109 A Price Paid In Tears

Across the land, people silently gazed up at the empty void and waited for the end to come. There was little else that they could do. People hugged their families and comforted each other as they waited for the inevitable.

Even the contender and conquerors that had survived could no longer see the Light of Hope anymore. They had struggled valiantly against the Infestation but it had made little difference. The disabled, broken warships and their crewmen were in no condition to fight either.

Where were the Four Sovereigns? Why had they not come to defend the realm? In this time of crisis, where they had gone? Not once had they shown themselves to defend the realm during its hour of need.

The four pillars that once united the world together had disappeared.

Sephira longingly gazed at the void and shed tears of pure joy. She could not have been happier. Her plan had worked to perfection.