Staring at the year on the newspaper, Roland narrowed his eyes slightly as his thoughts raced.
'Crystal Calendar, year 490… Is time in Silver Radiance City frozen at this point? Or… is this a fabrication created by whoever is behind all this?'
'Could the new Power Core mentioned in the report be the Entropy Ash Core?'
He quickly scanned the report's details, trying to piece together more clues.
'From the looks of it, the Seventh Observation Station isn't a facility belonging to any specific Race, but directly under Silver Radiance City itself. But if that's the case, why was it built on the edge of the Aiselon Continent, far from Silver Radiance City?'
'What role does Silver Radiance City play on this continent? Is it the heart of an alliance co-ruled by the various Races, or... some kind of transcendent existence that stands above them all?'
Suppressing the swirling questions in his mind, he continued to flip through the inner pages of the newspaper.
