Gloomy Sky Hidden God

The first star that passed away extinguished two thousand years ago.
Four hundred years later, the mysterious Calamity of Heavenly Fall destroyed the civilization of the previous era, returning thriving cultures to ignorance.
Since then, stars gradually vanished, the Firmament grew dark and dim, and a new civilization rose from the starless wilderness, flourishing once more.
Yet, what accompanied this were war, death, destruction, and hatred.
The flames once aimed at the Firmament were used to slaughter the people of enemy nations, and the raining clouds once engineered to alter deserts were turned into floods that engulfed the land.
Humans once again began to kill each other for wealth and power... but no one looked up at the sky.
They lost the Guidance of the stars Above the Sky, forgetting the awe of gazing upon the Milky Way.
They were all prisoners.
One thousand six hundred years after the Calamity of Heavenly Fall, a young child awakened memories of his past life.
He wanted to break the Cage, to throw off the shackles.
He wanted to become a star.
To return to Above the Sky.
"I don't care about how the people of this world live, whether they're well-fed or not, whether they can dress warmly or live comfortably, whether they have dreams or hopes. I don't care about their loves and hates."
"I just want to go Above the Sky."
——Ian.

Above The Sky

Sio was very intrigued when he learned that Ian was going to attempt to create his own 'Aether Armament' and achieve his master-level Alchemy skills (under the pretext of needing Third Energy Level materials).


Since his own mother had given out a gift of gratitude, he would absolutely not allow himself to be outdone!


He cheerfully got up and went to the entrance of his lair: [I took down a few Ironwing Dragons a while ago. One of them is even at the Third Energy Level — I have no use for its materials, so I'll give them to you!]


Ian was aware of those Ironwing Dragons; they were the three that the Dragon Hunting Team had encountered, which became his trophies after Sio knocked them down.


However, Sio didn't really have a sense of personal ownership; defeating them wasn't all his own doing and he had no use for the materials of such Sub-Dragon Magical Beasts. Therefore, giving them away was especially straightforward for him.


Chapter 75: The Key to the Gates of the Underworld (7100)_2