Warmaisach

Earth, thousands of years after the apocalypse.

Countless technologies and advances had been lost to time as the Specters, horrifying beings with terrifying powers, arrived and destroyed the world.

Over the coming thousands of years, humanity had built itself up but always died again.

Nobody remembers the past.

Nobody remembers what humanity had once accomplished.

Now, everyone is living in a world where the Specters reign supreme.

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A boy with amnesia woke up in the middle of the Dregs, the worst part of Crimson Fungus City.

The boy grows up and manages to become strong enough to pass an exam for one of the most prestigious jobs in existence, a Zephyx Extractor, someone that can harvest the powers of Specters.

Sadly, he had already gained a power from a Specter in the past, which made him ineligible for the position.

But then, a mysterious man visits him.

And his luck finally turns around.

Kill the Sun

Right now, the four people of Dark Dream were gathered inside the Screaming Coffin's Containment Unit.

It was simply the best place for talking about things that nobody was allowed to listen to.

The Screaming Coffin was just lying near one of the walls and didn't move.

It was happily digesting its meal.

Surprisingly, it was still consuming the spy's corpse.

Apparently, the corpses of Extractors took far longer to digest and also gave far more Zephyx.

"We can't openly attack Ardum," Wyntor said. "Ardum has exposed our secret enmities, which makes it difficult when members of Cycle die."

"While the guards don't really care about wars between Manufacturers, they still perform a superficial and rudimentary investigation, and if we are too suspicious, they might even decide to permanently place someone in Dark Dream to supervise us."

"Naturally, no one wants that to happen. Not even Ardum."

Chapter 148 – Plan?