The Secret of Origins (Part One)

Whoosh! Whoosh!

A beam of white light enveloped two figures and hurled them into an unknown space.

"Where are we?"

Valon, with his formidable body, and Merlin, with his powerful Mind Power, had already come to their senses. They had only been dazed for a moment.

Both were just below the level of a Titled Legend, yet neither had been able to put up the slightest resistance when the white light engulfed them.

Merlin's Mind Power met what felt like an invisible barrier. It was suppressed throughout this space, and Valon sensed that something was unusual here too.

There was no day or night here. It looked like nothing more than an empty space.

Hum.

The space suddenly trembled, and a dazzling ball of light appeared, slowly rising into the air.

"Someone has finally come..."

A faint sigh echoed through the strange space. Merlin's gaze snapped to the dazzling light. The voice had come from within it.

"Who are you?" Merlin asked gravely.

"Aren't you looking for me?"

The dazzling light gradually took the shape of a tall figure clad in black armor, like a powerful knight.

"Are you Orumba?"

Merlin's pupils contracted. Could this man be Orumba, the mysterious creator of the Hidden Land and the entire Mobata World, who even had close ties to the Land of Glory?

"I've forgotten my true name myself... But as I traveled through countless Dimensional Worlds, they all called me Orumba!"

The armored man really was Orumba. Merlin's breathing quickened. Finding this mysterious figure was precisely why he had come to the Mobata World.

"Traveled through countless Dimensional Worlds? What do you mean?"

Merlin had far too many questions, but he could not help asking about the words Orumba had let slip.

Orumba glanced at Merlin, then waved a hand. The entire