There was a momentary silence after Zeke disappeared. The Witch Queen floated in the air with a surprised and confused look whereas Jonathan rushed to Essyna’s side and urged her to open the portal again.The Proto-Demon was breathing heavily and kneeling on the ground, incapable of lifting a finger, much less using her ability a second time.“Leave it. It’s over.”Jonathan gritted his teeth and wanted to protest, but once he saw Nicneven’s cold and murderous stare, he lowered his head and obeyed.‘He’s still alive. If he isn’t, the Special Mission would have failed. Damnit… What a crazy bastard!’As the barriers were being removed one by one and the Witches were lining up in front of the Witch Queen, the atmosphere grew heavy.After a couple of a minute or two in tense silence, the Nightmare Witch declared,“The outpost commanders will leave tomorrow morning. The rest will be stay here to fortify-”Before she could finish, there was a deep rumbling as the entire city shook violently.

It was in the middle of September when Celestia had finally returned home, to the Sunken Metropolis. As expected, her and Zeke’s long disappearance had caused a lot of worry in their entourage, but they were left with no answers for a long time. The only people who knew a little bit about the matter were Sulong, Jeremy, and Jack, who refused to answer anything, even when Edward personally came. The trip back to the Nezulian Republic was, at least, comfortable for Celestia. She was escorted by the Witch of Destruction all the way to the border, and from then on, she travelled on foot until the nearest big settlement. “What’s wrong, sweety?” In the fancy manor in which the Black household lived, Celestia’s father softly smiled and asked his absentminded daughter. “A-ah… nothing.” Unlike her usual rebellious and defiant attitude, Celestia was, for most of the time, in a daze and responded with perfunctory answers. “I didn’t believe them when they said you went and got yourself kil

[Full-body reconstruction completed (95%): All stats have been increased.] [Special Mission ‘Missing Eye’ has been initiated: A system Holder’s eyes are irreplaceable and must be protected at all costs. They are directly affected by the System and allow the user to access the Status Windows and interact with the System. User ‘Zeke Orland’, Divine Thunder, must retrieve his missing eye. Rewards: ??? Location of the eye: 5724Km South-West.] [Some of the standard Main-Paths have either been removed or updated. Please check the menu for more details.] [Special Mission ‘Demonic Heart’ has been initiated: After resisting the third Tribulation, all users must undergo the process known as ‘System Merge’. However, user ‘Zeke Orland’ is missing his real heart. Find the Demonic Heart to proceed with System Merge. Optional Objectives: - Learn the truth behind the user’s birth and forgotten past. -Learn the identity of the leader of the Ascetic Blasphemers.] [User: Zeke Orland] [Title:

“Ah!! Ahh!!”Paul Franxi was wailing in pain and agony as his hand was cut off and her body was impaled by four spikes made of condensed thunder. No matter how much he tried to resist to free himself, he couldn’t. A fountain of blood was splattering all around him and the pain was making him dizzy.Even his tough body wasn’t able to resist all the critical damage he had just sustained.With a flick of his hand, Zeke made the spikes lift the man off the ground and position him right to the front.“Are you ready to answer?”Totally incapacitated and afraid to die, Paul was barely able to nod his head once as his skin turned pale and blood leaked out of his lips.“Very good. First; Why did Red Mask Fanti Fan target me?”“Ah….”The Warlord tried to respond, but his body was an absolute wreck and he couldn’t utter a single word.Zeke snorted and removed the spikes, but numerous small currents of voltage enveloped the man and kept him floating a few inches above the ground.It took a good m

Zeke conversed with Zenzo and Destiny for two whole hours. The two tried their best to inform him of what happened during his 5-year ‘hiatus’, so to speak. Unfortunately, Destiny had constantly been on the run from the Warlord and his goons and Zenzo was locked up in the basement, so the two didn’t have an opportunity to gather enough detailed information. Most of what they recounted was either rumors or hearsay.The last strange or perhaps odd thing was the disappearance of Jennifer Savbra one month ago. Apparently, her outpost had been attacked and some witches were killed. The identity of the assailants remained unknown.Nonetheless, Zeke was pleased with what he had learnt and had a better grasp of the general situation.The Serey Zhan Empire attacked the Nezulian Republic, therefore, the latter fiercely retaliated using an artificially-made Dead Ends. As a result of that, perhaps, the real Dead Ends, which originated from where the nuke had fallen, sporadically spread until it co