The aftermath of the battle lingered like smoke in the air.Sparrow Mountain was quieter now—but not peaceful.Not anymore.Carl stood alone at the cliff’s edge, staring at his hand as the golden flame flickered faintly above his palm. It wasn’t stable. It pulsed—like it had a will of its own.“…What are you?” he muttered.Behind him, footsteps approached.Sophia.“You’ve been out here for a while,” she said softly.Carl didn’t turn.“I almost lost control back there.&rdquo

The chamber fell into a heavy silence after the trial.Only the faint glow of the ancient circle remained, pulsing like a heartbeat beneath Carl and Sophia.Carl slowly pushed himself up, still catching his breath. The golden flame flickered above his palm again—but this time, it obeyed him. It didn’t lash out. It didn’t burn wildly.It listened.“…So this is control,” he murmured.Sophia stood beside him, her own aura calm but alive, like a quiet storm waiting beneath the surface. She flexed her fingers, watching the faint glow respond.“It feels… different,” she admitted. “Like it’s not fighting me anymore.&rdqu

For a long moment, none of them spoke.The mountain breeze returned, gentle and indifferent—as if the world hadn’t just shown them something that could end it.Sophia was the first to break the silence.“…Carl,” she whispered, still shaken. “That thing… it wasn’t just powerful.”She looked at her hands.“It felt like… it didn’t belong anywhere.”Carl nodded slowly.“Yeah.”Aiden’s expression was grim.“Because it doesn’t.”<

The journey to the Oblivion Gate took longer than expected.Not because of distance—But because the world itself seemed to resist them.The skies grew darker the farther they traveled. Roads cracked. Signals failed. Even the air felt heavier, pressing down on them with every mile.Inside the vehicle, silence lingered.Sophia sat beside Carl, her fingers unconsciously gripping his sleeve.“…It’s getting stronger,” she murmured.Carl nodded.“I feel it too.”Last Updated : 2026-04-09

The world was breaking faster now.Fragments of land shattered into nothing mid-air. The frozen oceans cracked, dissolving into empty space. Even the sky—if it could still be called that—was collapsing inward.Everything—Was being erased.And at the center of it all—The Null Dragon stirred.Its presence expanded, swallowing distance, bending reality, pulling everything toward it like a silent abyss.Carl stepped forward, flames blazing brighter than ever.“Where’s the core point?” he shouted.Eryndor d