Lucien did not waste another breath on doubt.
If the Gargoyles were silent, it meant they were not idle.
He rose into the air and flew toward the highest level of the Obsidian Tower.
The tower felt like a sleeping organism, waiting for a master who knew where to press.
And now…
He did.
Because in the Covenant-Breaker's Organ Storage, Lucien had found a scroll that changed everything.
A scroll that was never meant to be recovered by an enemy.
A scroll that explained the Obsidian Tower's truth.
When Lucien reached the summit, he stepped into the chamber that made his spine tighten.
He had been in this place before.
This was the same heart-room where the three goblin Monster Lords had stood long ago, back in the small world.
The memory lingered.
The ceiling curved like a closed eyelid.
The walls were smooth obsidian like the inside of a shell.
And at the center…
A pedestal.
Lucien approached it slowly.
He remembered what had once rested here.
An Origin Core Fragment.
