Seeing the giant heart and womb-like tissue inside the wall, Fang Zhen's earlier questions were answered in an instant. Everything clicked into place.
No wonder Ellick had to hibernate periodically and constantly change bodies. No wonder, even at such a disadvantage, he refused to flee the castle and was making a desperate stand here.
It turned out this castle had long since been biologically engineered. The great hall, in particular, was likely the most critical core of the Ancient Castle. Hidden within the walls was Ellick's new body, currently being nurtured.
Furthermore, he strongly suspected that Ellick's bloody rituals were a form of cloning technology from the Curse Seal World. This technique likely had some kind of defect, forcing Ellick to switch bodies roughly every twenty years.
