In the Mist World, at the Graveyard's Town Center.
Green had given up on his avatar and mission in the Death Divine Kingdom. He was curious about what the Divine Eagle Empire was doing there, but as far as he was concerned, nothing mattered more than building the Solar Core.
Ten days passed in the blink of an eye, bringing them to the deadline he had agreed on with Apollo and Link.
For technical reasons, however, the finished Solar Core still wasn't ready.
Apollo and Link had already come looking for him once. Green had made an excuse, claiming that cutting the Solar Core was harder than he had expected and asking for more time.
He had also told them the work was halfway done. If they stopped now, the Solar Core might be destroyed outright.
Apollo was helpless. His fear of exposing his identity had made him hesitate, and now he was stuck on this ship with Green.
With the Solar Core in Green's hands, he had only two choices: fight to the bitter end or wait patiently. Green had even refused to let him take a look.
Green, meanwhile, held all the cards. He sounded thoroughly sincere, but he refused to budge, leaving Apollo grinding his teeth in frustration.
Fortunately, Green hadn't deceived him the second time. He had asked for five more days, but Black Claw's team produced the Solar Core in less than three.
The first time Green saw the hulking, ugly thing, he was startled. He hadn't expected Black Claw and the others to make a Solar Core that looked like this.
It was wrapped in a thick layer of gray metal, roughly spherical, and a full meter across!
Green could sense powerful, searing Psychic Energy inside the huge metal ball. On closer inspection, it