The omen had ended.
Ian felt a violent wave of dizziness—although his Precognitive Vision had improved, he still could not observe omens three times in succession.
Especially that existence he had seen at the end.
Void Spawn...
The embryo of a fully developed Void Spawn...
That thing... could actually exist?!
"What exactly happened at the planet's core?"
Forcing down the dizziness, Ian's soul floated atop the azure river, staring at the omen that had just faded away.
—The Demonic Beast at the planet's core was letting out its first cry before birth, and that mere precursor directly shattered Terra's Void Realm, causing worldwide collapses of the Void Realm and creating countless Subspace Labyrinths and Silent Abysses.
Although the rapid increase in the dead during this period strengthened many spirit gods, allowing them to protect some of civilization's most crucial facilities and cities and take in every departed soul, Terra Civilization had, from that perspective, lost nothing apart from some material assets.
But the deaths among the living population were enough to put everyone on guard.
Especially since the Void Spawn originated from the 'Nightmare Demon King' project—it was, in truth, intimately connected to the souls of all living beings.
Ian believed that its emergence and gestation absolutely had much to do with the development of the Undead Monarch/spirit god line!
"No, I have to tell Grand Duke Solin about this—something is wrong here!"
Ian's first thought was that someone had tampered with the Undead Monarch Project, causing the Nightmare Demon King line of projects to advance alongside the spread of the Undead Monarch system.
He immediately wanted to withdraw from his omen and warn Grand Duke Solin, who had most likely not gone far and had shifted his attention elsewhere.
That man was insane, but at least he was someone