By the end of the month, Kai stood atop the manor's highest spire, looking down at the city he had conquered.
The corpses he commanded, the souls he bound, the power he wielded. It was all his.
No longer a mere apprentice and no longer struggling in the shadows.
The mana in his body flared.
He felt his mastery ascend. Not that he needed to, as the usual chime echoed in his mind as the screen appeared before him.
[Rank 7 Necromancer.]
And yet, deep in his chest, a question lingered. A doubt, a whisper, a fear.
Suddenly, a memory resurfaced. His mind burned with fragments of the times he met with her.
A goddess. A champion. So many questions. None answered.
What had Demeris meant? Had it truly happened before? And if so, how many times?
Kai headed back down into the manor. As he opened the door to the main lobby, the blinding light of divine teleportation magic overwhelmed Kai. As if to answer his question, he was summoned to another realm.
