When joph was about to choose the pendant reacted as if means to protect him from the herald.
An immediate burst of light explode creating a big explosion to the whole station.
BOOM!
The whole station now was set on fire the herald vanished axel vanished as well.
Joph is lying unconscious on the ground and pendant lost its glow.
The fire can be seen from the whole city of astral, metals are burning creating a crisp sound.
Siren echoed signaling there was fire.
The firefighters immediately arrive extinguishing the burning flames, one of the firefighter saw joph lying, immediately sending him to the hospital.
The government took care of what happen from the station, again claiming it was only a construction failure.
Joph woke up in the hospital, wondering what happen and barely remember anything.
"Everything felt so unreal.."
The exploding platform the herald and the power he felt that time everything felt so unreal.
All of this mem'ries faded like fog in a cold weather, like a nightmare he can't fully remember.
2 months later joph was finally discharge from the hospital, he went body still aching but he Thought atleast he was alive.
Saturday morning he woke up, stood up and wash his faced staring blankly to his tired reflection.
No herald nor glowing blue eyes or an aura covering his whole body.
Just him and only him, average guy who lives his life to the fullest.
Joph's life slips back into ordinary again, His world didn't change at all.
Remembering what the woman send
"Catalysm"
"Joph laugh "hahaha"
Thinking she was a crazy woman.
Their classes continue as usual, students complaining about deadlines and teacher scolding him for being late.
kids arguing about a video game.
Nobody remember anything, monster from this school, pillar of light burst from the sky.
Not even axel the archer he met he bumped twice in his life came to find him.
No explanation just distance.
Joph was wandering where on earth could axel possibly be, if he was still alive or dead.
I guess this is for the best joph thought.
A months of ordinary life have pass, days turn to weeks and weeks turn to months
Joph went back to his normal life long classes, boring night shift works and eating cheap meals to save money.
The pendant on his chest remains cold and silent his awakening became blurrier each day, Convincing himself its just a coincidence from supernatural beings.
But normal days wouldn't last, a month later.
Once in a week his phone glitched whenever he touched his pendant, but joph blames the electricity.
Wednesday evening he froze in the middle of a street because he felt there's someone in the shadow watching him.
As he looks around he found nothing but a cat lurking around.
But joph was certain he felt a familiar presence in a distance, Silent but judging.
After walking for a few minutes he spotted axel from a corner, watching him with trouble expression.
Their eyes met, but axel turn around and vanishing without saying anything.
Joph didn't follow they weren't friends or even ally at all.
Still joph couldn't ignore the pressure from his chest.
Not a pain, not even power but something else
"Like a seal slowly weakening"