Bleak Past But Bright Future?

As the Legacy Orb appeared, the invisible strings controlling the world flickered, and their brightness considerably dimmed.

"Strings of Fate!" Margaret Parcae flinched. "Something is blocking their path!"

She jumped out of the tomb and gazed thousands of miles away. There, she saw the orb floating before Kiba.

It enveloped his surroundings with a sparkling glow. This cut him off from reality, effectively severing his connection with time and space.

The soul-crushing pressure enveloping the mausoleum disappeared alongside him, but not the shock of what it signified.

"What sort of Legacy Orb could interfere in the working of Fate?!"

Margaret trembled violently.

Earlier she had looked down on Kiba and Ice Queen for they were puppets despite their tremendous strength. Now she was no longer sure.

"There must be some explanation!"