The blade rose and fell in a relentless cadence; Kulus, who had assumed the guise of one subjected to tyranny at the onset of the discourse, presently fancied himself the Leader of the Red Claw Academy. Both the venom-warded mine and the Sunlight Forest belonged to him, and the energy overflowing from within culminated in the forging of fresh lacerations upon Mel's body.
"No matter the endeavor, nothing in this realm is absolute. The sheer magnitude of the standards required to operate the Energy Crystal Mine renders it feasible solely for warriors at the Elemental Transformation Stage to labor here.
Should they prove incapable of preserving their vessels by harnessing the energy of nature, even the Poison Ward Pill shall fail to rescue them, and unless they channel their elemental energy into specially forged pickaxes, they remain powerless to fracture and excise the energy crystals.
