The Key

Outside the door.

The guards' miserable screams rang out.

Lodi clamped his hands over his ears and waited a long while before daring to step out of the room.

Before his eyes lay a pool of blood, with the guards' corpses strewn haphazardly across the floor.

Piercing laughter came from the great hall.

Lodi quietly made his way over and saw a magnificent royal hall.

A young man dressed in splendid robes and wearing a crown sat upon a throne cast from gold, his head lolling to one side. He was clearly already dead.

The vengeful princess Wraith had not vanished. Instead, she was chasing a black Crow through the air.

Clutched in the Crow's talons was a flower. Around its sunflower-like center, only two petals remained.

This was the Kingdom of Heaven's supreme treasure—the Seven-Colored Flower!

Over the course of its long history, it had already been used up five times.

The moment Lodi saw it, his eyes lit up.

Suddenly.

The Crow Witch let out a shriek. One of its wings had been struck, and a black feather drifted down.

Seeing this, it hesitated no longer and swiftly tore off a petal with its beak.

"Seven-Colored Flower, Seven-Colored Flower..."

"I make a wish..."

"Please destroy this monster born from the princess's undead spirit..."

As soon as the words fell, that petal swiftly vanished.

Blazing flames erupted across the princess Wraith's body, reducing her to a heap of ash and remains.

"Ha... haha..."

The Crow Witch laughed shrilly. "As expected... I'm the final winner!"

Gravely wounded, it failed to notice a small figure sneaking closer.

Smack!

Lodi suddenly pounced, knocking the Crow Witch down. He snatched the Seven-Colored Flower and plucked off its final petal.

"Seven-Colored Flower, Seven-Colored Flower..."

"I make a wish..."

"Please restore my village to how