Annan had been on a boring walk through the empty streets, occasionally avoiding the direction where strange noises came from – it was not a good thing to meet either the weird or the gold diggers.

As for the people of the southern nations...... Annan, like Skeletron, didn't think they could do anything, so there was no need for a foundation.

Unless they decide to send the legend over.

It's a three-hour walk, and it doesn't seem that dangerous here...... But the first night hadn't come yet.

The sky in the distance was getting darker, and evening was approaching. As Annan was about to find his habitat for tonight, he came to an empty square with no people, and a huge portal stood like a giant in the middle of the square.

When Annan stood on the outer ring street and looked up, the dusty portal plated with dusk suddenly lit up with a faint light, rippling like water waves, and a vague huge illusion accompanied by a strange language that was not a lingua franca, but could be understood by Annan emerged from the other side of the portal:

"The expeditionary fleet declares to this world the will of the great Black Light Emperor, all of you are slaves of the Emperor, for the Emperor-" The magnificent shout came to an abrupt halt and turned into a panicked curse: "Withdraw!" Evacuate! It's a dead world again! Fucking monsters everywhere! ”

The vast shadow that was about to emerge from the violently fluctuating portal suddenly stopped. After a dazzling burst of flames, the ripples of the portal returned to silence and dissipated invisibility.

The giant portal stood silently again in the dusk square.

It's weird......

As for the purpose of the portal, Annan had already guessed it - a passage for those visitors from another world.

As for what "another dead world" represents...... There are so many possibilities to stretch out.

The best case is the Persona City, and the worst is the whole world.

Plus the deity disappeared from three years ago...... Annan suddenly shuddered. He looked around and walked briskly into a three-story jewelry store on the edge of the square.

Such places usually have a sturdy basement to store jewelry.

Annan guessed half right. He did find the deep basement, but it had already been ransacked.

I don't know if it's the owners and employees of the jewelry store, or the retreating townspeople, or the gold diggers. In short, the windows and doors that could be smashed were smashed, and the jewelry store was leaking everywhere.

Annan took the charred blanket and inspected the jewelry store to make sure there were no oddities – and no treasures left behind.

Standing in front of the window on the third floor, the cool night breeze blowing through Annan's black broken hair and the corners of the mage's robes, he saw that the afterglow was falling outside the city walls little by little, and some points of light on the periphery were converging to withdraw from Persona City.

They were supposed to represent the gold prospectors and the soldiers of the southern nations.

Annan looked at the second wall, which was still half away, and the wall of the royal city above the second wall.

There was not a glimmer of light there.

The sun set quickly, and when Annan retracted his gaze and returned to the setting sun, the last of the light in the city walls disappeared, leaving only the remnants of the blood in the sky.

Night fell.

The city in the lake, which had lost its light, seemed to be cooling down at a rate that could be felt, and Annan wasn't sure if it was his hallucination...... His mage robe was clearly engraved with thermostats.

Annan hurried back to the basement from the top floor, his footsteps clattering on the stairs and a chilling whimper through the crumbling eaves and broken windows.

Bang –

Grabbing the magic lamp, Annan returned to the basement, pushed the heavy iron door of the basement slammed shut, and then piled everything in his sight behind the door.

Combined, these things are not as protective as the iron gate, but they will make Annan feel that he is being protected—like putting his feet under the covers so that he will not be captured by ghosts.

Annan could not say that he was somewhat afraid, but could only say that he was well prepared for the imminent threat.

Retiring into the middle of the basement, Annan pondered what was missing...... The charred girl emerging from the shadows pointed to a pile of firewood.

Annan remembered that Skeletron had used the lights to make the tomb look like a banquet, and he had taken out all the magic lamps from the magic ring and placed them all over the basement to make sure there was no shadow.

Then Annan opened the portal: it was Abby, the maid, who was on duty today, and she was greeting with a smile.

Annan was just about to speak, when he suddenly saw that the weeds outside the warehouse in Liberty City, where spring had just arrived, suddenly began to wither and shrink—

Persona is spreading through portals to Liberty City!

Annan and Abby, anxious and uneasy, shouted, "Get out of the warehouse and tell Lilith to clean up the contamination!" He closed the portal.

The basement was restored to silence, and only Annan was left in horror...... It should be fine, Lilith is here, Dean Brehim is here, and the Ancestor.

Then there was a thick doubt. If the "weird breath" is so terrifying, why does Skeletron insist that he can ignore the impact?

First of all, it is ruled out that Skeletron is deceiving himself, and a legendary wise man has no reason to deceive a little warlock......

Annan thoughtfully took out the leaves of the World Tree from his bosom. As soon as the green leaves appeared, the charred girl stepped back a little.

"Does it make you uncomfortable?" Annan asked.

The scorched girl nodded.

Annan realized that Skeletron had made a mistake.

Skeletron doesn't think he can do it because of his own ...... At least not all because of myself.

This leaf of the World Tree, which has been worn on his body, should have contributed most of the reason, so much so that Skeletron was blinded.

In this way, the danger faced by Hearsay City is not as serious as imagined. Its collapse was only because the gods had lost contact, and the weirdness happened to burrow here. In order to prevent the problem from becoming serious, the princess dispersed her people and took the initiative to seal the rift.

As long as the elves are willing to intervene, the crisis can be resolved quickly, but it is said that the relations between the southern kingdoms and the elven court are not very good......

It's better to guess it yourself...... Annan thought as he took out another blanket from the magic ring and sat down, ready to take out the food.

Knock - knock - knock -

Annan suddenly stopped moving, looking at the dusty iron gate.

Knocking on the basement door on a night in Persona City must not be normal......

Knock - knock - knock -

A second knock on the door confirmed that it was not Annan's auditory hallucination.

He held the amulet, ready to activate at any moment.

At this time, the scorched girl took the initiative to walk towards the iron gate and stood in front of the door to confront the existence outside.

After a few minutes of silence, the charred girl left the door.

"Solved?" Annan spoke in a low voice.

The scorched girl continued to nod.

After that, Annan stopped making loud movements and sounds, and after dinner he did not meditate or rest, but relied on a few books in the magic ring to pass the time.

At midnight, the basement of the jewelry store suddenly shook slightly, and the royal city began to erupt again with the brilliant brilliance of fireworks, and the strange fell silent and did not come to harass Annan again.

In the early morning, Annan removed the debris in front of the door and opened the iron door.

The glow of the morning sun spilled into the exit above.

Annan's first night in Persona City was uneventful.

(End of chapter)