Hearing this, Astra paused slightly. She lowered her head to look at He Ao and said slowly, "There were none during the Cataclysm Era. Then, one day after the Great Storm, anomalies suddenly appeared on this land."
"And what was your responsibility?" He Ao asked.
"I was responsible for watching over 'anomalies,'" Astra said with a smile as she looked at He Ao. "You should have guessed that, right?"
"Mm." He Ao nodded slightly and reached back to touch Vestarra's Spear. "Then was this spear's owner once your companion as well?"
"Yes." Astra nodded. "They died in a great operation. In the end, I was the only one who survived."
She lowered her head to look at He Ao and smiled. "Don't ask what that operation was, because I don't remember either. Or perhaps I'm not supposed to remember. Even if I did remember, I wouldn't tell you. That knowledge would probably tear your body apart directly and bring unimaginable consequences."
She withdrew her gaze and sighed softly. "Some things are better left unexplored. Look, I didn't ask how you survived outside Sky City's perimeter either, did I?"
He Ao paused slightly, then nodded gently.
He raised his head again and looked at the thick mist, asking quietly, "Is this mist also something that exists in this wasteland?"
"No," Astra replied casually. "I 'created' it."
"Created?" He Ao was stunned.
"Creating something from nothing." Astra did not seem surprised by his shock and continued, "I wanted there to be a seal here, so a seal came into being."
She paused slightly. "Of course, I borrowed a little power from anomalies in the process."
So this was Astra's ability? Creating something from nothing? What kind of ability was that?
As he pondered, He Ao raised his head and looked at the