Chapter 52: Touch the Dragon's Reverse Scale and Die

From the Skyburn Mountains to Great Desolate Mountain, Lucian Lawes had walked for nearly a full day. As he neared Great Desolate Mountain, he saw no sign of disturbance on that side. That could only mean the Soul Proliferation Fruit had not ripened yet, and the all-out war between the Yare family and the Balam family had not begun. Only then did he finally breathe again. "Thank the heavens it hasn't ripened," Lucian muttered. "Aurora, next time it's something this critical, if you're not sure,...