Vent

So, after realizing the crux of the problem, Colin immediately began searching his mind for people who might know something about this being.

"'System,' 'Enlightener,' 'God of Eternal Sleep.'"

Those were the three beings that first came to Colin's mind.

All of them might know something.

"'System'!"

Colin called out twice in his heart. After sensing a certain presence arrive, he voiced his confusion.

The next second.

The presence of the "System" disappeared.

It vanished very quickly.

After that, no matter how he called, it never returned—the thing had run away.

Clearly, it knew something but had absolutely no intention of telling him.

"Is there something taboo about this question?"

Colin frowned, and his heart grew even heavier.

He did not know who "Fate" was, but if he had to guess, the gigantic humanoid silhouette he had seen within the Gray Fog was undoubtedly the most likely candidate.

Although Colin felt that the other party was unquestionably a higher life-form, he could not be certain.

"But come to think of it..."

Since everything had been brought about by "Fate," was his current line of thought also part of that being's plan?

Colin felt his scalp tingle.

But no matter what, he still had to learn what needed to be learned.

If it really was the first possibility, he would never sit around waiting for death.

He got up from the bathroom, dried the water off his body, got dressed, and immediately began contacting the outside world.

However, what Colin had not expected was that when he sought out the All-Knowing Eye to see if he could learn what had happened, he received a negative answer.

Then, in an oddly mysterious tone, it told him, "Revere 'Fate.'"

After returning to his territory, Colin pinched the bridge of his nose with a