***
"Some truths don't die just because time resets."
Ren's voice trembled slightly as he recalled it.
"That's what that entity said... right before it pulled me into that other world."
The room fell silent.
Not even the faint hum of mana crystals could be heard.
Every word hung heavy in the air, entity, time resets, another world, all too familiar, yet unbearably foreign.
"..."
It was Xiaolung who finally broke the silence.
"Wait, hold on a second,"
He said, leaning forward with a frown.
"When you said entity, are you talking about the same one Lyrium fought? The one he… absorbed?"
Ren blinked, confusion flashing across his face.
"What? Lyrium fought that entity?"
"Haa..."
Emily sighed quietly, resting her chin on her clasped hands before speaking.
"Yes. Lyrium fought a being, something we still don't fully understand. We've been calling it theEntity for now. He absorbed its power afterward… but we've never confirmed if it truly died."
