Illustration 12
#010
"The saint in the cultivation tank, Bestia Nascens."
Normally, the birthplace of Seraphios Auriel species is strictly guarded by their senior sister units, never allowed to be seen by outside eyes. But this cultivation tank is specimen SA-12, miraculously discovered still alive in ancient ruins.
This is the only recorded photograph taken by the ruin exploration team at the time of discovery. Currently, no cultivation tank exists at that location. What happened? Did she awaken? Or was she recovered by someone? No one knows the truth.
Final transmission from the ruin exploration team:
"Active cultivation tank discovered on underground level 3. Manufacturing number SA-12 from a thousand years ago.
The cultivation fluid is still alive. Her eyelids are... trembling——"
[Communication lost]