Chapter 127: Watching From the Gaps
The white ash drifted like snow.
"..."
A stillness as if even the air had stopped. Her tangled brown hair fluttered messily. The girl in the school uniform, Yoon Ga-eul, looked around. The familiar sight of ruins greeted her.
Yoon Ga-eul checked her outstretched hands. Both were glowing with a rainbow light. Her face flushed with panic as she quickly patted down her body.
"...What the hell?"
Just moments ago, she had been in the classroom, attending a lecture. Yoon Ga-eul frantically surveyed her surroundings. A space utterly silent, devoid of any sign of life. A place where destruction had arrived. It was a landscape she had seen countless times as she traveled through the fragments of worlds.
But something was wrong. Until now, Yoon Ga-eul had only seen these fragments when she fell asleep on her bed. She had never experienced it while dozing off or taking a short nap at school. So then...
'Why am I here?'
A side effect of her ability? A new power? Or perhaps her control over the ability had slipped? Every possibility that came to mind was the worst-case scenario. Cold sweat broke out. Eventually, Yoon Ga-eul slapped her cheeks with both hands. The sharp sting helped her regain her focus.
'...Calm down. Think.'
Yoon Ga-eul pulled out the necklace hidden under her shirt. Attached to it was a white shard and a name tag with "HYS" written on it.
Yoon Ga-eul clenched the shard tightly. A few black tendrils of light coiled around the white shard like snakes. It was a fragment she had brought out from the eroded dungeon.