"Your Excellency, let me handle this," Castorice said.
"Mm. All right." Mydei nodded.
Castorice turned to the two Nameless.
"Before the oracle chose Lord Bai E, he had already lost everything: his homeland, his family, his dearest friends... everything he had once sworn to protect."
"As a boy, he became an empty shell, driven across the land by nothing but the fire of vengeance in his heart."
"The oracle gave him a new purpose and a chance to begin again as a Chrysos Heir."
"But which mattered more to him, that new purpose or his desire for revenge?"
"I'm afraid only he knows the answer... No, perhaps even he is still torn."
"But do his duty and his revenge have to conflict?" Yan Huan raised an eyebrow.
"He can use the power the oracle gave him to protect the world while investigating what happened back then and seeking revenge. He can do both."
"You have a point." Mydei nodded slightly.
"But as a Savior, he also needs clarity of purpose."
"I acknowledge his strength, but fear... Even the sharpest sword cannot cut through fear."
"He must choose between revenge and his duty to save the world."
"I hope he has made up his mind..."
"Because only a will as unyielding as stone can shatter the deepest nightmare."
The sacrificial basin remained still. After waiting a while longer, they began to leave.
This trial was Phainon's war alone. The others could offer him moral support, but nothing more.
"..."
Yan Huan glanced at the huge basin and suddenly asked, "Why is this altar shaped like a washbasin?"
"Isn't the vessel in your Bath Palace that leads to the Genesis Vortex Heart a basin too?" Mydei smiled faintly.
"Water is the source of life. I see nothing wrong with the design."
"Anyway,