"The Shroud has intervened in reality. This isn't the first time they've done so."
Heavenly Throne, Heavenly Cathedral.
Powerful psionics users in Shroud Mentor robes and lavish, old-fashioned gowns sat cross-legged in a circle inside a secluded meeting room. Sandwiched among them was a fellow who looked utterly, or at least almost utterly, bewildered.
"We've detected a Shroud Rift in the Homeworld System of the newly established Golden Holy War Khanate. They must have gone to considerable lengths to breach the barrier between the Shroud and reality."
A Shroud Mentor spoke.
But a Sky Bishop of the Heavenly People Holy Guardian Empire shook her head. "That's not all. There was a Shroud Planet there long ago, but its presence has always been concealed. Even our Sentinel Array could barely detect it."
"A Shroud Planet?!" The Shroud Mentors seemed caught off guard and demanded urgently, "Why didn't you inform us immediately?"
"There was no need. It was just an ordinary Shroud Planet." The bishop spread her hands. "There's no need to get so worked up."
The Shroud Mentor's piercing gaze shone through the veil. "We must exercise extreme caution when dealing with the Shroud. We don't know what tricks they might pull."
"Oh? Should our psionics users keep a constant watch on every Shroud Planet in the universe?" the bishop scoffed. "We merely follow the Prophet's teachings. You're the ones sitting around dreaming up disasters."
"The Shroud hungers for reality at every moment. If we allow them to descend, every one of us psionics users will bear the blame!"
The Shroud Mentor slammed a hand on the table and exhaled heavily. "Now the Shroud has begun testing us. A crisis will soon be upon us!"
"...No, the crisis is already here. The Shroud's power has thoroughly permeated the real world in