Noa listened to the recording several times, trying to extract any useful information. All she got was what they already knew.

“Who is ‘Shadow’? Why have I never heard you mention that name before?”

Inside her consciousness, Noa posed the question. For once, even the Ancestor seemed at a loss.

“I don’t know. But this ‘Shadow,’ since they were able to grant Adam the Black Dragon Scale, must be connected to the concept of ‘Ultimate Fear.’”

Noa frowned, lost in thought for a moment, then said:
“My dad was away for a long time after his supposed death, not …