Demands

"Wait, what?!"

Kayden's eyes widened, mirroring Kaisen's shock. For once, the cool and composed Kayden was caught off guard.

Of course, he knew who the Light Bearers were—everybody with half a brain and a pulse did. After all, when 800 million people up and vanish like a magician's assistant in a dodgy trick, the world takes notice.

The game lore had been the stuff of legends, whispered in hushed tones like ancient prophecies.

But then, like a paranoid conspiracy theorist's worst nightmare, all traces of the game—websites, guides, walkthroughs—were scrubbed from the internet, as if the universe itself decided to hit the delete button.

But humanity, being the stubbornly curious species it is, found ways to keep the tales alive. Stories passed down from players to friends and family circulated like urban legends.