"...So, when Bad Day said something weird like 'Become a hero, Russell,' he handed me the Sage Beheading."
Russell spoke nostalgically of Flower Touch, "Looking back now... perhaps it was then that my life began to change."
The Elf girl with pink shoulder-length hair was standing with Russell in a technologically sophisticated elevator that was continuously ascending.
The giant dragon wanted to meet Russell on land, and Russell had never been to the surface before. So the Deer Leader found Flower Touch to help him.
In fact, this was superfluous. After all, Russell's current ability to devour had already evolved from its initial imitation—he had inherited some of Qiao's memories and knowledge.
But considering that Qiao's time on the surface was only a few years and not as deep as Flower Touch's understanding of the land, Russell still agreed to it.