The cosmos was vast, yet Noah always felt there was more beyond even what his eyes could see. He stood on the ridge of Mount Serene, the highest peak on Wuji Star, staring into the endless stretch of space as twilight began to fall. From here, he could just make out the shimmer of Uzona in the distance—the planet that once shared a peaceful alliance with Wuji Star. Now, Uzona had become the source of their greatest threat, a war that had brewed in the shadows for centuries.
"Are you thinking of them again?" Charlotte's voice broke through the stillness, her presence a familiar comfort beside him. She carried her staff, now infused with the celestial energy from the valley trials they had completed together not long ago.
Noah glanced over, smiling faintly. "Hard not to. Uzona's next move is unpredictable. It's hard to understand how an alliance so deeply rooted in peace could fracture so completely."
