The Untraceable Key

Chapter 87 — The Untraceable Key

The Crown Key floated above Aether's palm.

Its energy was stronger than the previous keys.

Five keys were now connected.

Yet the sixth remained invisible.

Evelyn studied the network map.

"Nothing?"

Aether shook his head.

"Nothing."

She frowned.

"That's impossible."

"Apparently not."

The elder's information returned to Aether's mind.

The final key was carried by a living person.

But where was that person?

Seris suddenly spoke.

"Wait."

Everyone looked at her.

She closed her eyes.

"I can sense something."

Aether turned.

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"What?"

"Life."

She pointed toward a sealed wall.

"There."

Aether activated Origin Sense.

Nothing.

No energy.

No life signature.

He frowned.

Seris stepped closer.

"My Life Sense can detect living energy differently."

She placed her hand against the wall.

Her expression changed.

"There's someone behind this."

Aether's eyes narrowed.

"Alive?"

"Yes."

He drew his weapon.

The wall shattered.

Behind it was a small chamber.

A young woman sat inside.

Her eyes were closed.

A faint silver light surrounded her.

Aether's Origin Sense still couldn't detect her.

That alone was strange.

The woman opened her eyes.

She looked at Aether.

Then at the five keys.

"You shouldn't have come."

Aether lowered his weapon slightly.

"Why?"

She looked at Evelyn.

"You brought her."

Evelyn's expression changed.

"You know me?"

The woman nodded.

"Your family has searched for this key for generations."

Evelyn became silent.

Aether looked between them.

"Explain."

The woman stood.

Her cultivation was impossible to determine.

Not because she was stronger than him.

Because something was blocking his perception.

She touched her chest.

A faint golden symbol appeared.

The sixth key.

It wasn't an object.

It was inside her.

Aether understood immediately.

"You are the final key."

She nodded.

"My name is Elara."

Sylvara stared.

"A person can become an Origin Key?"

Elara smiled sadly.

"I didn't choose it."

Aether looked at Evelyn.

"You knew?"

"No."

Evelyn looked genuinely shocked.

Elara continued.

"The sixth key was designed differently."

"Why?"

"Because someone needed to carry the final authority."

Aether frowned.

"Authority over what?"

Elara looked toward the five keys.

"The Origin Heart."

The chamber became silent.

She looked directly at Aether.

"And now that you possess five keys, the formation has recognized you."

Aether didn't like where this was going.

"What happens if all six connect?"

Elara's expression became serious.

"The entire continent will change."

Aether waited.

"How?"

Elara answered quietly.

"The Origin Heart will awaken."

Aether's eyes narrowed.

Not another mysterious awakening.

This time, there was a concrete mechanism behind it.

A system.

A network.

A living key.

And a central source of energy.

Now he needed to know what awakening actually meant.