Korai spoke in a calm but deep voice:
"So, Kim… since you come from a world different from this one, you need to know the truth."
Kim lifted his head slowly:
"What truth?"
Korai answered:
"When you held the Stone, I read your memory. And it seems you don't know that this world… is not a single world."
He gestured toward the distant horizon:
"This existence is divided into five massive regions. The world you first entered was the weakest among them… an isolated world, completely separate from the other four worlds."
Kim furrowed his brows:
"Separate? Why?"
Korai's voice lowered slightly, gaining a serious weight:
"Because it does not contain enough energy to grant it a true status among the worlds."
Kim asked anxiously:
"And what exists in the other four worlds?"
Korai replied without hesitation:
"Powers… unlike anything you have ever seen.
Monsters, lords, and systems of control that show no mercy."
Then he looked at the Dark Stone in Kim's hand and said:
"And your entry into this world… was not by chance."
Kim felt the weight of the words pressing on his chest:
"If this is the weakest world… what awaits me in the others?"
Korai paused for a moment, as if reorganizing his thoughts, then said:
"Now I understand why you arrived in the weakest world."
Kim turned to him quickly:
"What do you mean?"
Korai answered:
"When you touched the Stone, I saw a name repeated in your memory… Shirak."
Kim clenched his fist unconsciously:
"He is my friend. He disappeared suddenly… and began communicating with me in strange ways."
Korai looked at the Stone again:
"And the maps you were studying… were directed specifically toward this world.
An isolated world, weak compared to the other four… but relatively safe for those without power."
Kim took a deep breath:
"So… it wasn't a coincidence."
"Never," Korai replied.
"Shirak knew what he was doing. He guided you here because this world does not attract the attention of the great powers… nor celestial beings."
He then added in an even more serious tone:
"But do not misunderstand, Kim. Your stay here is not safety… it is a reprieve."
Kim raised his eyes:
"A reprieve for what?"
Korai said quickly, with clear sharpness:
"First of all… you must leave this place immediately.
This mountain is not abandoned as you think.
It is home to celestial monsters."