In the endless void, a man was walking in it full of confusion. After that, a mysterious woman appeared in front of him. He also asked.

"Who are you?"

However, the woman did not answer his question, but said,

"You don't need to know who I am. Your journey will start here, in the journey you will know what to protect and what to fight. You will also meet someone who will be by your side. And... you will once again know the meaning of 'Authority'.."

The woman suddenly appeared next to the man in the blink of an eye and whispered,

"Remember your name... Shin Katsuragi."

...

In the forest, Katsuragi slowly opened his eyes when he heard a soft female voice,

"Hey, are you okay?"

Asked the woman with golden eyes who was next to Katsuragi. Her face looked worried. Katsuragi slowly got up from the ground and said,

"I'm fine."

The woman let out a sigh of relief, she stood up and introduced herself,

"My name is Carmira, I'm a patroller and also a high level Awakener. What's your name?"

Katsuragi stood in front of him, was silent for a moment and finally spoke,

"My name is... Shin Katsuragi, just call me Katsuragi. I'm more comfortable being called that. Where are we now?"

Carmira took Katsuragi out of the forest and said,

"You are in one of the areas of Shanzhou. You... are not natives of Shanzhou, right? Your name alone proves it."

Katsuragi let out a chuckle and said, "That's right."

Some time later, Katsuragi followed Carmira to Shanzhou. On the way, Katsurai could see the great city of Shanzhou from the mountain they descended from. The city is protected by an energy shield centered from a tall building in the center of the city.

In the middle of the journey to the city of Shanzhou. Katsuragi sensed that something was watching them, he immediately asked Carmira,

"Do you have the feeling that... we are being watched?"

However, Carmira saw Katsuragi with a confused face, she replied, "No, why?"

Katsuragi looked around and replied, "Nothing.." They continued their journey to Shanzhou city.

...

Katsuragi suddenly felt something heading towards Carmira. He quickly pulled Carmira away and said, "Careful!"

Carmira was surprised to be pulled by him. Katsuragi stood up and saw a tall humanoid monstrous figure land, He then took the spear which he tried to throw at Carmira. Katsuragi said to him,

"Who are you?!"

But he said nothing. Carmira immediately took out the chain created through her power, "Katsuragi, stay behind me."

Katsuragi who heard that replied, "What? Are you crazy to fight that thing alone?!"

The monster in front of them walked slowly, then tried to attack. Carmira and Katsuragi dodged the attack, Carmira tried to bind the monster's legs but it was not enough to stop him.

The battle between Carmira and the monster continues.

Katsuragi who saw the match was disappointed. Disappointed with himself for not doing anything. Then, Katsuragi widened to see Carmira struggling to fight. He said to himself,

"Come on Katsuragi, do something."

At that tick, Carmira was tired and knelt down. The monster stood in front of her and prepared to kill Carmira. Quickly, Katsuragi ran and try to protect Carmira, "No!"

Katsuragi shouted at the top of his lungs. Then, a dagger materialized in Katsuragi's hand, and he used the dagger to stop the spear from hitting Carmira. Without realizing it, Katsuragi started attacking the monster again, he relentless attack after attack made it difficult for the monster to fight back. Because the monster had been fighting Carmira for an hour, he became tired and made it easy for Katsuragi to counterattack.

Katsuragi then stabbed the monster. However, the monster did not die but was accidentally absorbed by Katsuragi. The monster slowly turned into dark particles that eventually entered Katsuragi's body, he knelt down and breathed quickly, after absorbing the monster's energy, Katsuragi's eyes temporarily turned purple.

Katsuragi was still kneeling and breathing rapidly, but this time he heard the sad woman's whisper,

"I'm sorry.."

Then, Carmira grabbed his shoulder and shocked Katsuragi.

"Woah! Katsuragi, calm down, it's me, Carmira. Are you okay?"

Carmira asked with a worried tone,

Katsuragi could only nod his head.

"About that.. what did you do to the monster?"

Carmira asked again.

However, Katsuragi only replied, "I... don't know."

Seeing Katsuragi's worried and slightly pale face, Carmira decided to keep what happened earlier as a secret. "Don't worry, I won't tell anyone about this." Carmira answered.

Few minutes later..

"The monster we fought earlier was called the Devourer, and not just one but many more. They are also one of the Abyssal monsters that rank higher than the others." Said Carmira explaining the information she got from her device.

"But why? Why are they here?" Katsuragi asked.

Carmira could only reply with a disappointed tone,

"We still don't know. This is also their first activity after the war a few months ago. But it's okay, how about we continue our journey? There are still many things I want to show you in Shanzhou city later."

They continued their journey towards the city of Shanzhou. On the way, Katsuragi saw that his hand was releasing small particles, and his eyes started to glow purple. "Who... am I?"