Tine said:
"That lady is an old friend of Mom's."
"When we were little, Mom would sometimes bring home sweet pastries."
"We never forgot that familiar taste. Only now did we learn where they came from."
The three watched as Tribios bid the old woman farewell and headed toward Janus's Treasury.
At the treasury gates, a guard blocked her path.
"Saintess Lord, Janus's Treasury is under repair today."
"Even better." Tribios smiled faintly. "No one will disturb me while I talk to Mom."
"Ah... very well." The guard stepped aside. "May Janus show you the way."
Dan Heng asked, "What's Janus's Treasury?"
"It's where Janus's Heart is kept."
"The Core Flame is stored inside, down the passage on the left..."
"It's also where Tribios was born."
The Star Rail Express.
Inside March 7th's pink room.
"Huh? Why can't I teleport back? I definitely left markers and a Realm Anchor in Amphoreus..."
Yan Huan's second Soul Steel body stood by the bed, fiddling endlessly with a portal.
In the corner, his original body sat slumped in a wheelchair, vacant-eyed once more.
"Maybe you forgot," March 7th muttered from the bed, swinging her legs.
"You've been out of it for ages. Maybe you were out of it in Amphoreus too?"
"It seems my dear friend has had another adventure." Silvermane stood beside the table with a faint smile.
"Unfortunately, I have pressing matters to attend to, so I cannot stay."
March 7th turned silently toward the window.
Outside hung a ruined planet with an enormous bulge at its center, like a spring shoot pushing through soil...
An antenna broke through the planet's rocky surface, sending the surrounding currents into a furious spiral.
The three stayed in the room and watched in silence as a Giant Doomsday Beast burst out of the