All of the pieces were coming together. Adrian finally made the connections after seeing the corpses and the stone with runes engraved onto it. "Rozi, you've recovered your memories, so were you the one who took the stone in the coffin?""Yes, I swapped the stone with a fake and took the real one. But my memory of what happened to it is blank. I can't remember where the real one is."Adrian smiled. The stone Rozi had switched out had ended up in his possession. This stone before him was similar to the one Mya found at St. Elmer's Church. At the time, he thought it was something his ancestors had forged, perhaps even containing extreme powers. The runes on the stone looked like human blood vessels. Although it was all only his assumption at the time, he could now prove both that and the stone before his eyes were similar. "I found that stone you lost, but it's not in my possession right now. It's in a locker back at Swallowston's Battle Warrior Department."Really? But I don't kn
Rozi said, "Why don't you let me do it instead, Adrian? You're the pillar of your country, someone who’s even more influential than me, and I've lived for more than a thousand years, so—""What?! Y-You're more than a thousand years old?! A-Are you kidding me?" Cian interrupted before Rozi could finish. Everyone’s eyes went wide with shock. After all, this was something impossible.Rozi shot Cian a glare after being interrupted and furiously said, "Keep your mouth shut."Cian quickly covered his mouth but continued to gaze at her in shock. Rozi continued, "Me dying now won't cause any impact, but you're different. You're still young. You should come back down here and let me do it instead."Adrian silently looked at the stone for a few seconds before carefully picking it up, completely ignoring what Rozi said. When he grabbed it, he silently waited to see if anything would happen. Yet after five minutes, nothing happened.The stone sat in Adrian’s palm like an ordinary stone.
Adrian nodded.Rozi then said, "It's getting late, and there's no need for us to stay here any longer. We should head back. We have to be extra careful. Those monsters at the palace will be waiting for us.” Everyone climbed down the Utopia Stairwell. Cian and the others were discussing what had happened throughout the journey, while Adrian and Rozi silently led the way. Rozi did not ask Adrian about what he had seen back at the lake, but his mind was filled with the image he had seen. The sky had been covered by a giant shadow, causing darkness to blanket the whole world. Moreover, the city had turned into a huge wasteland with monsters lurking about every corner. The surviving humans teamed up to try and find a way to retaliate as more of their kind died with each passing second.Most importantly, Adrian felt that the future he saw was not far from the present. "Is something on your mind?" Rozi asked when she noticed Adrian's expression. Adrian glanced at her and did not ans
Oliver was in a daze.From the top of Mount Gremont, all they saw was an endless sea of dark clouds. It was as though a raging storm was about to hit them. On top of that, a gigantic shadow covered the sky.The Mount Gremont Railway worksite was completely destroyed. The scaffolding around the base was about to crumble at any moment. The place was dead silent and there were a few monsters lurking about. The sky was gloomy and it looked like it was about to pour. This scene looked exactly like the one in the drawings. The shadow had countless eyes as it overlooked what was puny humans to it. "Wh-What happened…"Cian took a few steps back from shock, while Padraig and the others stood there dumbfounded. They all looked in disbelief as they were now looking at the same scene depicted on the canyon walls back in Wonder's world. "Impossible… This is impossible…" Oliver said in a trembling voice. They were all shocked and nervous, while Adrian silently stood overlooking the destro
None of them had ever imagined something so terrifying to happen. In less than ten days, half of the world's population had been purged while Adrian’s group was trapped in the palace. To make matters worse, the Creator had sent out his monsters to kill the remaining half of humanity.Everything was about to be reset, and the only silver lining throughout this tragedy was that Cian and the others had retained their memories. If they had lost their memories, there would be anyone alive who knew about the Creator. "Now that everything's happening earlier than we expected, we're going to have to team up to fight him if we want to survive. We’ll have to do it like the immortals of the past," Rozi said. She already knew that history was going to repeat itself, but she was not expecting for it to happen so soon. The group was thrown into despair and overwhelmed by fear.A young man said, "Sir, are my parents and siblings still alive? Half of the population has disappeared in the blink
"We have no choice but to stick with you, sir. Thank goodness you're still around, or we'd be sitting ducks," Cian said as he heaved a sigh. "What are your orders, sir?" Padraig asked. "Let's go to the base and take a look around first. We have to see if there are any survivors left before we move on to Novemton. We can build a safe zone with everyone's help before we think of a way to defeat him, but if Crystal is dead, we'll have to think of another plan. Come on."Adrian led everyone down the mountain. Cian and the others wiped away their tears before following him.Rozi walked next to Adrian and asked, "We don't know if your wife and daughter were affected by the reset. Do you want to go home and take a look before we regroup and plan?""It wouldn't help our cause if I went and found that they've disappeared. If they're still alive, they've probably gone somewhere safe. There’s no need for me to look for them right now.""Are you sure?" Adrian nodded. Ivy, Eira, and the
Adrian got up and summoned Dragonbane in his right hand. At that moment, he possessed Dragonbane's powers, but he himself was not an immortal. He was not sure how long he would be able to last with just the sword.If Adrian truly wanted to stand a chance against the Creator, he needed to exceed his limits and become an immortal. However, he chose not to think about that for now since Dragonbane would suffice against these monsters. Adrian strode into the base, and the monsters immediately turned toward him upon detecting human scent. All eight of them let out a cry before rushing toward him in a maddened frenzy. One of them was a gorilla with extreme speed, letting out a loud yell and spitting out blood from its mouth. The monsters were charging in from different directions, but Adrian held Dragonbane up and yelled, "Bring it on!"Roar!The gorilla roared and swung at Adrian. Dragonbane let off a golden glow before piercing through the gorilla's stomach and slicing it in half. T
Before seeing Adrian and Oliver return in one piece, they thought that all hope was lost."It's so good to see you two alive, sirs." An ordinary-looking young man wiped away his tears of joy as the other stood behind him.Oliver asked, "Lyle, what happened here? Where are the others?"The young man's name was Lyle Higgins, a team leader in Mount Gremont Railway's security team. When the reset happened, many of the management-level staff disappeared. Lyle immediately led the survivors underground, where they had remained in hiding for three days.Lyle replied, "We don't know what happened. The sky just became like that all of a sudden, followed by people vanishing into thin air while monsters appeared. We are all that’s left. I brought everyone underground, hoping someone would send in reinforcements, but nobody came. Our wireless devices don’t work, so we can’t make contact with anyone outside the base. Neither could we do anything reckless with the monsters around."Cian, Oliver,