The cheering crowd sprung into mass panic as the air cracked and a massive dark violet portal revealed itself.Almost instantly, dozens of frightening devilish creatures, known as Proto-Demons, jumped from the portal.Michael’s expression turned grim as he grabbed Julia’s hand and dragged her away. Meanwhile, the Special Agents and the Space Soldiers defended their leaders. Bullets, beams, and flashy spells exploded in the air, turning the festival atmosphere into a battlefield.The Proto-Demons were being killed left and right, but even more kept jumping from the portal.There were so many of them that it was impossible to take the ambassador to safety. The Special Agents formed a defensive group around General Zhang and the other high-ranking officers, whereas the Space Soldiers protected the scared ambassador.The Proto-Demons paid no heed to the fleeing civilians, nor did they care about General Zhang and the rest. They were stubbornly trying to break through the earthlings’ defe

“The System, or Systems, date back to before the discovery of the Aether Planet by the earthlings. Going back even further into the past, there were three ‘Holy’ Artifacts known as the Three Divine Scriptures. One of them is the Paths of Extinction System.”“It’s an Artifact?”“Yes, of the highest grade. Throughout history, there have been only 6 8th-grade Artifacts, and the Paths of Extinction System is one of them. Two more are also systems, one is the moon you see at night. I don’t know what the rest are.”Although he was morbidly curious about how the moon could be an artifact, Zeke perked his ears and listened.“Anyway, it was said that the Three Divine Scriptures originated from the Creator God. Think of him as the one true celestial entity behind existence itself. That’s what the records I have read claimed, at least. The Paths of Extinction appeared only a handful of times… five to be exact. However, with each appearance, there is a cataclysm that follows. The Age of Eternal N

Hanging from the top of the gate was an eviscerated and mutilated headless body.The rest of the corpse, which was the head, was right next to it, pierced by a bloodied hook.Zeke stood there, in absolute shock, for close to a minute. His hands were clenched into tight fists and his mouth was wide-open.It wasn’t the first time he saw a corpse or a gruesome sight, but it was the identity of the corpse that caused him to have such an extreme reaction.‘N-no… it can’t be. It can’t be.’Zeke’s body twitched as he lowered his head and mumbled incoherently. His eyes were hollow and his face was dangerously pale.The students were panicking and calling for help while the civilians notified the authorities.Barely two minutes later, the Dean, Professor Nayro and even Solas arrived at the scene.The Principal used his magic to lower the corpse to the ground. The elderly Dean covered it with a large cloth and shouted at the crowd to step back.Meanwhile, Zeke was kneeling on the ground and sta

Counsellor Mary was so surprised to see Zeke that her drowsiness and sleepiness disappeared. She fixed her slightly messy attire and positioned her special tools as she motioned for the gloomy youth to sit down.“I’d like some counselling, please.”Zeke lowered his head as he uttered those words, looking dejected and sad.“I know it has been hard for you ever since our last meeting. I also heard about your friend’s death… my condolences.”“Thank you.”He wryly smiled and kept looking down, his hands clenched as he struggled to voice his thoughts.“Let me prepare some tea for you first. It will help.”He meekly nodded and patiently waited for her as the unique fragrance of the tea leaves spread across the oddly-decorated room.Soon, a small cup of tea was in front of Zeke, who sipped from it.“This one is different from the tea I served you during our first meeting. It’ll ease your heart a bit.”Just as she said, Zeke felt inexplicably serene a minute later. A warm sebastian swelling w

After Nayro finished his explanation, the First Year students were instructed to split into evenly-numbered groups as their opponents showed on a massive screen behind the podium.There wouldn’t be more than one fighting arena, but, generally, the fights would last for one to two minutes, at most.Even with over a 100 students, the whole thing wouldn’t take more than a couple of hours.For the first day, the students would only fight three fights to determine if they passed or not. However, most students- excluding the few defects- perform relatively well in the Practical Exams.As mentioned earlier, Zeke’s first three opponents would be of ‘similar’ ranking to him.He was more than confident to win, but he didn’t act overly-arrogant. With Samuel gone, he had no one to actively talk to so he stood there and patiently waited while the final preparations were completed.The fighting arena was at the center of the large room, surrounded by a semi-translucent half-spherical barrier.The