I remembered Klein mentioning during a chat that Old Huang had spent his later years searching for the tombs and ruins left behind by the "me" of my past lives. He'd said he would leave important things inside them to strengthen his "ties" to me...
But it had always seemed unnecessary to me... Even if I hadn't recovered my memories of the Calamity Seal incarnation, what I knew from the original story meant I would never simply abandon him...
Once I had the power to help, of course.
What was he afraid of? That I'd support someone else in becoming the Black Emperor and leave him truly dead?
Or had he done something harmful to me after being corrupted and driven mad, and wanted to make amends?
Like abducting the Queen of Calamity?
But as far as I could tell, the Calamity Seal had probably set him up...
Abner felt a touch of melancholy at the thought. It also made him more certain that there had been something wrong with the version of himself known as the Calamity Seal. That wasn't something he would do.
"This looks like Roselle Script." Edwina spoke up suddenly. Her pale-blue eyes shifted as she continued, "Emperor Roselle was here."
"Most likely." Abner nodded and moved to push open the door bearing the words "Huang Tao was here." Just then, his spiritual intuition stirred. He grabbed Edwina and used Flash to take them to the other side of the room.
At the same moment, a ray silently swept through the spot where they had stood.
The ray looked insubstantial and left no trace in its path, but Abner could clearly sense the tremendous energy it contained. It was no weaker than an Unshadowed's Pure White Ray!
Abner was confident he could have withstood it if