The night wind blew fiercely across the borderlands of the kingdom of Atheria.
In a small village that had nearly been abandoned, the remaining villagers gathered with fear on their faces.
Several houses had already been destroyed.
The ground was scarred with black marks, as if something had crawled out from deep beneath the earth.
The Void creatures had appeared again.
A man wearing silver armor stood in the center of the village.
In his hand was a large sword that emitted a faint glow.
He was a hunter of dark creatures sent by the kingdom.
But the thing standing before him was not just a single creature.
Dozens of Void creatures emerged from the shadows of the night.
Their bodies were like black smoke, with glowing red eyes.
The hunter clenched his teeth.
"Where are all these creatures coming from…?"
The Void creatures began to move.
One by one, they leaped forward to attack.
The hunter swung his sword, cutting down several creatures at once.
But there were too many of them.
He began to be overwhelmed.
Suddenly—
All the shadows on the ground stopped moving.
The Void creatures that were attacking suddenly froze.
Something far more terrifying had arrived.
Footsteps echoed from the dark edge of the village.
A man slowly walked out from the shadows.
His hair was black like the night.
His eyes were calm, yet deep like an abyss.
It was Arken.
The hunter turned in shock.
"Who are you—"
But he never finished his sentence.
Arken slightly raised his hand.
The shadows on the ground instantly rose like black spears.
In a single second—
All the Void creatures were pierced by the shadows.
They crumbled into dark dust.
Silence fell over the village.
The hunter stood frozen, unable to believe what he had just witnessed.
Arken did not even look at him.
He simply stared at the night sky.
The moon was now almost half covered by shadow.
The eclipse was drawing closer.
The hunter finally gathered the courage to ask.
"Who… are you, really?"
Arken walked past him without answering.
But before leaving, he spoke quietly.
"If Void creatures continue to appear…"
"…then it means he has begun to move."
The hunter frowned.
"He?"
Arken stopped for a moment.
His eyes looked far toward the sky.
"The Void Sovereign."
The night wind blew again.
And deep within the emptiness of another dimension…
Something was awakening.
The Void Sovereign.