[Arcane Academy City? Darkness Abyss territory]
This world had changed permanently.
The Dark Grand Duke's death had only made the darkness recede; it did not mean that the life within the Darkness Abyss had disappeared.
Instead, with his death,
brand-new worlds were being born within [Darkness].
Time flowed astonishingly fast in these worlds. Although most had world levels below 8, it probably would not be long before worlds that broke past level 8 appeared.
This place.
Its name was [Darkness].
The system's departure permission had already been restored.
The Train Conductors could now leave this abyss.
The ruins of the Arcane Academy City's six great academies had become humanity's outposts in the darkness.
And among them, only two academies held any light.
Lanmen Academy.
And Kelaidewen Academy.
The former was Ye Qiyan's [Eternal Night] calamity.
The latter was Stasia's [Radiance] element.
The survivors struggled onward toward these two beacons of light.
After learning that this place was relatively safe, the people of the Heavenly Realm brought another large group here to rescue anyone who might still be alive.
There were also others, such as those from Abucado, some of whom simply ventured into the darkness to explore.
Others went over to the Heavenly Realm, using smiles of [Love] to ease the pain in the survivors' hearts.
A war did not end the moment the strongest opponent was defeated.
After a war, Train Conductors could head for the next platform of adventure as soon as they had recovered mentally, because they were already used to these things and could adapt to them.
Ordinary people could not.
Just how many people had died in this battle?
The Focus Guild's leader brought the guild's members to ask Helen.
They received no answer.
Because even Helen did not know how many people had survived.