Valdris raised one translucent hand.
From behind the dais, something stirred. Stone shifted—grumble—and a pedestal rose from the floor. Resting on it was a flag.
Kael's eyes widened.
His Spirit Eyes activated, analyzing the object before him.
[Artifact Grade Treasure Detected.]
Artifact Grade.
Kael had encountered only a handful of Artifact Grade items in his life. Cassandra's axe alongside the other artifact grade weapons that were in Cassandra's training room. Things that existed beyond the normal grading system—weapons so powerful they approached conceptual existence.
The flag was roughly a meter long. The pole was black—absorbing light rather than reflecting it. The flag itself was tattered—dark grey cloth that shifted between solid and translucent, as though it existed partially in the physical world and partially somewhere else. The cloth was covered in runes—thousands of them—so small they were nearly invisible. Each one a soul-binding inscription.
