Theo was forced to adjust his idea of the crow’s usefulness after an hour. He had only called on Hugin because Mitra was unavailable, but the information he got was far superior to Mitra’s perception.

Indeed, height makes a great difference. 

Mitra’s ability was limited to the ground, but Hugin soared to heights that gave Theo a wide field of view. Four hours after the carriage stopped, the sun was starting to fall below the horizon. It was then that Theo spotted something glowing in the distance.

He gasped. “Uh?!”

Veronica hurriedly moved to him. “Kid, what happened?”

The crow evidently liked sparkling things, because it had zeroed in on the silver in a way that startled Theo. However, it only took Theo a moment to adjust. It was a structure that had stood proudly in the desert caused by the sand dragon, Desertio. Additionally, the radiant silver that hurt his eyes matched Paragranum’s previous description.

The gleaming six hundred meter hemisphere rose from the sand, made from an alloy that even masters...