"What say you?"Rhys stared at Cade deeply..."What do you expect?" Cade said.Rhys let out a chuckle, "I guess that's a yes then.""We will need to work together if we want to survive this. I don't know what to expect, but I am sure if we face it as a team, our chances of survival are higher." Jayden said in a serious voice."What do you have in mind, Mr. Jayden?" Myles asked.By now, everyone had recovered from the injuries they had sustained during the earlier conflict. This included Myles. Although he had exhausted himself, he didn't suffer severe injuries. There were also many ways to recover lost stamina, so recovering wasn't an issue.Jayden explained, "Well, we have a few minutes before whatever hell is approaching descends upon us. Let's divide ourselves into 3 groups."Seeing that he had their attention, he continued, "The first group will be the defenders, which will consist of Finn, Bryan, and me. The next would be the melee attackers, Zara, Rhys, Cade, and Myles. The last

Amidst the blood-curdling shrieks, roars, howls, and cries of battle, Rhys focused on the one thing that mattered the most to him.Revenge...Right behind him, sporting a menacing expression, was the {Devil-eyed White Primate}. The corpse of the {Golden Horned Beast} was held in its mouth as it slowly suckled on its neck, producing disgusting gulping sounds. Blood slowly dribbled down its jaws, making it look even more menacing than it already was.It looked a bit different from before, but most of its features were still recognizable. Its muscles had grown a fair amount, and the ethereal glow in its eyes seemed even deeper."You've been here all along?" Rhys knew the beast could understand what he was saying, so he didn't hold back.The {Devil-eyed White Primate} let the corpse of the {Golden Horned Beast} fall to the ground, exposing its bloodstained jaws, lips, and fangs.Surprisingly, the mutant beast's lips spread out into a very humanlike grin, almost as though he was taunting R

As he engaged the mutant beast before him, Rhys couldn't help but recall the past...***"I am going to attack to kill. Do not hold back."These words filled the ears of the young Rhys as he struggled to hold his blade with his soft delicate fingers.The slightly damp autumn breeze blew his long hair strands across his face, but that didn't seem to grab his attention at all. They were located in a place with little to no buildings. The entire place was a huge old-style manor with a lot of trees and the smell of wood and earth very rich. Rhys had seen no one else in the entire manor since he had been there for a week, which he found a bit odd.The old man provided his daily meals which looked weird but tasted and smelled delicious, so he didn't complain.Any way one looked at it, it seemed like a kidnapping. A hospitable kidnapping...The first day he was taken here by the man standing before him, he thought he had been kidnapped. When he asked him, the man had simply said that if he w

He could see the pieces sort of arrange themselves before him, creating a vague but distinct image.'Everything in the world is governed by a set of rules, and this mana, regardless of how bogus its existence seems, it most definitely is that way as well.' Rhys's thoughts ran so fast, it seemed as though time had come to a brief halt to accommodate him.'Anything can be done as long as these rules aren't broken.'The rule he was referring to, was the one he had figured out after he had finished engaged in battle with the {Devil-eyed White Primate}. Mana could only be activated on the premise that a skill, spell, or rune was being created, or already available for the mana to act on. If these were not present, then mana wouldn't have any framework to act upon.If the skill, spell, or rune was the engine of the vehicle, then mana was the fuel that provided energy for the said engine to perform its purpose. This meant that they were mutually dependent on one another.'Mana was changing e

This world was unlike anything Rhys had ever seen...Even the otherwordly landscape of Prometheus couldn't compare to the grandeur of the world sprawled before him like a canvas filled with paintings of a mad god.The sky, or what Rhys could only think was the sky, was filled with countless floating pieces of rocks orbiting a much larger platform of solid earth. Some of them were small, empty, and barren. Others were filled with large and filled with many wonders, and dangers...Looking behind him, Rhys was able to see the rift he had left behind, as well as the two metal cocoons containing Layla and Riva. Just below him, hanging onto its last breath, was the terrifying visage of the Realm-Walker.The energy of the world seemed to work against its own, destroying the darkness that covered the creature.There was no sun or moon in the sky. Instead, the entire field of broken islands was illuminated by a large beam of light that originated from the central Island and shot through the cl