Chapter 219: Duskworn
Chapter 219 – Duskworn
Just like the first time, the chime of the Records disturbed countless beings across the universe.
And those who understood its implications did not smile. Their faces grew solemn, even a bit pale, because they knew exactly what a new faction meant—a new competitor, a new force to account for, and a new storm approaching fast. With its arrival, the fight for resources would become even more vicious, and the frequency of war would rise beyond what anyone wanted to imagine.
So, without needing instruction or command, they all began to prepare in their own way. Some summoned back their descendants who were scattered across realms. Others tripled the intensity of their armies’ training, leaving no weakness untouched. And a few—the more desperate or cynical ones—began pillaging their own worlds, stripping them bare as if expecting they might lose everything and choosing instead to leave behind only ruin.
Each of them readied themselves for an unknown enemy.
And that was precisely the problem: they didn’t know who they were preparing to face. Which meant, no matter how thorough they were, it would never be enough.
Especially not if that enemy was Noah—a being who, by nature, never played fair. An abomination who never followed the expected path. A creature who wouldn’t just attack you directly, but would bury a knife in your ribs while making you think you were winning the war.
That was how he worked.
That was Noah.
...
Minutes after the Records’ announcement, inside the realm of Laeh, Noah sat midair, calmly—peacefully—with the little girl gently sleeping on his lap. His hand moved slowly through her silky white hair, and in that moment, he looked nothing like a terrifying monster of universal upheaval. He simply looked... content.