Chapter 1: Prologue
"Before the Towers fell, before everything was consumed by darkness..."
A young man whispered while traversing through the rubble of the tall structure.
His body bore the scars of survival, bite marks that throbbed against the coarse, blood-stiffened fabric of his clothing.
"...I wonder what the world was like."
Thud
He clutched a heavy book in his hands. However, when he accidentally slipped, it hit the ground, alerting the nearby guards.
"We found him! Release the hounds!"
As soon as he heard their screams, Leo ran into the thick forest, hoping to lose them somehow again.
Not for a moment did the thought of looking back cross his mind. The precious few seconds were too valuable to lose.
AWOOO!
Cold howls of the tracking hounds rang in his ears.