Reaching the spot where they had disappeared before to reach the prison of the Protector Raven, Daneel and Faxul both took a deep breath before closing their eyes.
SQUAWK!
This loud sound that reverberated in their ears made them smile as they felt happy that their worst fears hadn't been confirmed.
The Raven was still alive, and it was still here.
Yet, on opening their eyes, both of them saw a scene that shocked them to their core.
The Protector Raven which had looked so magnificent before now had a hole in the center of his head.
Through the hole, even the surroundings behind the Raven could be seen.
It was collapsed on the floor in a pool of its own blood, and its massive body was twitching with pain.
Running towards it, Faxul placed a hand on its wing while Daneel ordered the system to analyze what was going on.
After all, if that hole had appeared hours ago when the old man died, it was impossible for any being he knew to survive for so long.
But without needing the system, Daneel realized how the Protector Raven had stayed alive till now by himself.
At the edges of the wound, flesh was slowly regenerating.
Clearly, the Raven was healing itself.
"It says that… It needs help."
Hearing this from Faxul, Daneel immediately bent and placed his hand on the Raven after ordering the system to deploy the healing technique.
With this, the recovery of the flesh spread up. In fact, it was almost like the Raven itself was directing even Daneel's spell to maximize the effect.
A half-hour or so later, the tissues pletely regenerated. It had taken a massive amount of energy. Even with his Exalted Human Mage level strength, Daneel stumbled back with exhaustion on seeing that the Raven was returning to normal.
All that remained was a surface wound.
[The Warrior level beast has enhanced levels of regeneration which do not correspond to its strength. For further information, please upgrade the system.]
This was the only information he got from the system.
Listening to this, Daneel realized that he truly needed to upgrade the system as soon as possible if he wanted to be in control of the things that were happening around him. Clearly, the plexity of peak Warrior level was no longer enough.
A smile came on Faxul's face on seeing that this old friend of his father's was fine. Immediately, he used the trinket given by Daneel to initiate a connection with it.
Watching this, Daneel frowned as he felt a suspicion that the old man's plan definitely wasn't so simple.
As someone who had full information of almost everything else, he surely must have known about the Raven's enhanced regeneration. After all, he had battled it and imprisoned it here.
Why would he opt to injure it in this way if he knew that it would survive?
Suddenly, seeing anguish on Faxul's face, he realized that something was wrong.
Indeed, the smile was gone, and in its place was now fear.
He had used his hand to plunge the small needle into the Raven's body before. Now, he repeated the same thing multiple times, as if it wasn't working.
"What's wrong?
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