And in that moment, night broke even further than he had before.
All he said was...
"She was gone".
He felt like crying, but tears didn't flow, somehow, he'd come to this point again.
He couldn't help her.
He stared at his hands, even though they were under the fabric of the shroud, somehow, all he could see were hands covered in blood.His stomach churned,
Ren stayed quiet until he looked further in the distance.
Not far away from where they stood, was a liquid like veil rising into the air. It was like a border, that separated this place from the world beyond.
Night couldn't stop thinking as he packed the sand beneath him.
A Small grave was formed out of sand, he picked out a small and heavy blue bead out of a bag attached to his waist.
[Shadow manipulation]
Night stabbed a steel cross into the ground, and with an heavy heart, he stood up and grabbed her sword.
The hex's voice echoed in his ear:
[You have obtained the Obsidian Sword]
"It wasn't a chronicle was it"
He didn't think much, all he said after word was;
"Let's go, ren"
He knew he did not need to say it, he just did to cover up the mood.
Slowly as he made his way to the veil, the forest thinned as fewer trees were along the way, till, it was all replaced with glossy sand.
Night looked back as he reached the border.
The grave was still very clear.
"Bye, master"
Night and ren walked through, the abyss vanished as a new world opened.
The hex echoed
[You have crossed over to the Second Region of Sorrow's Grave]
[You have entered the Echoing Vestige]
[Your presence has been acknowledged by the ruler of this realm]
[He is forcing you into his timeline]
Sand swirled in the air as dust engulfed them.
Immediately, night told ren to enter his soul. Night closed his eyes, and focused on his range. The storm pulled him in as it engulfed him fully.
---
The storm cleared out, and night opened his eyes. The sight before him was shocking.
Somehow, the strange dessert he was in before, changed, the storm died down in an instant, revealing a ruined city.
He was on a hill, which made it easier to see it, but, its gate were enormous rising into the air.
He could barely see its inside, but, it was clearly built to prevent spawns from getting in, and yet.
All that was inside was rubbles. Whatever destroyed it, was something he never wanted to see.
Night, jumped down, sliding through the sand. His shroud shifted. Each thread became tightened, torn parts were restored and its former design changed.
Before, he removed the hood since there was no need for it. Now, he made it again.
He walked towards the city.
The flow of aen in the air was thicker than the abyss, but nothing compared to what was in the sea.
The atmosphere around him changed as he activated the second enchantment of the shroud.
[Hide]
In the dirt and everywhere around him. He could faintly feel the presence of living beings below him.
When he got closer, the appearance of the city's gate was clearer.
It felt brighter, no, they were the same. What had changed was him.
He felt it faintly, but ever since he got the light attribute, his sight and a few of his shadow traits changed slightly.
This must've been a result of the change.
He looked at the gate again. The closer he got, the clearer they became. There was a strange flow of aen in it.
Not just in it but also the surroundings.
It was like it was draining the flow of corrupted aen in the air.
He got closer and the flow became clearer. There was no way to enter, he tried to touch it. But his hand passed through. That was when runes slowly appeared on it.
An enchantment. He was about to walk in, but then he stopped, and he called out ren.
Ren appeared in an instant, he was shorter than night by far, but his hair was long and neatly packed.
"This is where we part ways"
Ren didn't know what to say, his hands shaked, his eyes filled with tears.
"Master, why, pls don't leave me"
Night didn't face him.
"I gave you the right to make your choice, mine is to part ways, nothing can change the fact.
Staying with me will only...."
Night grabbed Sylvia's sword.
"Take this"
He threw it at ren, then as he walked into the city he said as a final act of good bye
"Please, don't die"
Night's figure faded as he walked into the city. Ren didn't know what to do.
He felt lost and abandoned. Only a vague memory flashed before his eyes, reminding him of who he was before, he became the guardian.
---
Behind the gates, were ruins . Destroyed buildings of different sizes, far away in the center of the rubbles was a destroyed tower.
The mass destruction was abnormal.
Still, night walked deeper through a path that was clear.
He felt it, all in his range. There were spawns here.
As he walked, something dived down from the sky, without thinking, he grabbed a bead.
Shadow seeped out of his hand into it instantly unravelling into a sword, he was about to grab its hilt when an immense pain built up in his stomach.
The blade shifted back into the bead. He fell unto the ground his stomach aching as if it would split apart.
The spawn didn't see him, and flew away.
Night managed to walk, walking slowly as a familiar appearance came into his gaze.
Hazelnut air and honey eyes before he could call out honey her name he collapsed.
---
Night's eyes slowly opened, he felt seven shadows surroundings him. Luckily they were human, before he could try to figure out who they were, silver faced him with a weird expression.
Night tried to think about to do when it clicked.
"How was silver here"