Neo and the others followed her towards the large tornado.
The Dragon Clan Leaders entered first.
Their bodies disappeared into the tornado.
Neo could not sense what was happening on the other side.
The soldiers of the Grand Expedition began to enter.
Neo’s group was the last one.
Just when Neo was about to step into the tornado, Kane’s voice echoed inside his, Percival’s, Olivia’s, and Nicolas’ heads.
’Don’t leave your backs exposed to the Dragons. They are not enemies, but they aren’t friends either.’
They nodded.
Percival entered, followed by Olivia and Nicolas.
Neo took a deep breath and stepped inside the tornado.
He felt a shift when suddenly everything turned jarring.
The familiar sense of teleportation now felt jarring, like a chalk was being scratched against a board.
Incomprehensible noises began to tear Neo’s sanity apart.
Everything became suddenly quiet.
The noises disappeared as abruptly as they had appeared.
Neo could not move or see.
It felt like he had no body, and none of his senses worked, not even Intent Senses.
He was floating in a dark void.
A voice appeared inside his head.
"You! What have you become!"
"Why did you betray your bloodline!"
"How can you do this to the legacy your father built upon his blood and sweat!"
The noises struck his head like hammers repeatedly.
"Why? Why? Why?
"Why has the Blood of the Impartial Death been sullied!
"You have no Judgement. You are skilled. You are a Sinner!"
The voice seemed to be on the verge of exploding from anger.
Every time it spoke, Neo felt immense pain.
It was as if his soul was being peeled layer by layer.
He wanted to shout, to thrash around, but without a body, he could do nothing but be subjected to the pain.
"Your soul is tainted with Sins.
"You cannot be the child of the Monarch! Yes, you must be a mistake!"
The voice spoke as if it had made a decision.
A powerful force crushed Neo’s very being from all sides and entered his mind.
Neo felt like an eternity passed.
When the pain disappeared, he was suddenly standing in the main hall of a castle.
He fell to his knees, breathing heavily.
His limbs trembled.
He touched his body, feeling relieved, finally being able to move.
It took him time to regain his composure.
He removed the damp hair clinging to his forehead and used his Intent Vision to look around as he stood back to his feet.
His breathing was still unstable, but there was no time to rest.
"Y-you…"
His attention snapped towards the source of the voice seated on the throne.
He tried to use his Intent Vision to see who was there.
But everything was blurry.
None of his senses extended beyond a few meters around him.
His senses were being restricted by something.
’No, this isn’t restriction. It’s almost like this is the natural limit of my senses.’
Neo clenched his fists.
He could not feel the power he once had.
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