Swen broke the silence.
Her eyes locked onto Shinju.
> "By the way…" she said in a low, restrained voice.
"Where is Mikail's Spear?"
Shinju drew in a slow breath.
He brought two fingers of his right hand to the center of his forehead and closed both eyes.
In an instant, a golden light surged through his body.
The energy flowed from his heart to his back—
and then, floating behind him, Mikail's Spear appeared.
Swen's eyes widened.
> "What— you absorbed Mikail's Spear too?"
"You monster!"
Shinju turned slightly, his face expressionless.
> "Forget it," he said coolly.
"Even if I explained, you wouldn't believe me."
Swen took a step back, still in shock.
Then she muttered under her breath:
> "So that's it… The reason you could absorb the Yang Pills so quickly…"
"It was because of Mikail's Spear."
She hesitated, then looked up—her voice firm, almost trembling with realization.
> "Then listen carefully, Shinju."
"It's time you learned the truth about Mikail's Spear."
Her tone hardened.
> "Mikail's Spear was forged from a substance called Elysium."
"That thing hovering behind you… was once the heart of a planet."
Koharu whispered in disbelief:
> "The… heart of a planet?"
> "Yes," Swen replied.
"At the core of every life-bearing world lies an Elysium ore."
"It's the pure source of Yang energy itself."
Her voice grew colder with each word.
> "The Lord of Darkness harvested the hearts of worlds whose Yang essence he consumed."
"He shaped those planetary cores into weapons—spears that gather Yang energy."
Silence filled the room.
Swen's next words were barely a whisper, yet they struck like thunder.
> "When the Elysium is removed from a planet, its atmosphere collapses."
"Gravity fades."
"And that world can never harbor life again."
Koharu's face turned pale.
> "Then… Mikail's Spear is actually—"
> "Yes," Swen interrupted, her eyes glinting with sorrow.
"A planet's gravestone."