I Held the Leash of a Blind Beast (1 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 102

“The prophecy book is gone.”

While Illeon had taken the unconscious Elicia back to the duke’s residence, Iris, Loben, and Esho had visited the vault several times.

“We must get rid of that book as soon as possible.”

Iris was intensely determined.

She only knew of that power called “Compulsion” in theory. She understood it as the hidden force that moved the world she was born and raised in.

Of course, she had never actually seen it. It was the force that appeared when Elicia, whose death had been foretold, tried to escape her destined fate. Until this incident occurred, Elicia had been walking that tightrope quite skillfully, barely managing to stay balanced.

Compulsion was truly a terrifying power. She never imagined that erasing someone who defied the original story would literally mean burning them away like that.

Already, had changed far too much.

There were Sabiel’s loyal subordinates, who had been involved in abducting Elicia on her way to Grerosa; the forest-keeper couple who had saved her; and closer at hand, Bernar, the steward of the ducal household who had employed Elicia when she lost her memory. These were people she would never have met if she had lived according to the prophecy.

Someone’s life in this world must have changed due to the influence, but not everything was written in the prophecy. Being near Illeon, who carried great narrative weight, meant that straying from the book’s contents inevitably led to significant consequences.

“The prophecy book is more dangerous than Sonatek.”

Unlike before, they now scrutinized the vault itself meticulously. Though they had always entered this place merely to check its contents, this time they sought a way to take the prophecy book out.

Thus, they achieved something they hadn’t seen before: in the circular room with a domed ceiling, five pillars stood in the vault, and beneath each, they discovered five distinct symbols.

The pentagon symbolized the Five Deities.

Just as the group felt encouraged, believing they’d found a clue—just as Mariela had suggested—that the room itself held some hidden secret,

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