Among the two things, one was a pill which appeared directly inside Lucia''s mouth and a fluid inside a small bottle appeared in his hand.


    [ Swallow the pill, it will help you greatly and apply that lotion over your wound, it won''t be enough topletely heal your wound but you''ll be fine for now. ]


    Aww


    Without wasting a moment Lucian swallowed the pill, then he poured the fluid over his palm and rubbed it over the wound.


    Instantly a huge wave of pain struck him, Lucian gritted his teeth and endured the pain, but slowly the pill began to take effect and the pain began to reduce.


    *******


    Some distance away from them all, a big mountain could be seen in shambles as if a big disaster had just passed through that ce, the cave that was on top of the mountain nowy in ruins.


    A boy nearly twenty years old could be seen standing over the rubble of the mountain, his long ck hair swaying gently in the air, his cloth looked old and dirty yet there was an aura of purity and dominance around his body.


    Only calmness could be seen on his face as he gazed over at the surrounding, he stood tall, holding a navy blue coloured sword that resembled flowing water.


    " Master, I am ready... " The young man muttered as he closed his eyes and allowed the sunlight to fall onto his face bathing him in brilliance meeting him shine brightly, even though his body was covered in dust, he still looked handsome.


    Then he moved his gaze around the mountain and ced the sword away, the poison that Max had left for the protagonist along with the letter was deep burried under the rubble, so the protagonist was saved without even trying.


    After training for so long, he had finally learned the technique taught to him by his master, along with the biggest gift given to him making it possible for the protagonist to absorb the Fog even on this.


    " As the master predicted, it has already begun. " His voice had a serenity to it, as if everything that happens will happen within his expectations and the world itself exist for him alone.


    Then his gaze moved towards the ce where a big battle was about to start, the battle between the two strongest women of the reverse Earth, a small smile appeared on his face.


    " The wind blows as I move, bringing life with each step, over the ever changing path of time. "


    After muttering, he began to move away from the mountain, his future actions were already nned and he was about to begin his journey.


    ******


    All over the world, the 3rd Phase Chasms rained out Xarus which attacked any and every thing in sight, the difference between the strength of a 2nd and 3rd Phase creature was huge.


    During the attack, many people had died before the awakened of Earth finally came to rescue, though it was still not easy to kill the Xarus, they had the ability to fly and even the ability of camouge.


    While only half or less women on earth had the ability to fly or perform ranged attacks, so it was taking a lot of time to take care of those creatures even for people who were at 4th or 5th phase of evolution.


    The Xarus kept pouring out of the Chasms, but over such a long time the people of Earth had obviously developed a way to stop the one sided assault from the Chasms and that was by blocking the Chasm entrance by an imprable wall.


    With haste, all the 3rd Phase Chasms were covered by those walls while the awakeners worked towards ying the Xaru and saving people.


    Of course, when a disaster urs it brings a lot of benefits and not all people were helping others, some were just trying to reap as much benefits as they could from the misfortune of others.


    Inside a dark and spacious room which seemed like an office of apany, several people were sitting around a round table.


    The room was dark and it was difficult to see one another clearly.


    All the people in the room were wearing masks over their faces, half of it was white while the other half was ck, and a spiral symbol was present at the centre of the forehead.


    There was one big chair that seemed like a throne and in front of it were ten normal chairs, all of them were upied by women, and one woman stood beside the throne like chair.


    There were twelve people in the room, they were the soul or the heart of the Pendulum, where the leader, vice leader and the ten numbered Shards sat, who are the pirs of the Pendulum.


    " Mam, these are the reports about the current situation and the information about the 3rd Phase Chasm. " The female surgeon spoke, she was standing beside the leader as she passed a paper forward.


    The room waspletely silent and all the gazes were fixed on the leader, as she looked at the report, then cing the paper on the table she questioned:


    " Did any of you get any information regarding that person? " Her voice sounded heavy, and it was obvious that it was not her real voice, aside from the vice leader, the surgeon, no one knew her real identity.


    Hearing her question, all the people in the room understood whom the leader was referring to, under their masks all the women hadplicated expressions, right now all the media and people were talking about either the Chasms or that person.


    He seemed to be the centre of all this and somehow he was able to summon the Chasms, even though he took over the device of an entire country but even after doing their best none of them were able to find anything about him as if he was a ghost.


    " No, we are still trying to find information about him, I think we will have to wait a little until the situation had calmed down. "


    One of the numbered women spoke, who of these women were at the 7th Phase of Evolution and even among them the lower the number the stronger they were, so the strongest among them was number one only below the leader and the vice leader.


    " But what are we going to do about his warning? He clearly stated the annihtion of the Pendulum, and I don''t think we should take it lightly. "


    The number one Shard spoke, she was someone who would only take actions upon careful considerations, the experience she gained over the years brought wisdom and patience.


    " Still if we just bend our heads to someone who just appeared randomly, it would put our entire group to shame, I don''t think we can just lower ourselves like that. " The number two Shard added.


    Her voice had a mix of rage and arrogance, she had a quick temper and would only think after she had done the deed, because of her behaviour even the ability she had was quite simr, rted to going in the berserk state.


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