Within a few minutes, Leonard and his team returned to the deepest part of the cave, where they faced the purple crystal, the core of the Rift. 0

Galano frowned in discomfort, and Ninian shared his unease. Only Esther, full of curiosity, approached the crystal and tried casting a spell, but her magic dissipated immediately, indicating that using magic directly on the core was impossible. 0

Esther nodded as though she had expected it, although she couldn’t completely hide her disappointment. 0

“Ugh, I was curious if I could separate the core with magic. But I guess someone else would’ve done it already if it were possible.”0

A Rift’s core was capable of collapsing the walls between dimensions and taking over the gap that formed. There weren’t any magical formulas that could replicate such a phenomenon. If it could be brought back to the workshop for research, even the Towermaster would come running barefoot. Only mages understood what it meant to study a Rift’s core.0

“...The spirits despise it,” Ninian spoke up, glaring at the core. “That crystal is a materialized form of something that goes against nature....0