Chapter 810: Dragon War

⟬ The Heart of the Tree God's Forest. ⟭ 

Coraline steadied her heart as she spoke the words of the final incantation. 

The circular stone tablets began rotating, their edges ground past each other... and they locked into place with a satisfying, if dust-filled, clunk. 

With that, all the gems were set in their proper positions. 

In the event that the logic puzzle had no reset switch, Coraline had even checked her notes a dozen times.

The answer she'd determined... had to be correct! 

...Therefore the door should open. 

That's... that's how riddles worked. 

"...Stars and stones! Open up, dang it!" She shouted. 

Coraline pounded on the stone with her fists. 

...As that made zero noise, she went back to yelling, "Come onNNNnn!!!"

⊰ listen ⊱ 

Coraline stopped, heeding her familiar's warning... and her ears twitched when she sensed a low, rising thrum from her surroundings.