Nora Dark Side.
Roger Mountain.
Vikna woke from his slumber.
Before him stood his student, the Shadow Queen.
"Teacher, the full counteroffensive has begun. The Grand Council President asked me to wake you."
He asked, "How long did I sleep this time?"
The Shadow Queen said, "Less than a hundred years. How are you, Teacher?"
Vikna felt his Mental Power increasing at every moment, almost without the need for meditation. He gave a helpless, bitter smile and sighed.
"I've grown stronger again..."
Others were happy when they became stronger.
But his own heart was filled with an indescribable feeling.
The traits and emotions that belonged to him as a human were gradually fading. He was being continuously assimilated by the Shadow Will. If this continued, he would become part of the Shadow Will.
He had known this when the two worlds fused on the spot.
Vikna smiled and said, "Don't worry. I'll guard this place from now on. I see your Mental Power has improved quite a bit. Looks like you're close to becoming a senior Ninth Ring too. Keep it up. Become a Legendary Wizard soon."
The Shadow Queen nodded.
"Teacher, I'll be going."
Watching his student leave, Vikna murmured, "I wonder how much longer I can hold on... At the very least, I have to endure through this Nightmare War. The Abyss isn't good at fighting on the dark side, so it won't choose this place as a breakthrough point."
Around Nora.
Star gates in the Darkness Zone flashed one after another. From within them emerged colossal Star Fortresses shining with energy force fields, carrying battle groups through spatial jumps.
The Star Gate Project had already established more than ten thousand hidden star gates across the Pan-dimensional world. Linked together, they could allow Nora's battle groups to