"Friend? Friend…"

"…Huh?"

Surha became confused and Anonymous smiled, "Actually, I had a friend who talked exactly like you."

"Me? Like me?"

"Yes. There was a friend."

Did he have a friend? Surha did not ask, but she listened to his story.

"There was a Nightmare who came to me once. We wanted a similar world and became good friends. He was a unique one, however. He was a Nightmare, but he talked against the [Cultivation]. He also considered himself a criminal who made a tower."

"…A Nightmare who was against Cultivation?"

"He talked just like you. That the world can change if we don't give up…"

Surha realized who this 'Nightmare' probably was. Before she could speak, Anonymous continued, "He was a Nightmare, but he was more powerful than any of the G.o.ds I knew. He was only one who collected two [Parts] of Three Ancient G.o.ds.

Two of them? Was he such a powerful Nightmare? Surha couldn't believe it.

"This part is not widely known. Hundreds of years ago, he had the same goal as what Myad has now. And he left for the [Nest] to Big Brother alone."

"So? What happened then?"

"Don't you know what happened? It happened hundreds of years ago. No one heard of him coming back. The world did not change."

The world did not change. It was apparent what that meant. Even the being who had hands on two [Parts] of the Ancient Three G.o.ds failed to hunt Big Brother. Surha then suddenly came to realize the depth of the despair that Anonymous faced. This poor old G.o.d had given up on all hope when the Nightmare failed. He had accepted the fact that n.o.body could change this world forever.

"But… but…"

"If no one can defeat Big Brother, then it doesn't matter who becomes the master of . It doesn't matter."

Surha became hopeless at the voice. She couldn't fight back her hopes against such giant despair. She felt like her hopes were nothing against such failures and foresight.

He was right. No matter who became the master of , it wasn't going to change anything if the System was still there. History would repeat and she was just a small particle within the history.

"But…"

But she was human. She existed here as a human and stood here as a human.

That's why she had to defend herself. However, she couldn't think of what she had to say.

That's when an explosion came from outside. Powerful world power was pressing down on the entire palace. Surha became pale.

"I told you! They are here already! They…"

But it was faster than expected. She heard that the 2nd site was going to go down soon, but she guessed it might take more time for Rupture to come to the 7th site. She took out her weapon, Thunder Demon. There was no choice but to fight.

At next moment, the door to the Throne Room burst open and a man and a boy appeared.

"Whoa, Jaehwan you're so bomb!"

There was the voice of a noisy boy and the man. Surha was shocked.

"You… You… How did you…?!"

It was impossible for him to be here. No, he couldn't be here. Why was he here?

"It's been a while."

And there was her hope.