Chapter 437: Silence and Ascension
The clatter of straining Chains echoed across the sky. The furious roar, unfamiliar to the Endless Sea, was exceptionally familiar to Ruger. Though he had only heard that roar a few times, the sound of those Chains was utterly familiar—so much so that he instinctively wondered whether a rain of blood would begin to fall. The fury in that roar reverberated beneath the vault of the Endless Sea along with the trembling Chains. Ruger could already guess that the great undertaking the two sides had collaborated on for who knew how many years seemed to have devolved into a disastrous bargain.
It was a familiar scene: one side's roar echoed on, while the other remained silent.
Why the silence? Because everything had gone as expected. Even those rattling Chains—what unfolded today had been planted yesterday.
Feeling out his resilient mental power, Ruger thought he could keep watching for a while longer.
Once again, he marveled at the choice made by the Silence Magic Seal. The stable mental power he had possessed as an apprentice seemed to have planted a good seed within him.
Using his mental power to resonate with Bedroom Space and continue spying on the outside could also count as training this newly born strength.
Ruger was comforting himself. In truth, he knew that, as a little bug trapped here, he was not merely concerned with when this would end or when he could escape. Deep in his heart, he also wanted to glimpse the persistence hidden within that silence.
That silence in the face of roars filling the sky was a great wizard's final dance in life.
Of course, Ruger loved seeing miracles. Miracles were the most interesting things in the world.
Ruger felt as if he had become a little kobold