Strength: Part 1

Xylond frontier, in a wooden hut of an abandoned manor.

Sunlight shone through the faint black mist onto the ground, forming bizarre twisted lines.

The cabin's wooden door opened with a creak.

Adolf looked haggard, his beard unshaven as he walked out of the room and looked up to the sky.

As the Ashen World's encroachment already reached such a severe stage?"

He sighed again.

Even though the Ashen World and the Blacktide's encroachment were getting more and more serious, those with the Sacred Vessels of Destiny were not affected by them.

Their powers were enough to shield them from the surrounding ash and black mist.

After learning they have the Sacred Vessels of Destiny, they would sooner or later be found by the terrifying foes from the Ashen World.

Adolf pondered for a long time, before coming out with a lousy lie before leaving Sherminton, the city where he was born.