[A/N: There will be perhaps another two or three chapters before Ash returns.]
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Two hundred years flew by, marking a full thousand since Ash had vanished from the scene.
In that time, the multiverse settled into a calmer state—well, except for one clan. The legend of the Originat only grew stronger as their tally of conquered universes climbed to fifteen.
Since Ash's departure, they hadn't really focused on much.
Whether it was seizing new worlds or simply wandering the endless realms, everything was done on a whim. And ever since the Convergence, the Originat hadn't launched a full-scale clan assault.
It had simply been two people in specific having 'fun'.
The twins, despite being over 1,000 years old, were still very much the same as ever. They loved to fight and make people bleed—it was as simple as that.
