Back inside the Secret Realm, the last ruin—a crumbling palace of jade and obsidian—lay cleared of foes, its halls echoing with the faint hum of residual mana. The group looted methodically, storage rings glowing as they harvested the final caches of Mythic herbs, Calamity artifacts, and beast cores.
Raven, Summer, and Katherine worked together near a shattered pedestal, fingers deftly sorting glowing lotuses into rings.
Katherine sighed, blonde hair falling over her shoulder as she sealed another batch.
"Our mission… finding those two women. It's been months. How much longer before we can go home?"
Summer glanced up, shadows curling lazily around a lotus she examined.
"I'm starting to miss home a bit.... But we can't leave empty-handed. The clan will want results."
Raven nodded, black hair catching the realm's blue light.
"And answers. Ash mentioned he has a lead on the case… we'll ask him later."
Katherine's bloody eyes softened at the name. "Predictable... He always does~"
