It was not an escape.
Nor was it survival.
It was true death.
Niraf's body was erased under the Black Harshbane Art.
No flesh remained.
No bone.
Not even a trace of energy.
The world itself recorded his death…
then closed the page.
Yli Sukako Madrid stood amid the ruins of the sect.
Blood.
Ash.
Emptiness.
Then… he laughed.
A long, mad laugh—as if it had been imprisoned for centuries.
"At last… the devil is gone."
He raised his head toward the darkened sky, his eyes gleaming with hatred.
"I will rebuild my sect.
And even if he returns in the future—
I will be the one who ends him."
He did not know…
That the future had already begun.
Deep within a forest known as the Forest of Eternity
—a forest no sect dares enter,
and where even powerful beasts fear to approach—
The air shattered.
No…
Time itself broke.
Space cracked open, and black flames burst forth—
flames that did not burn,
but reconstructed.
From within them…
A body formed.
Bones.
Flesh.
Skin.
Then—a deep breath.
Niraf opened his eyes.
🔥 Eyes blazing with living fire.
He looked down at his hands…
and laughed.
A low, cold, dangerous laugh.
"Hah… only one percent?"
Only 1% of his original power remained.
But his soul…
was unchanged.
This world was not measured by continents.
It was a thousand times larger than Earth.
A world of sects, beasts, energies, and unstable time.
A world that resists the strong.
This world is divided into ten levels:
Level One – Savages
Level Two – Predators
Level Three – Ravagers
Level Four – Slaughterers
Level Five – Lesser Lords
Level Six – Regional Lords
Level Seven – Kings
Level Eight – Living Calamities
Level Nine – Demi-Transcendents
Level Ten – The Annihilators ☠️
As Niraf staggered through the forest,
a being of the Tenth Level—an Annihilator—appeared.
A massive body.
Multiple eyes.
Its mere presence could crush mountains.
It lunged to attack.
But—
Niraf merely looked at it.
One glance.
The beast froze.
Then…
✋ A casual wave of his hand.
The creature vanished from existence.
No blood.
No scream.
No trace.
As if it had never existed at all.
Niraf emerged from the Forest of Eternity…
And before him stood a small village.
Wooden houses.
Weak people.
Fear hanging in the air.
He smiled faintly.
"It seems…
the beginning will be here."
End of Chapter Two.