Exactly six years after the flow of the original.

An unidentified black column appeared near the northern part of the continent where Yerenad Academy was located.

Beasts poured out irregularly there, and as time went on, the number of beasts increased.

The wizards dispatched from the center tried to close the black gap.

However, neither method was successful.

A dimensional gap that absorbs light. People called it 'the rift of the apocalypse'.

* * *

Yerenad Academy located not far from the Rift.

The dean of the academy made a big decision.

The lower grades were sent home, and the upper grades were given options.

Will you stay and fight, or will you go back to your family?

Most of the seniors chose to stay, as did Violet, Adrian, and Zerkan.

When the family heard the news, they despaired, but Raphine was calm.

I can only support them from afar.

Raphine felt her powerlessness as she couldn't do anything but pray.

It may be possible to change an individual's destiny, but he cannot stop the great flow that passes through this world.

Fortunately, as in the original story, Violet has become a spirit master who deals with the spirits of fire, wind, and earth.

* * *

It was a day when the war with the beast continued.

A mountain range in the northern part of the rugged terrain.

The northern mountain, where the perennial snow fell, suddenly turned into an active volcano.

On a black horse running through the black ash land, there was a man in a white robe.

His purpose was to find the knight who disappeared from the battle with the beasts.

Meanwhile, the Allied Forces' garrison.

Adrian rushed through the soldiers and hurriedly entered a tent.

"Violet! Zerkan hasn't returned."

"What?"

Violet, who was making the spirit water of recovery, frowned.

She immediately grabbed her robe and stepped out of the tent.

"Looks like you went to find Sir Peryl alone."

"Damn it. Going alone, recklessly...."

Violet put her hand on the flat ground and drew the summoning Jin.

As a mysterious yellow light rose above the air, she commanded the spirit of the earth.

"We need to find Zerkan. Right Now."

* * *

The black horse ran without stopping.

As we climbed over the rugged mountain range, we suddenly saw a wide plain.

It must have been covered with white snow someday, but now it was a space where only black ashes and red embers remained.

At that moment, the man in the white robe who got off the horse stopped.

doo doo doo doo.

"Damn it...."

Zerkan, who took off his hood, spit out swear words, and pulled out his sword straight from his back.

Beasts were coming from all directions.

'It was a trap.'

As expected, the beasts that appeared gradually began to surround him.

However, the number was much higher than expected.

The moment I thought about whether I should use the Spirit of Darkness.

A swarm of thousands of beasts began to rush at him at once.

* * *

"Is that over there?"

Violet and Adrian took the elite army and followed the chase.

The earth spirit was guiding the way, drawing yellow light on the floor.

It was a moment when I was in a hurry to drive a horse.

Kugugugugung!

As if an earthquake had occurred, the earth resounded with a tremendous vibration.

At the same time, a huge beam of light came pouring in like a wave.

"Get down!"

"Ugh! What is this?"

After a while.

As the afterimage of light disappeared, Violet narrowed her eyes and gazed beyond the forest.

The yellow light pointed to by the earth spirit was pointing towards the place where the explosion of light occurred.

"Zerkan is in danger, we have to go!"

* * *

"ha... ha...."

The point where the explosion of light occurred.

Zerkan sighed heavily and blinked his eyes.

A little while ago, the thousands of demonic beasts that attacked him all turned to ashes and scattered.

In the middle of a wide plain with no remains of the corpses of beasts.

In front of Zerkan, who was standing alone, a pendant that fell from his neck fell.

The blue pendant was emitting a ray of white light, and when Zerkan placed his hand over it, the light passed through his hand and appeared on the back of his hand.

"... What is this?"

His eyes narrowed. This pendant was given to me by Raphine.

'Is Duke Eston's protective magic so strong?'

It was a moment of doubt.

The white light passing through the back of his hand was distorted like a cloud and began to draw an unknown pattern.

It was the summoning Jin.

"This...."

His brow wrinkled.

It was the moment when the spirit of light, which had never appeared in history, existed only in legends, awakened.

* * *

Another year later.

The news that I had heard from time immemorial was all good news.

It is said that the knights led by the Crown Prince won a great victory in this battle, and the hordes of beasts were getting smaller and smaller. etc.

It was good news for all the people of the Empire, but for some it was not.

Viscount Tedler slammed the desk with a bang.

'This is not the time.'

A few days later, he went to Prince Antonio and said,

"Your Majesty, you must ask the Emperor directly. Send them to the outlying war zone."

"However...."

"Every day we hear the news of the Crown Prince's victory! I mean, all the people of the streets are talking about it!"

Watching the Viscount get angry like fire, Antonio frowned.

"This is not the time to play like this! Taking advantage of the war with the beast, barbarians are invading the outskirts of the empire. Ask for resources there."

"...."

"I will ask your Majesty directly, so please do as I tell you. Did you know?"

After Empress Rebecca left for the monastery, Antonio was the only source of reliance on his mother, the Viscount Tedler.

After years of brainwashing, Antonio found it difficult to disobey his grandfather.

"... All right. viscount."

When Antonio quietly lowered his head, Viscount Tedler raised an eyebrow in relief.

* * *

Raphine, too, was intoxicated with the news of victory that she heard every day.

'Wow, isn't this coming back sooner than you think?'

Raphine, who can now control her magic to some extent, can only hear and talk to the spirits when she wants. It's like opening and closing a chat window.

Raphine removed the magic shield and asked the spirits.

"Why don't you guys go and help?"

Ruby's reaction was harsh.

"Well. I don't think the war will end any sooner if we go anyway."

And Orphana was stubborn.

"never! I absolutely hate it! Absolutely! If you want to let me go, just kill me!"

No, to what extent...?

Raphine was questionable, but not particularly compelling.

After all, Raphine also needed the spirits to protect the Empress from any threat.

"By the way, Zerkan must have acquired the power of darkness just like the original, right?"

"I will. But that 'power of darkness' is what it means. What the hell is that, sweetheart?"

Raphine tilted her head.

"I don't know for sure. In the original story, it was said that Zerkan changed into a peculiar constitution while fighting the beasts that emerged from the rift of the apocalypse, and was able to use that power...."

"Hmm. That kind of thing happens."

It was then. Orphana, who was sitting crouching in the corner, bit her nails and looked at Raphine and Ruby.

"It's not just the power of darkness...."

"What?"

"If that's what Zerkan called, then that terrible...."

Raphine narrowed her eyes and walked towards Orfana.

"What do you know?"

Orphana snorted with a look of terror. After a few more pushes, Orphana cried and said.

"Actually, I am afraid of dark spirits. He had tormented me so terribly a long time ago."

"A dark spirit? So, was it because of the spirit that Zerkan uses the power of darkness?"

Raphine blinked in surprise.

In the original story, the spirit that Zerkan dealt with was only one of Orphana.

But I guess the dark power he uses was actually the power of a spirit...

'Then, after Zerkan dealt with the power of darkness in the original story, was it because of that Orphana became calm?'

Is it simply because you are afraid of dark spirits?

No, Orphana.... Are you pretending to be dignified in the world and looking completely stupid?

When asked to continue to go to the North for support, it seemed to be the reason for the extreme refusal.

'Five... Okay, I got one of Orphana's weaknesses.'

Not knowing that Raphine was thinking like a villain, Orphana muttered innocently.

"Yes, that is correct. The dark spirit is a formidable bastard. Maybe Zerkan won't last long?"

"What else does that mean?"

"The spirit of darkness... It gnaws at the spirits' souls. You will destroy yourself."

"...."

Raphine blinked. Soon, her brow furrowed.

'for a moment! Then the cause of Zerkan's darkening... Wasn't it the only death of the Empress?'

* * *

As Raphine had guessed, the spirit of darkness was endlessly trying to bring down Zerkan's soul.

"Zerkan, you must destroy everything to bring the world into balance. So you listen to me and do all that is unclean with this dark power...."

"What kind of bullshit? hey! Shut up."

"...."

However, the spirit of light who woke up recently was blocking the words of the spirit of darkness.

Zerkan frowned.

After blocking the voices of the spirits with magic, he headed to the tent where the wizards' meeting was held.

The war is being won every day, but there was something else that really mattered.

Sealing the 'Apocalypse Rift' that pours out magical beasts forever.

Even if Zerkan sacrificed his own life, he was going to seal it up.