Ansel looked at the object in Li Si's hand. Even in his soul state, he felt as though he had fallen into an ice cellar.
Even so, Ansel showed no change in expression and feigned calm as he said,
"That should be a fragment from the Artifact Storm Trident. It can open the seal around this island."
"I gave it to Aivar before. I didn't expect him to hand it over to you."
After a moment of silence, Ansel continued,
"This thing is still quite important to me. How about making a deal? I'll exchange other treasures for that Artifact fragment."
"Almost no power remains within that fragment. It should be of no use to you."
He shouldn't know what it does. After all, he's just an ordinary person.
Unease stirred in Ansel's heart, especially when he saw the faintly smiling expression on Li Si's face.
"You've said so much. It seems you care quite a bit about this thing, huh?"
"Let me take a guess?"
Li Si toyed with the Storm Trident fragment in his hand and spoke with interest.
"If this Artifact fragment was only meant to open the seal around this island, then it would make sense for you to have Aivar take it away."
"But since Aivar could enter this island even without the Artifact fragment, that means it wasn't necessary."
"At the very least, you could choose who was allowed to enter this island."
"If there were some other reason, such as needing the Artifact fragment to break through the barrier sealing the island, you could have communicated directly with Aivar. There was no need to send him away from the island to wander aimlessly."
"If you truly cared about Aivar, you shouldn't have hidden it from him. Since you could appear before us, why