A figure stood amid burning ruins. He stood in the city he had built, disguised as a human once again. He looked at his former brethren and saw that those who had once followed him, fighting for freedom, had mutated into what the world called enemies of flesh and blood.
He realized that his own hands had buried it all.
He looked at them, his tears flowing without end.
"Yarn, please don't cry for us."
The great enemies of flesh and blood came before their Savior, extending tentacles that had already mutated into lumps of flesh to wipe away their god's tears.
He raised his head, his gaze filled with such sorrow.
His gaze pierced through this world, reaching toward the distant world beyond.
He saw it.
A Blond Young Man stood there.
Behind the Blond Young Man was a figure, pushing that boulder symbolizing fate, over and over again.
"Please, save Terra-"
Deer College · Anderson Dormitory-Room 404.
"Hah, hah-"
A Blond Young Man suddenly sat up in bed. He looked as though he had suffered some nightmare, his body drenched in sweat. He reached up to brush back the sweat-soaked blond hair on his forehead, then raised the burning back of his right hand.
"A spiritual vision during the [Innate Key]'s awakening cycle...?"
A peculiar red ring was currently visible on Xia Xiu's right hand. He looked up at the sunlit desk beside the window. Since he no longer felt sleepy, he simply got up to wash.
Three days had passed since the Linden Tree Street massacre, and he had returned to Deer College three days ago.
After returning to Deer College, Xia Xiu had learned from Professor Laugen that Professor Nimus had clashed fiercely with the upper ranks of the [Thirteenth Department]. The clash had ended