This space was vast and undoubtedly filled with many mysteries, but Rowan was not chasing after the mysteries of the mundane, only the extraordinary, and nothing was more extraordinary than the matters involving the Primordials.
Each of the caverns underneath the capital was so massive that one could comfortably fit in a small moon inside any of them. A similar spatial shrinking that twisted the entire capital also affected this area and hiding the Crystal Leviathan was not difficult.
Placing a piece of his consciousness inside a Spirit Guise he sent it out towards the Anchor. The Spirit Guise took the form of a bird with flaming wings, for there were living things down here, and their shapes had been transformed by the arcane energies inside these caverns.
His goal was simple, it was to find the final secret hidden under Aroth and make his way into the Rune, it was a gate and it led somewhere. If Rowan did not understand what it contained, it would be the biggest hidden crisis that could destabilize his entire plan.
He searched for thousands of miles, knowing the area but not pinpointing the exact location, but it was only a matter of time before he found it.
The Anchor turned out to be another Vault.
Rowan frowned because this vault was different from the others, it was smaller and it still pulsed with vitality. If his sibling had been fed to Minerva as payment, then there should be no seventh vault to speak of, then the sudden realization of who this vault belonged to hit him, and seeing the title of the vault on the door was the final confirmation.
The Vault of Romion.
He knew that these vaults were created from the bodies of his siblings, but he had never known that part of his body had been used to create a vault.
His present form had no connection to the body of Rowan that was used here in the creation of this vault, but it was still shocking that his flesh had been used for such a thing and he had not anticipated it after he knew that Minerva had consumed his siblings.
It was annoying to him that there were still concerns that could slip under his radar, but he was not omniscient, he just did the best that he could, knowing a single mistake could end him. If Rowan was psychopathic he might have found the challenge of the unknown to be thrilling, instead, he just found it annoying.
He only deliberated on it for a short while before focusing on the reason he was here which was entering the gate behind the Rune, although there was a fatal allure for him to enter this vault and see his previous self.
He wondered if he would find another hidden god that was based on his flesh. That would be shocking and reveal many new secrets, but after a while, Rowan thought it was too risky to enter the vault, it might reveal his presence to Golgoth, and he did not care for another hidden god unless it could affect the overall plan.
However, he found this hidden vault important enough to warrant splitting another sliver of consciousness to monitor it. When he began his ascension, he would pierce through the barriers of the vault to confirm if there was something inside that could affect the overall direction of the battle ahead.
It was a risky move, but he could not control everything. He just had to make sure he was doing his best. Nothing could be left to chance if he could control it. But to fly under the radar, he must make sacrifices, hopefully, it would not be too late.
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