"Alright, I'll trust you on this."
Ethan nodded, then got straight to the point. "Second question—what was up with that Corpse Red Dragon earlier?"
Lilith pulled out a black lantern shrouded in an eerie aura of death. Without wasting any words, she held it out to Ethan with both hands. "It was because of this Strategic Artifact!"
She took a deep breath and continued, "The great Lord, this is a Tier-3 Strategic Artifact—the Dominator's Lamp. It was one of my mother Malenthia's most prized possessions! I stole it when I betrayed her and fled the castle."
"Dominator's Lamp?" Cicero's eyes lit up in realization. "So that's what it was… No wonder!"
Ethan turned to him, curiosity piqued. "Cicero, you know about this Dominator's Lamp?"