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The sun reached the middle of the sky, spreading its sharp glow to the land below. With all the clouds blown away by Zick and Reikel, the sky was as clear as it could get.

"The world is a step closer to destruction, but here you are, still thinking only for yourself." Reikel misunderstood and looked at the inscription that appeared on Zick's back. 

"...." Zick still did not relax, he felt the fluctuation of the space in the surroundings to be weird. And he even sensed a familiar presence in it. 

Reikel continued, and it did not seem like he had any intentions to stop Zick: "Your destination must be the other side of the mist of annihilation, right? It won't take a long time for giants to breach that side too." Instead, he seemed oddly friendly to Zick, like they were long-lost friends. 

"That's so?" Zick concealed all his emotions and turned to the fortress in the distance.