Returning from the Royal City's Military War Department, Rod felt invigorated, as if a huge weight had been lifted from his chest. He was just one step away from full liberation.
Quick! A little more effort and he would soon be free in the world!
Rod hurried back to his room at the tavern, locked the door, set the spring needle in place, and with a lightning-fast gesture, he returned to the Dream Realm.
A faint mist flowed before his eyes in the eternally silent Dream Realm.
Twenty Sun Stones lay at his feet.
Good!
With these, he could craft twenty portions of Soul Ashes, yet there was only one invading monster.
Twenty against one, the advantage was enormous.
He was sure to win!
Rod moved the Sun Stones into the cabin, and lit the candles on the stone platform. The inscriptions on the stone slab began to glow.
He placed one of the Sun Stones on it.
"Sun Stone" in the "Soul Ashes" section of the stone slab lit up.
Rod smiled.
Indeed, it was a real Sun Stone.
