Bernadette appeared amid the interwoven vines, wearing an olive-green dress and an old-fashioned black bonnet, with a fine mesh veil hanging down to conceal her face.
She looked at Edefana, a trace of deep purple flashing through her azure eyes.
Edefana gave her a slight nod.
"You may call me Edefana, one of the only three Ancient Dragons remaining in the world."
"Bernadette Gustav."
After a pause, she looked at the gem in Cyril's hand, which seemed to have condensed from rich blood, and shook her head slightly.
"I have no magic or witchcraft capable of extracting characteristics bit by bit from an already formed Beyonder characteristic."
"However, if you need an enemy in order to truly transform into another Mythical Creature, I can help, waiting under the illumination of the Sun until you finish separating the characteristics."
Edefana nodded, unsurprised, then asked:
"What are your terms?"
"I wish to learn some true history and secret knowledge concerning the Second and Third Epochs," Bernadette stated plainly.
Edefana looked at Cyril, then nodded. "Agreed. He already knows a great deal of true history and secret knowledge, and can answer most of your questions."
Inside the dense, seemingly endless forest woven from intertwined blue-green vines.
Edefana's pale golden eyes abruptly became vertical pupils. His figure rapidly grew taller, and brilliant, scorching light burst continuously from within him.
In the blink of an eye, he transformed from an old man steeped in age, decay, and withered frailty into an enormous Sunbird, its feathers ablaze with golden flames, its body resembling a sphere of light.
The Mythical Creature of the Sun pathway!
Within the space woven from blue-green vines, the light abruptly turned dazzlingly bright and scorching hot. Pure, sacred golden flames bloomed out of thin air, one after another.
Bernadette's figure suddenly