Guiding Beacon

"How much time left?"

Marlene stood on the wall, clenching her fists and looking out over the landscape, her brows furrowed.

"Three hours!"

Lapis gripped the golden pocket watch in her hand and stared at the second hand running on it. She wished she could make time pass slower. But unfortunately, no matter how powerful the alchemical elf was, she couldn't reverse the flow of time. Thus, she could only watch as time passed by and not do anything else.

Rumble…

A thunderous roar came from the distant sky. And soon, the people on the city wall noticed a shining, flickering light emerging in the distant border of Chaos. That was precisely Rhode's dragon roar that crossed the border of Chaos and Order, announcing his existence to the whole world. The moment the people witnessed the dragon, they revealed an expression of relief. But soon after, their expression became serious again.