The question hung in the air, heavy beneath the hum of The Wanderer as it cut through the darkness on its way home.Sari immediately turned from the navigation console, her tired eyes meeting Raka’s gaze. “You can sense Bara too?”“Yes.” Raka nodded, his breathing slightly strained. The emptiness left behind by the Cosmic Light inside him made every trace of energy feel like a scrape against his nerves. “His trail is faint, distorted. But... he’s there. Or he’s heading there at incredible speed.”Kaelan, still trying to repair the secondary sensors, looked over with a shocked expression. “Bara on Earth? After everything that happened? How is that possible?”“His energy... is mixed,” Sari murmured, her fingers dancing across the panel. “As if he’s part of the Devourer King, yet also trying to break free. A parasite fighting for independence.”“He may no longer be fully controlled,” Raka interrupted, his gaze sharp. “But his presence on Earth could become a disaster. The Devourer King u

“The Devourer King is going to attack Earth,” Sari said, her voice trembling yet firm. She looked at Raka, their eyes meeting in painful understanding. Raka’s cosmic power was now nothing more than a faint echo, a fading memory. Meanwhile, the Devourer King’s energy could be felt throughout the ship, even through the damaged navigation systems.“He shifted his focus from the Ark to here,” Raka replied, his voice hoarse. He could feel the fear hanging over Earth, not his own fear, but a collective terror creeping through the air. “He knows I no longer have the Cosmic Light to fight him directly. He sees Earth as an easy target.”“And Bara,” Elara added from the sensor console, “his energy signature is getting stronger on Earth. He’s in New Jakarta, at the center of the energy anomaly created by the Devourer King. Raka, he’s directly connected to Earth’s core through Bara.”Raka nodded, feeling the emptiness in his chest. “He’s using Bara to build his infrastructure there. To drain our

"Whose voice was that? What's happening?" Raka murmured, his eyes widening in shock as he felt a cold, ancient wave of foreign energy spreading from the core of Bara's ruined tower. It was not the Devourer King, nor was it a voice he had ever heard from the Summoner. This voice was older, darker, far more terrifying.Sari turned toward him, her eyes fixed on Raka. "Raka? What are you feeling? Something new has arrived.""I can feel... something else," Raka replied, his voice hoarse. He focused the remnants of his Cosmic Light, which now felt like a thin thread connected to the entire Earth. "It's not the Devourer King. It's... something older. Something controlling the Devourer King."Bara, now standing in the middle of the crater where the tower once stood, staggered forward. The dark crimson aura around him pulsed unstably, yet it looked different now. He was no longer the vessel of the Devourer King, but... something else. Something more primal."I can feel it," Bara whispered, his

Raka felt a powerful pull emanating from the deep violet gateway that now filled his vision. The air around him hummed with an energy unlike anything he had ever felt before, a force that seemed foreign, yet strangely inviting. Beside him, Sari and Bara stood tall, the three of them bound by the same destiny, a new mission suddenly unfolding before them.“So this is the end,” Raka murmured, his voice nearly drowned out by the intensifying hum of energy. He looked at Sari, then at Bara. Their journey so far, every sacrifice, every victory, all of it had led them to this moment. A moment when Earth was no longer merely a planet to protect, but a civilization entrusted to guide others.“The Summoner has placed great trust in us, Raka,” Sari replied, her eyes fixed on the shimmering gateway. She could feel the weight of that responsibility, but also a deep sense of pride. “He sees our potential. Earth’s potential.”Bara, now standing beside Raka, felt the soft red aura surrounding him res

Dense purple energy surged outward, swallowing everything around them. Raka felt his body being pulled, not by physical force, but through the very core of his soul. He heard Sari scream beside him, her grip tightening around his arm. Bara, surrounded by his soft red aura, trembled slightly, yet his clear eyes remained fixed ahead, into the endless void."This... this isn't an ordinary void," Sari shouted, her voice nearly drowned out by the hum of energy. "It feels like... we're crossing the veil of reality!"Raka closed his eyes and allowed the sensation to wash over him.A calling.This was a calling.The Summoner's words about "the way home" echoed in his mind. He felt a powerful connection to the Seed of Life on Earth, tightly intertwined with Bara, forming a bridge of energy that stretched across dimensions."I can feel it," Raka said, his voice steady despite the waves of energy tossing them about. "This is the core of nothingness. A dimension where time and space bend. And thi