I kept running through the shattered, fragmented, warped space like a broken spiral that had lost all form. Things that should've been on the ground floated in midair. Time itself was twisted beyond recognition.0

Anyone thrown into a place like this would inevitably fall into a spiral of confusion about their very identity. However, some things were clear. It wasn't just me. It looked like the entire battlefield had been enclosed in one massive barrier. Yet, the Lurium vault, the original goal of this whole operation, was nowhere to be seen. 0

Could the Ashen Knight have appeared just to steal it?0

There was no concrete evidence, but if it didn't turn up even after all this searching, then it was safe to assume that the Ashen Knight had taken it.0

However, Rena was nowhere to be found. I needed to get out of here, but I wanted to at least recover a memento. I needed to save Rubia because she was still alive. Naneow and Rena were dead, but there was no time to wallow in grief.0

The plan's...0