Three years ago, in the skies above Alandia.
Someone burrowed through the earth with all their might, utilizing their one prideful superpower in the shameful act of fleeing.
Their liver and guts were torn asunder, their soul shattered. The enemy pursuing them was beyond anything they could have imagined.
It was too absurd.
No matter what, they couldn't strike it, couldn't harm it—all the powerful seniors had fallen one by one. Beneath that human guise hid a true monster. Its ruthless manner of combat was akin to the fiends of myth.
"Huff... huff... haah!"
Someone emerged from the ground, gasping for air. The moon hidden by clouds, the metallic earrings they had bought in the afternoon jingled, jolting them from their fear. Had they escaped? They must have. It was so late, the cover of night should have enabled their departure. Even a monster shouldn't be able to pursue them this far...
They gradually adjusted to the dark environment.
Then, involuntarily, their eyes widened.
