 Elsword: Denif! Ventus: Good gracious! If you're looking for the old man, you just missed him. He went for a walk, you see.- Elsword: Alright. But we've got something urgent to say. The priestesses should join us as well.
 Artea: Of course.
 Add: Could you repeat what you said earlier, Nasod Queen? Eve: ... Adrian moved to Elysion using El energy. Did I say something significant? Ara: Hm... It looks like El energy is necessary to warp between different dimensions. Aisha: Well, all energy is Elrios is based on the El. What we magicians call mana or magic, in the end originates from the El as well. So really, there isn't any other way other than using the power of El, right?- Add: At first, I thought that was the reason as well. But then, something doesn't add up. For example, the demon invasion in Velder.
 Elesis: You mean where the demons opened a portal using the Earth El? Rena: Yes, that's rather strange. It's likely they didn't use the Dark El, since even Lu, as a demon ruler, never actually saw it. But the Demon Realm doesn't have the El. So El energy was not readily available for them, yet the demons went out of their way to use the Earth El.- Ventus: The Earth El could have been the most powerful energy source they could find. With something as powerful as the Earth El, the demons could also afford to... experiment.
- Artea: ... Perhaps Velder was merely an important strategic point with it housing the Earth El.
 Ciel: But Add couldn't use the portal device earlier because he didn't know the exact coordinates to the Demon Realm. It couldn't have been easy for demons to know the coordinates of the Earth El either. There must be a special reason they used the Earth El despite all these inconveniences. Wait, could it be... the El itself...- Add: But the biggest hint was the fact that the El also appeared in that blondie's world.
 Rose: Mine? I've never heard any reports of... Oh, I see! Zero: Hm? Wha, what! What are you guys staring at me for?- Add: That chunk of metal is proof. He said so himself, using the El as the power source, but created in a different dimension.
- Rose: Indeed. Where I come from, Elrios is so far away that you can't view it with any ordinary observation device.
 Ain: (It's probably somewhere outside the realm of influence of the El. A world not touched by the goddess... I should make note of it.) Sasha: If it reached out that far... It's likely a shard from the Great Explosion.- Add: Anyway considering all these instances, I believe the El itself has the power to influence the connection between dimensions and Time and Space.
- Elsword: You mean the El has the power to connect worlds and dimensions?
- Rose: It may be so... But if the El connects between worlds, why is Elrios severed from the Demon Realm? It's not easy to go to different dimensions like Elysion either.
- Add: Heh, looks like you and I are finally on the same page.
 Lu: ... a blocking ability...- Rena: Hm? Lu, could you repeat that?
- Lu: I said the El must have the ability to interfere with the connection between worlds to block outer forces from entering Elrios. And that outer force that the El blocks... it probably the 'Demon Realm'.
- Ara: Why do you say that?
- Lu: When I was very young, I've heard an old nursery rhyme. "Apostles Bound, heed my words. A blue piercing light blinds your sight. The Reflection of creation, blocks your path. Reject it. Break it. To set things right."
- Ciel: Oh... That's the poem you sometimes mumble if your sleep.
- Lu: Oh?! I never realized. Anyways, I always thought this was rather bleak and difficult for a nursery rhyme.
- Elsword: You think the one that "blocks your path" is the El?
- Lu: Yes. I used to think it was just a meaningless old nursery rhyme, but Add's speculations seem to fit quite well with the words.
 Gloria: Ah, so people have been creating portal devices using the El's special power to connect worlds, without understanding why the El had the power to do so. Raven: Perhaps this... power of El formed because of human ambition. Is it possible for humans to have altered the El to fulfill their ambition of interfering with different worlds?- Ain: Altering the El is not possible. The essential properties of the El was chosen by the Goddess. It is not something a human can alter.
- Elsword: Then...
- Ventus: The Goddess created the El to prevent a demon invasion.
- Ain: ......
- Ventus: If our predictions are correct, that is.
 Denif: ... So you want to investigate beneath the El Tower?- Ventus: Of course! The giant hole beneath the El is nothing if not suspicious! Haven't you ever wondered what's down there?
- Denif: No, in fact, I haven't.
 Chung: Um... I, uh, actually I've already been...- Denif: I don't think I heard that right. Did you say you've already went down below?
- Ara: Well... I accidentally tripped and fell down the hole...
- Elsword: Don't worry! No one was hurt!
- Denif: I can't believe this...! Sigh...
- Eve: It was certainly not designed for easy maneuvering. There were no signs of stairs or other methods of climbing.
- Ventus: But we saw an elaborate seal at the bottom.
- Elsword: Since we've already checked there aren't any traps or anything, we can investigate properly this time.... How about it?
- Denif: ... Alright. However the moment we sense any danger, is the moment we will all retreat.
- Ventus: Sure, sure~ Everyone ready?
 Anduran: Let's go! Ignia: Huhu, how exciting! Just like an adventure~
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