As fascinated and elation he was about getting the Hex Magic Core, Jacob didn't lose his vigilance. For all he knows, this could all be an illusion.
Because, like before, he can't tell the difference at all. But deep down, he still wished that it wasn't, and up to now, he didn't think it was an illusion either.
So, bending his waist, Jacob moves his hand toward the crimson edge sticking out from the pile of ash. This was the only anomaly left in this place that might be able to shed some light on what happened.
When Jacob touched the pointy edge, it was icy, like he was touching liquid ice, but except that nothing out of the ordinary happened, and Jacob finally grabbed the edge and pushed it outside.
To his surprise, he found that object extremely heavy when he wanted to pull it out from the ash. However, calling it heavy was still an understatement because that thing was like a mountain, unmovable!
Jacob frowned at this moment and used more force, but it won't budge even a bit.
