The roaring blaze finally caught the attention of Victore Port's upper council.
Even in the sparsely populated Border Abyss, anything related to the Void was unquestionably major news. There was no other reason—the two were simply too close. The Border Abyss had fought against Void Invasions more than once or twice throughout its history. Though the Narrative Union publicly wished to maintain a stable, harmonious, neutral stance, the independent city-states and nations among the populace did not necessarily feel the same way.
For a time, news of a Void Invasion, mysterious blazing light, and a lone resister spread through Victore Port like wildfire, filling every street and alley with panic.
Seeing that the next step would be businesses fleeing and the economy declining, Eagler, as the guardian, had no choice but to step forward and declare the city under martial law. He then summoned the police and questioned those involved and the witnesses. "Tell me everything you saw."
"I found it while hunting in the mountains. It was behind the Mahamut Family's Ancestral Home."
A hunter was still shaken with fear. Only after a healer cast a Mind Soothing Spell did he manage to explain himself coherently. "The Ancestral Home had already been destroyed. I saw murky purple Void Crystals drifting down from the sky like snowflakes. The earth split open beneath them, bursting forth with a terrifying purple curtain of light that stretched like a city wall and kept cracking outward, as if something was about to emerge."
"I heard there was also a mysterious blaze. What was that about?" Eagler pressed.
"A man. Maybe he was some wandering ranger. Alone, with a single sword, he stood beneath the Void's curtain of light. His sword bloomed with fire and radiance. That light shot toward the Star Abyss, as though