Crystal Coffin

Bernal seemed to notice Dago's gaze. He turned his tall body and walked over to the crystal coffin.

He spoke coldly. "During the spell battle in the courtyard just now, you seemed to be quite a capable ice-element wizard."

Dago frowned but said nothing, waiting to hear what he wanted to say next.

"Come over. For Selena's sake, I hope you can do me a small favor."

Only then did Dago slowly walk over. Without the owner's permission, he would not pry into someone else's family affairs.

This was a coffin made entirely from some specially treated crystal.

Its surface was densely inscribed with all manner of complex and mysterious Rune Magic Arrays. Many were still operating, while many others gave off dim, obscure light.

Only by looking through the crystal threaded with Rune Magic Array patterns could Dago barely make out that a woman was lying inside the crystal coffin.

She wore a black gown, with fair skin and golden hair. Even though he could not see her face clearly, Dago could tell that she was a sleeping beauty.

Bernal stroked the crystal coffin with one hand, gazing affectionately at the sleeping beauty inside as though he were caressing the woman's cheek from afar.

"She is my wife, and also an official member of the Thorn Ring. Yet she fell into an eternal sleep for no reason in the library of Ring Tower, as if she had lost her soul."

As he recalled the past, his warmth gradually gave way to agitation. He said angrily, "It must have been those wizards from the Thorns of Pain Society. They have coveted my family's inherited Soul Imprint for a long time."

Then his expression turned despondent again. "It was my fault. I implicated my wife. I was too weak and had