The shimmering portals of the Gate of Unity continued to hum with power, swirling with an ethereal light that stretched across the battlefield like a sea of stars. The world remained frozen, caught in the eerie stillness that hung over the scene like a delicate thread waiting to snap.
And then, one by one, figures began to emerge from the gates.
The first to step forward was a man cloaked in dark crimson robes, his hair white as snow and his eyes burning with a cold, ancient fire. A human, yet there was something otherworldly about him—an aura of untold power that rippled through the air. His gaze, sharp and calculating, swept across the battlefield, pausing as confusion clouded his expression. He might be the current strongest Monarch in the world, after Lucian.
