A gentle and steady gravitational wave emanated from within the ore, like the core of a miniature star.
This gravity wasn't a pull in the physical sense, but an "anchoring" on the level of the Rules, which had a natural calming and integrating effect on his Heart Image.
He no longer hesitated. Sitting down cross-legged, he pressed the Anchor Stone to the point between his eyebrows.
His Spiritual Power slowly extended, establishing a connection with the ore.
The next moment, the Anchor Stone transformed into a streak of gray-black light and entered his Sea of Consciousness through the point between his eyebrows.
Within his Sea of Consciousness, the great, dark-gold marsh trembled slightly.
The Anchor Stone hovered in the center of the marsh, rotating slowly.
The gray-black spiral patterns on it lit up with a faint glow, and an invisible gravitational field spread out, enveloping the entire marsh.
