An Endless Journey
Xalveth kept walking.
The human world seemed increasingly absurd to him. The dense cities, the people tirelessly chasing their fleeting goals, the ever-growing civilization—it all felt meaningless in his presence.
Yet, something began to feel wrong.
Time no longer flowed as it should. The air, once free-moving, now felt denser, heavier. Each step Xalveth took felt like walking through a dream with no end.
And then, reality began to change.
The once-blue sky suddenly cracked, like glass scratched by something unseen. The buildings around him trembled, their colors fading, turning into shadows of something older—something more ancient than any history ever recorded by mankind.
Xalveth stopped.
Before him, something appeared—something that should not exist.
Echoes of a Lost Civilization
Shadows emerged from the cracks in the air. They had no clear form, only silhouettes flickering between the boundaries of existence and void.
One of them—more tangible than the others—stepped forward.
"At last, you have arrived, Xalveth."
Its voice had no direction. It spoke as if it came from every corner of reality at once.
Xalveth did not react. He did not recognize this figure. Did not recognize its voice. Yet, something about it felt… familiar.
The shadow stepped closer.
"We have been waiting for you for a long time."
Xalveth remained silent, but his eyes began to glow, as if trying to unravel the truth behind this being's existence.
And at that moment, he saw fragments of reality long buried.
Memories That Should Not Exist
Strange visions flooded his mind.
A world he had never visited.
A civilization recorded nowhere.
And in the midst of it all… a figure identical to himself.
Not just similar.
It was him.
But something was different.
Xalveth saw himself draped in a dark cloak, standing amidst the ruins of an unknown city. Before him knelt luminous beings, bowing as if awaiting something from him.
Then, the vision vanished.
Back in the present world, the shadow before him stared at him intently.
"What did you see, Xalveth?"
For the first time, Xalveth felt something close to uncertainty.
"Who are you?" he asked, his voice calm yet carrying a weight that could shatter worlds.
The shadow did not answer immediately.
Then, slowly, it smiled.
"We… are the echoes of something long forgotten."
"And you are part of it."
An Unrevealed Truth
Xalveth showed no expression, but his mind began to race faster than ever.
How could he possess memories of something he had never experienced?
And more importantly… why did this being seem to know something about him that even he did not?
Before he could say another word, the sky above them cracked once more.
But this time, it was no ordinary fracture.
A massive rift tore open the sky, revealing something that should never exist in the human world.
Within it, something intensely familiar to Xalveth could be seen.
A gateway to something far greater.
And from within, something began descending into the human world.
Something far more dangerous than mere shadows.
Something that even Xalveth was unsure he could simply ignore.