Albany thought, "Of course, Shannon's remarkable! She's more remarkable than you, that's for sure!"
Jordan pivoted, saying, "Since you're with her, you should remind her to control her power before you two part ways. Otherwise… I'm afraid not even the Dragon Vein could protect her."
Albany became enraged as soon as it heard the words "part ways". When did it say it wanted to go its separate way from Shannon? It was unlike Jordan, who abandoned it without a second thought.
However, Albany soon regained its cool. Jordan obviously knew something it didn't.
It had never underestimated him, especially when he was the divine envoy. He must've known more than it could ever know.
As Albany recalled the moment when Shannon was nearly struck by the calamity lightning, it wanted to ask more, but Jordan had no intention of revealing any further details.
Since it was confirmed that Shannon had attracted the attention of the Divine Power, Jordan no longer felt the need to investigate further. More importantly, he didn't want to face her.
That person would definitely come after him.
Thus, he instructed Scarlett, "Let's go."
Scarlett shot him a glance. Was she his subordinate? She was always being ordered around. Their relationship was one of cooperation!
Despite her inner complaint, she raised her hand, and the surrounding black smoke quickly enveloped both her and Jordan. In an instant, their figures vanished into the darkness.
Although Albany wanted to chase after them, it knew that it wouldn't be able to defeat Scarlett without Shannon by its side. All it could do was watch as they left, then quickly fly back to the small building.
It needed to find Shannon and report what had happened!
By the time Albany returned to the small building, the sky was already bright.
Kai had long since returned to its little bed, fast asleep. Even though he was, the tiny garment remained on him, showing no signs of being removed.
Albany paid no heed to it and made its way straight to Shannon, only to see she had already woken up at some point.
When she first learned that Benjamin had blocked hundreds of calamity lightning strikes on her behalf, her mind had been fully focused on him.
Upon further reflection, however, she had started to realize something. Why had the calamity lightning been aimed at her in the first place?
Back when Shannon was in Harrisfield Village, she had seen the thick gathering of calamity clouds in the sky. At that time, she had thought it was due to the unification of the Unmelting Bone, causing the Divine Power to act.
After all, this was a usual occurrence—whenever a great calamity was about to be born, it was always accompanied by a calamity lightning strike.
However, the Divine Power had never released the calamity lightning at that time.
She had simply assumed it was because the Unmelting Bone hadn't fully been formed yet, which was why the lightning didn't strike.
Now, with the realization that the Divine Power's true target had been her, coupled with the recent lightning strike and Jordan's somewhat cryptic words, she couldn't help but reconsider everything.
Was the Divine Power targeting her in particular?
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