"A crack in the rocks..." Victor approached to investigate, his steps soft.
The fissure was located where two rock walls intersected. The surrounding stones were noticeably darker than those elsewhere, and several patches of crimson liquid that had yet to solidify remained on the ground.
Crouching down, Victor gently pushed aside a piece of gravel with the tip of his sword.
Almost immediately, fire-element mana far more concentrated than the surrounding energy rose from beneath it.
He froze.
This sensation...
It was distinctly different from the ordinary fire ores he had encountered earlier.
While the fire-attribute mana inside ordinary ores was merely stored in scattered quantities, the energy he sensed now appeared to be drawn by some invisible force, continuously gathering toward a single location.
"Could it be..."
Victor stood and examined the fissure the scorpion had entered.
