Survival and reproduction would forever remain the foremost laws of any civilization.
Just like the world Camille had once called home—the Divine Wind Realm, a world that did not understand resistance. In the end, that entire civilization had been reduced to dust within the star sea.
Not a single soul had offered even the faintest gratitude to Camille, who had once fought with everything she had to protect that entire civilization.
"The living beings of the Divine Wind Realm were unworthy of Camille!"
"Those fools who thought themselves merciful deserved to become dust in the Time River, forgotten by all."
...
Several spatial passages slowly opened. Deep, dim radiance flowed through the void, like colossal beasts opening their maws.
Batch after batch of players held their heads high and marched forward in neat, orderly lines, stepping into the passages one after another.
On the other side of those passages lay unfamiliar otherworlds.
