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Sunlight shone through the thin clouds onto the white expanse of earth, reflecting a silvery glare that dazzled the eyes. The sky was a pristine blue. Brilliant sunlight streamed through the dense pine needles in shafts of varying widths, lighting the woodland beneath, where gauzy mist drifted.
Rex appeared in this grove. It was quite small, and he could see the plains outside through the gaps between the trees.
Rex studied his surroundings carefully, searching for the ring-shaped valley. But after looking around, he was inevitably disappointed. He could not see it anywhere.
Still, Rex refused to give up. He searched for traces of the ring-shaped valley. Even after a thousand years of sweeping changes, some traces should have remained.
After searching the area, Rex was disappointed once again. He had found nothing.
His gaze unconsciously turned toward the archmage, who had been responsible for pinpointing this location.
Seeing Rex's gaze, the archmage nodded, parted his lips slightly, and said, "This is the place."
Clearly, the archmage had sensed Rex's doubts and spoken up to confirm it.
Rex had come with a clear purpose: to test the connection between that time node and this timeline. Back then, he had buried something in the center of the Arathi Tribe's settlement. Now, he intended to dig it up.
But the drastic changes in the terrain left Rex with little confidence that he could recover what he needed.
"Can you find the spot where I buried it?"
The archmage nodded and began moving around carefully. He moved very slowly, spending some time making calculations before taking each step.
Time passed, little by little. After more than an hour,