[Big thanks to RolaySaltT20]
"Oh?"
A familiar old man opened his eyes slowly. Somehow, his eyes seemed less lively than when Theron saw him last.
"That was faster than expected… the boy really does tend to surprise me a lot."
The Patriarch paused, his head tilting to the side as though he was trying to understand something.
"… He integrated with a Blue Pufferfish Echo…?"
First, he was shocked that Theron had actually ignored the temptation. But if he was going to fuse with the Blue Pufferfish, why ask for the Immortal Jellyfish?
For a long while, the Patriarch sat there trying to understand something until his gaze flashed as bright as the sun.
'A Dual Resonance Core?'
**
Theron realized that his situation was a bit bad after he entered the Inner Sect. That much had gone well enough, but the actual tower was quite heavily protected.
