Akira was the one who first left the moonless kingdom, but the troubles she went through were numerous.When she was surrounded by many great beasts that were the size of mountains, she thought she was going to die. After all, these beasts weren’t just big, they were also stupidly fast. Moreover, Akira was already wounded and tired.“The nightmare cloak is also not working well because I’m on my last legs. Is this the end?” she clenched her fists. Her claws made her palms bleed. “Carlos… If he was in my shoes, would he have given up? I don’t think so.” She used her Vapor Walk to try and escape the beasts as best as she could. Because her stamina was already drained a lot, she couldn’t use her Vapor Walk for long, and the beasts easily caught up to her. “Dammit!” She grew wings and flew high, but a giant frog jumped and caught her in midair, miles above the ground level, with its sticky tongue.The frog rapidly pulled its tongue into its mouth.She thought she was a goner, but somethin

A couple of days later.Delle, the most obedient and punctual and also sane maid in the Sterling villa, brought coffee in the morning to Rebecca who was now basically staying on the balcony most of the time.Because she was feeling so cold from staying outside, she grabbed the coffee without hesitation.Delle was still standing there with the ceramic plate in hand, so Rebecca said, “You can leave.”“Um…” Delle went out of her way to speak her mind. “Ma’am, if you don’t mind me telling you this, I don’t think what you’re doing is good for you. It will affect your health negatively, and you won’t be able to look healthy when Benjamin returns.”Rebecca was surprised for a second. She glanced at Delle. “You think Benjamin would return?”“I believe he will,” Delle didn’t sound too sure, but Rebecca could sense some honesty in her eyes. Till now, nobody in the villa had shown this much hope for Benjamin’s return, except for Akash. Even her sister Veronica didn’t believe in his return anymor

As Dahlia kept fighting and destroying the demons coming out of the sea and also cast the crimson mist away, a new squadron of demons manifested in the clouds. These were all demons with big, scary features that even Akira was able to see, though she trembled at the sight of them. It was too frightening to watch, for all the clouds above their heads looked like enemies gathering to destroy them.Akira stepped back in fright. “I-Is this some sort of holographic technology that I’m seeing, or… are they all…”Dahlia took a deep breath as she looked up at the sky. “The plague of demons… that’s what they’re. They roam the world and bring destruction upon every city and town they visit in the form of light, winds and clouds. Even when an airplane passes through them, they harass the people in it in many ways. Most people don't even know that the sky is full of these things, though.”“W-Why the hell are they here now then?” Akira didn’t understand why Dahlia looked so calm when the figures i

The next day.Rebecca brought Benjamin’s body and had it buried in the backyard of the Sterling villa. Though many people in her family objected to her, she threatened them she’d leave the family if she wasn’t allowed to do even this much.“Do you want to make us live next to a grave?” Elizabeth was the most vehement in terms of showing contempt. Her mother, Dorothy, also supported her, saying that she wanted to sleep in peace in her old age while also reminding Rebecca that she didn’t bury her husband Nolan in the backyard.Rebecca replied to Elizabeth's question with another question. “Do you want me to bury you along with Benjamin?”After that, Elizabeth had to swallow her frustration. Nevertheless, she still ran her mouth, saying, “I can’t believe that this bastard is going to bother us even after death. He truly is one of a shitty-kind.”Rebecca didn’t respond to such insults because she was out of energy, and the only thing that mattered to her right now was to build a nice grav

In the present day, anyone over six feet would be considered tall. However, there was a time when a six-foot man was considered tiny. It was when the giants roamed the earth, and chaos prevailed over everything else.Rye, who has entered the realm hidden beneath the earth’s surface, known as the Hollow Earth, came across many depictions of stories on the walls. There were even statues of the likes of Gilgamesh who had likely come to this place during his quest for immortality very long ago.Rye’s path was full of bones of giants, monsters, and men alike. The smell wasn’t unbearable, but it was far from being pleasant.“These bones… if they fall in the wrong hands, they’ll use the DNA to create hybrids. I don’t want to waste my energy, but I can’t ignore this.”From the history that Rye learned, a lot of wicked things were done by those in power to gain military advantage over the enemies. Though there were no longer kings in the current modern society, the real power still was within