Alex floated in a darker region of the Black Tortoise palace, staring at a nondescript platform in front of a small building that had more guards than anywhere else in the entire palace.
He could hear the subtle hum of an active formation nearby, constantly scanning him and everyone around him, most likely to ensure that only those with permission to be in the area were present.
Had he not been given the medallion before being brought here, he would've likely already been surrounded by every single palace guard there, and maybe even killed without question.
The Ancestral Bloodline pool was that important of a location to the beasts.
Both the matriarchs had arrived this time, the snake and the tortoise, floating next to Alex as they waited. There were a few other Black Tortoises that he didn't recognize around them as well. And Lingkai had left to bring over the next two children who were to enter with Alex.
