The longer he remained inside, the more he could sense.
Ruger suddenly thought of his teacher, Immanuel Caputo. If his teacher were here, he would surely gain far more from this, given his wealth of knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, Ruger was only a half-advanced Two-Ring Wizard who had just left the ranks of One-Ring Wizards, and his mental power had yet to reach the average level of a Two-Ring Wizard.
After an unusual tremor, the pitch-black blood began to change. Gradually, the gold grew more dazzling, and black no longer dominated.
The deep black Anomalous Heart, which had occasionally flashed with gold, became a heart of pure gold.
But when Ruger looked over, Mahama and the others standing at the edge of the depression seemed not to have noticed this strange change.
Only Wizard Zorn gave a soft exclamation of surprise. Zorn even sat down at the edge of the depression, scratching at chest hair in thought, though apparently still trying to work out where the change had occurred.
Ruger's eyes shifted, and through the haze, he saw the golden demon's figure. The demon was still standing at the edge of the depression, in the same spot as before. He had never moved, as though he had never left at all and the others simply could not see him.
And Ruger was the center of the heart.
To make Ruger the source of the entanglement of faith power, the demon had employed a rare method and, in a sense, had even made certain sacrifices.
Perhaps the golden demon had chosen Ruger precisely because he was weak. Faced with a powerful Wizard, the demon might not have dared reveal so much, or chosen this method at all.
Gradually, perhaps because he had spent too long inside, Ruger's breathing and heartbeat quietly