The sky changed.
Suddenly, without any warning.
Centered around the blazing sun, the heavens and the earth were instantly, crazily dyed pitch black. In a split second, darkness replaced the blue sky, like a dark raven spreading its wings across the sky.
In the mountains, a rugged man looked at the sudden change in the sky, a trace of astonishment flashing in his eyes.
"This is...the aura of the【Dark Raven Overarching the Sky】! But why is it happening now?"
As he spoke, a faint sound of horns rang beside him, ancient and melancholy, making his expression more solemn.
【Dark Raven Overarching the Sky】, a celestial change occurring every few decades on the Fugutel continent. Legend has it that it is the sorrow revealed by the Dark Raven named【Memory】, which is formed after the twilight of the gods, when it awakens and looks at the world.
When the Dark Raven awakens, its phantom is enough to occupy the entire sky, the blazing sun is its eye. As it gazes upon the earth, the ancient memories will emerge above the continent.
It is said that when it closes its eyes for an instant, illusions and reality will overlap.
The reemergence of ancient memories on the continent does cause fear, but as time goes on, people gradually become accustomed to this anomaly that occurs every few decades. However, to this day, the closing of the Dark Raven's eyes has always been a legend, and no one has actually experienced it for millions of years.
The【Dark Raven Overarching the Sky】occurs on a regular basis each time, but for some reason, it came earlier this time!
They were almost completely unprepared!
In the fierce wind, elements and laws became violent and uncontrollable, and the mountains in front of them were constantly changing at this moment.
The mountains were breaking apart, and they could feel the trembling of the mountain. Meteor showers fell from the sky towards them, setting trees ablaze, and the sounds of collapsing mountains echoed in their ears.
The sky was the battlefield of the gods, and from the distant horizon came the sounds of fierce battles, the destruction of elements, and even the killing intent and the will to destroy everything.
The sky was alternately bright and dark, filled with ancient killing intent. They knew it was an illusion, but everything was so real.
Almost immediately, some people were frightened and their legs went weak.
"It's just an illusion!"
The rugged man pressed a hand on the giant sword behind him and shouted to the army escorting the transport vehicle behind him: "All personnel, stay calm! Protect the transport vehicle and the safety of the princess!"
"【Dark Raven Overarching the Sky】? How could this happen..."
The anxious voice of a young girl rang out in the wild wind.
The rugged man's heart suddenly skipped a beat.
He turned his head, and the gray-haired girl stopped not far from the transport vehicle. She looked around and stood still, not daring to move forward because of the sudden changes.
"Your Highness!"
He opened his mouth and ran furiously toward the direction of the transport vehicle.
Why would she come out!
Although it was an illusion, getting lost in such an illusion would undoubtedly have a significant impact on the girl's psyche, especially since she was a royal princess!
Sure enough, this princess was not reassuring at all! She should be sitting in the transport vehicle, looking at the items she had bought at the auction!
"Uncle Randel!"
The girl turned her head and looked at the oncoming rugged man as if he were her savior.
The ground beneath her feet was collapsing madly, and the pressure around her was overwhelming. Despite knowing it was an illusion, she still couldn't muster the courage to move.
"Give me your hand!"
The man named Randel approached the girl and reached out to her.
The girl reached out her hand.
——And at that moment, a mournful cry came from the sky.
The blazing sun...the eye of the Dark Raven, at this moment, closed abruptly!
"What——" Randel's eyes widened.
The ancient times and the present — overlapped!
The dream became reality, and reality was no longer reality.
In the instant where reality and illusion intersected, time paused imperceptibly.
The girl was a beat slow in reaching out her hand and couldn't grasp Randel's hand in the end.
The void beneath her feet turned real, and she didn't have time to react before she fell into the void.
"Your Highness!!!"Randall gasps for breath, but in the ancient illusion where elements and rules have collapsed, there's nothing he can do.
"Ah ah ah..."
The girl falls into the bottomless pit beneath her feet in the dark crow's closed eyes.
The moment he rushes towards the void, the dark crow has already opened his eyes, and reality and illusion are separated once again.
"How could it be..."
He stands above the illusory void, his face full of disbelief.
The closing and opening of the dark crow's eyes happened in the blink of an eye.
Then, when the darkness dissipated and the dark crow fell asleep again, everything returned to normal.
Randall looks at the restored sky, his face filled with mixed emotions.
On this day, the people of the entire Fuguter continent witnessed the dark crow's closed eyes towering above them.
It was almost the first time the dark crow closed its eyes after the twilight of the gods and the endless years.
It's as if... it closed its eyes specifically for someone.
No one knows that the world stood still for a moment when the dark crow closed its eyes, and the River of Time arrived at this era.
No one notices that the pitch-black shadow, like the remnants of the night, had fallen into this era, overlapping with a certain figure.
