Unfeeling Creature

The aircraft landed outside the ocean, its floats and anchor descending to ensure they didn't get too close. Selena and Rhys emerged as the latter threw a small device into the ocean. Seconds later, it inflated into a boat. The pair jumped down toward the water as they studied the anomaly.

"It looks bigger in person," said Rhys with a frown. "Are you sure that Oren can stop… whatever caused this?"

No one in the world knew that Arthur was the source of this anomaly, and Selena ensured that her father did not know either. It would harm his reputation further if people knew that he could cause a runic outage throughout the world.

Arthur had a conflicting reputation. Many hailed him as a hero, while others condemned him as a war criminal. The merge of two worlds was a disaster that they had yet to overcome, and Arthur was the one behind it. The armies of the world united against him, but in the end, he won.