Fate's Light

The City Lord's Manor.

Hawkins looked up at the sky, then gave a speechless look.

Sure enough, nothing good came of women getting together. But why did they have to drag him into it? Couldn't they let him read in peace?

He rose and took out the Sword of Virtue. A moment later, he drove it into the ground, and an invisible force spread rapidly outward from it.

Across Infinite City, infants, children, and the elderly were enveloped in bubbles and swiftly moved into another space.

"Monsters? How did monsters get into Infinite City?"

Countless players stared in shock as monsters fell from the sky. Buildings collapsed beneath their impact, and huge chunks of stone struck the ground with thunderous crashes.

"What are you doing?" Norns asked, her face stricken as monsters kept falling all around them.

Sa smiled. "Don't worry. It's just a little game."

"How can this possibly be a game?" Norns rose to her feet. She had never imagined that exchanging a few words with this woman would bring such a terrible disaster upon Infinite City.

Boom!

Not far away, a monster covered in a hard shell landed. Its thick legs slowly straightened, and above its head appeared: Lion-Ant-Bee Warrior, Level 9999, Blood Shield ???/???.

"Yes, it's a game. Enjoy yourself." Sa smiled faintly.

The next moment, she, Shaya, and Su'er turned into bubbles and vanished, leaving Norns staring around in terror.

Smack.

A Lion-Ant-Bee Warrior struck a player. He flew backward, hit a wall, and burst like a rotten tomato.

"No, no, no!!!"

Norns screamed, drew her staff, and charged the nearest Lion-Ant-Bee Warrior.

Atop the fortress of the City Lord's Manor.

"I just thought she was rather pitiful." Sa walked up slowly behind Hawkins. Looking out over the smoking city, she spoke with a