Ash_Monarch

The Apocalypse is in full swing. 

Defiled - powerful creatures corrupted by the Great Collision - prowled the lands in search of prey. Unfortunately for them, the human race had long since retreated behind the secure walls of the Sanctuary of Everlast. 

During one of his regular excursions outside the Sanctuary, Alden is separated from Celeste. - his childhood friend and crush. In that moment, he came to regret never summoning the courage to confess. 

Somehow managing to survive thanks to some trickery, Alden awakens as a mage. 

Instead of receiving a normal power, he gains the ability to decay. What's more, during his ascension, he received a vision from his future self advising him not to trust the Asterons - celestial beings who had saved his race from inescapable doom.  

Normally... such a revelation wouldn’t faze Alden. 

However, there was only one major problem with the declaration, though. 

Celeste was bound with an Asteron. 

And not just any normal Asteron... 

She had made a pact with one of the Divine Sovereigns.
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The Inner Odyssey

Alden collapsed, exhausted, to the ground.

His face was a mess, swollen and bruised. The skin on his knuckles had turned raw as well, leaking blood.

Now that the thrill of the fight was slowly subsiding, and his bloodlust was receding…

It was as if someone had battered every inch of his frame with a hammer.

He gritted his teeth, hissing quietly. Then, he forced himself to relax, staring idly at the ceiling. His chest rose and fell, slowly returning to its normal rhythm.

The Dark Elf hadn't controlled every single icicle, so there were still some remaining on the roof of the cave. They glowed softly, like little pinpricks of ethereal light in Alden's hazy vision.

Very soon after, his eyelids turned heavy, and the white-haired young man surrendered to the embrace of sleep.

Awake