As the high-ranking "proxy" of the Annihilation Cult, Count Willie, once a noble of Tarus, had lost control of many things days ago.
Looking back, it seemed everything had begun several months earlier. The whispers of the Great Lord Lockmadon from the Nightmare World had brought revelations to the faithful. What followed had been exhilarating: the prophesied Last Day seemed close at hand. Even after the day of decline arrived, the power of Chaos still held the upper hand. The boundaries of the Order World trembled on the verge of collapse, and unprecedentedly powerful surges had erupted within the Sea of Karnos, bringing unmatched strength to all followers of Chaos. At the same time, a disaster worthy of divine punishment had descended upon the "Sanctuary," destroying the foundation of the Sanctuary Order State, the greatest enemy of the Annihilation Sect. Everything was just as the Great Prophecy had foretold: the world was a monotonous, meaningless spiral, but one day, the power of the Great Lord Lockmadon would break the cycle and reveal Kolo's true future.
And it was at that moment that Veronica returned from the depths of the Land of Chaos with an inexplicable "Ancient Guardian."
That was when things began to slip out of control and grow strange.
A sacred relic from the Kasuan Sacred Hall, an artifact believed to have been lost forever, had reappeared in the world. Hope of breaching the holy ground was within reach, yet the Ancient Guardian's unexpectedly overwhelming combat power had nearly ruined everything. They then fled from the heartland of Tarus, only to encounter an inexplicable Order Shock from the direction of White City just as they were about to cross the southern hills, leaving everyone injured. After finally finding a place to recuperate within the Chaos Tear Point and completing