Law of Chaos

"Ah?"

Linsey jolted, quietly concealing the hilt of his light sword inside his sleeve.

The Flesh Lake's sudden disappearance had come without any warning.

Even the faint, strange spatial fluctuations had completely vanished once the scene changed, leaving behind no trace to investigate.

"..."

Linsey cautiously watched his surroundings.

His keen senses detected no signs of enemies approaching, nor any source essence fluctuations from Awakened using their abilities.

To further confirm the situation nearby,

he opened his Map Skill and glanced upward.

The map... went dark?

A flicker of astonishment crossed Linsey's eyes.

Since he had been conducting terrain reconnaissance for combat, he had activated the Strategic Map.

But now, aside from the illuminated area around Linsey himself, every other part of the floating island was covered by Fog of War. Not even the slightest terrain feature could be seen.

Linsey immediately switched to the Adventure Map.

His vision returned to normal, and he began analyzing the current situation further.

Reappearing Fog of War, sudden spatial fluctuations, and vast stretches of vanished terrain.

So—I've been moved somewhere else. But there wasn't that sensation of spatial distortion that comes from passing through a Teleportation Array?

As the saying went,

once all impossible possibilities had been eliminated, the only remaining explanation was the truth.

Linsey activated the Scouting Skill from the Decryption Game again and swept his gaze back and forth across the surrounding ground. But even the footprints left behind by the Mutated Ones had completely disappeared from the earth.

There's only one final reference point left.

Linsey silently turned around and looked toward the sky behind him.

By now, the long night had passed, and daylight had returned.

Yet behind Linsey, the Sky Piercing Stone Pillar symbolizing the World Center had already vanished without a trace.

*Now there can really