Lyla swiped her hands down the restriction device once.

Elena waddled behind Lyla’s back and asked, “Do you need any help?”

“No, it’s fine. You must be tired too. You should go rest,” Lyla said and lifted Windur. Among the many blades that stretched out of the sword’s body like twigs off a tree branch, one had a crack on the edge. Lyla took the Key That Distorts Destiny from Elena’s hands and placed it on the crack.

Sssssssh! As if it had never been apart in the first place, the Key That Distorts Destiny joined with Windur.

“Ah…”

“That was part of Windur.”

Everyone looked at what Lyla was doing with interest. Then, Lyla clutched Windur tightly with one hand and poured mana into the restriction device with the other hand.

‘As I thought, the mana is moving wildly on its own, so the device isn’t working properly,’ Lyla thought. It was a truly impressive feat that Elena and the others had managed to wake her up. There was no use for this device now, and Lyla took her hand off the device without hesitation. She turned around and headed toward the World Tree. As it always did, the World Tree stood formidably at the center of the pool of lava with its roots spread out over the island.

Although the sight of...