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Chapter 651
For the first time since, Iris’s expression changed completely.Her eyes widened slightly, and she looked quickly over her shoulder toward the cave. From where they stood, only the faint reflection of the newly lit fire could be seen moving across the inner walls, but the voices of the other women still travelled weakly through the passage.She tried to compose herself before facing Elijah again.“I’m sorry, Mister,” she said, unable to keep the slight stammer from her voice. “I cannot share that with you.”Elijah studied her quietly.The question had not been particularly threatening, yet her reaction had already told him enough. The women of the Zenith Sisterhood had not travelled to Galecrest Island by accident, nor had they come merely to explore its scenery.There was a reason they were here.Whatever that reason was, Iris had either been instructed not to reveal it or was afraid of what would happen if the oth
Chapter 650
Elijah Langston leaned against the staff and began moving away.Iris hurried after him.“Mister, wait.”Elijah stopped.“It’s very cold outside,” she told him. “The wind has grown stronger since we entered the cave. If I speak to my sisters again, perhaps they might allow you to remain somewhere inside the cave.”“You’ve already done enough,” Elijah interrupted politely. “There’s no need to trouble yourself further.”“But your leg—”“I’ll manage.”He continued before she could protest.The passage narrowed again as he left the pool behind, forcing him to move slowly across the wet rocks. Iris followed closely, appearing ready to catch him if the staff slipped, but Elijah did not stumble a second time.By the time he reached the main resting area, the eleven women had already begun unpacking their supplies.Some were spreading blankets across the flat stone, while others arranged food,
Chapter 649
Iris had noticed the change in Elijah’s expression the moment she mentioned East Sorevia.“Are you not from here?” she asked.Elijah quickly gathered his thoughts and allowed the surprise on his face to disappear. “I’m only trying to get my head together.”It was not exactly an answer, but Iris did not question him further.An awkward silence settled between them, accompanied only by the steady sound of the waterfall striking the pool. Iris remained crouched beside his leg, while Elijah stared toward the dark passage through which the other women had disappeared.East Sorevia.He did not yet know whether that was good fortune or another problem. East Sorevia was the birthplace of martial arts cultivation within the nation, but it was also a region filled with the oldest sects, the most-powerful families of the nation, and practitioners whose understanding of the martial world stretched back for generations.Even in
Chapter 648
Iris hurried toward the raised platform where she had left her clothes. She dressed as quickly as she could, repeatedly glancing toward Elijah to make certain he had not turned around.Only after the last layer of her robe was properly secured did she return.She crouched beside his damaged leg and examined it carefully.“I can only try my best to reset the broken bones and prevent the injury from worsening,” she told him. “It might hurt, so you should—”Her voice stopped.The instant her fingers touched the twisted area of his leg, Iris’s entire expression changed.She remained completely still.Slowly, she raised her head until her eyes met Elijah’s.Healer.The word had been mentioned several times since, but only now did Elijah fully understand what kind of healer she was.The moment her hand made contact with his leg, he felt a faint warmth move through his flesh. It was accompanied by a thin trace of external spiritual energy, one so gentle and pure that the energy sustaining hi
Chapter 647
“Hmph! He really is a pirate.” Evelyn was the first to break the prolonged silence, her eyes settling on Elijah’s ruined left leg. “He just hasn’t gotten the wooden replacement yet.”The mockery in her voice was impossible to miss.How could she possibly let such a perfect opportunity pass after this man had insulted her appearance and forced her to check her own reflection in the water?“Iris, step away from him now,” Brielle instructed, tightening her grip around her sword. “We’ll take care of this pirate ourselves.”The other women immediately became alert again. The swords they had instinctively lowered when Elijah collapsed rose once more, their sharp tips turning in his direction.Evelyn joined them, pointing her own blade down at him. “You heard her. Step aside and allow your elders to handle this. He must have been pretending to be dead so you would drag him out of the water and touch him.”Her expression turned colder. “I’ll end this shameless man with a single strike.”Elija
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The old man had been right.The explosion seemed to happen slowly.Elijah felt the core breaking apart piece by piece. He felt his heart disappear inside his chest, leaving behind an empty space where the final beat should have been.The world around him became distant.Richard’s voice stretched into something slow and meaningless. The wind stopped against his face. Even the darkness surrounding the mountaintop appeared frozen.Within that single moment, Elijah’s mind became clearer than it had ever been.He activated the Calamity Transference Art.The technique could not restore his destroyed heart or rebuild his shattered core. It could only redirect the fatal shock and the body’s immediate recognition of death.Elijah transferred that burden into his left leg.The bones shattered instantly. The meridian pathways running through the limb collapsed, and the full destructive force that should have commanded his entire body to stop was concentrated there instead.His brain registered t
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