Rainbow light cleared from Martin's vision, revealing gray stone instead of the luminous roots he had expected.
[Welcome to the Monster Hunter Academy Online.]
Mountain Risen's visitor point formed around him. Freight platforms groaned overhead, chains rattled inside the vertical shafts, and distant hammer blows vibrated through the ground beneath his boots.
For one confused moment, Martin wondered why the Light Tree was gone. Then he remembered that he and Rias had last logged out at the visitor point while waiting for Crucible Concord's evidence update.
Before logging in, Martin had watched Cassandra message Alexandra and arrange a private call for that evening, when everyone would be available. She planned to face them herself, exactly as she had promised.
