needed the support of Wind Spirit culture.

Du the Demon had chosen a different