I spent the next ten minutes sitting against the damp wall, listening while Zaho Yuren rattled off every hidden function of the [Soul-Bound Staff].
By the time he finally finished, my eyes were probably as wide as the dungeon door.
"…Lan can do all of that?"
—Of course. This is a half-mythical artifact, a fragment of the original staff of Sun Wukong. Did you seriously think its only trick was getting heavier and bigger?
I opened my mouth to argue, then shut it again.
"…Fair point."
Now that he'd said it, I really couldn't defend my own ignorance.
In the original story, the staff's first wielder never used anything beyond its basic weight manipulation—and even then, it was strong enough to rewrite battles on its own.
I'd just assumed that was the full package. Clearly, I'd been a fool.
