Seeking Answers

Thor felt that the moment he finished his question, the expression on Pearl's face suddenly changed.

It turned pale, filled with panic, and when Thor tried to step forward to comfort her, she stumbled back two paces.

Her lips were trembling incessantly.

The breeze felt like knives, leaving a series of lacerations on Thor's cheeks and arms.

This was not Pearl attacking Thor.

This was a manifestation of her Magic Power spiraling out of control due to sheer terror!

A layer of Magic Power armor instantly surfaced on Thor's body, and instead of retreating, he continued to press forward, pushing against the blade-like gusts surrounding Pearl, slowly attempting to grasp her arm.

Although he did not know why Pearl was suddenly acting so terrified.

He knew that now was definitely not the time to dwell on such things; Pearl's sudden loss of control over her Magic Power was a precursor to being corrupted.

However, just as Thor's hand was about to grab Pearl's arm, a roar suddenly erupted from the distance, shaking the heavens and the earth, as if the world itself had been twisted by it.

A visible shockwave caused the entire Lake Heart Island to begin trembling.

While Thor would not lose his footing from such a tremor, his attention was briefly diverted by the massive noise and the overwhelming pressure.

"What is that?"

Thor turned his head back again, intending to calm Pearl down before going to investigate, only to find that Pearl had paid no attention to the commotion in the distance at all. Instead, taking advantage of Thor's distraction, she had flown away from Rhine Lake, fleeing toward the direction of the Broken Cliff.

"She is afraid of me."

If Thor still did not understand what Pearl was afraid of after all these years as