Chapter 1307 An Eclipse

1307 An Eclipse

At the same time, in the mountain ranges of what used to be the Yalveran Union, an unassuming valley suddenly rippled. A giant dome of metal and runes flickered into existence, appearing tucked into the trees of the forest. Once the dome lost its camouflage, the sky turned dark.

Moments before this happened, Julia was meeting with the sub-guilds of Ascent. Their growth had been explosive after the Level Up Legacy, and Ascent now had twenty guilds under its belt, totaling one hundred thousand members. Many faces were new to the guild, but Julia had no problem trusting them because of their high level in the legacy.

Arthur designed the legacy to help those who wished to protect humanity. Although there was some wiggle room for villains to exploit it, such as considering other races non-humans, these cases were few. Despite that, there was still a lot of discrimination against the demi-humans.

"We need to tackle this issue and nip it in the bud," said Julia while tapping her fingers. "As long as their legacy level is high enough to be considered Kindred, then we can allow demi-humans to join us. You have to remember that one of the highest members in the guild is a demi-human."

"We heard about her," said a man wearing a black mask. "How well-established is her position in our guild?"

Julia smiled and glanced at Yuran, who shook his head at the silly question. Then, she proceeded to answer him. "Let's just say that if anything happens to her, then the entire world knows. Arthur cherishes her more than he cherishes the guild itself."

"Are we supposed to feel happy that our guild master, who has never shown his face, values us so poorly?" asked a giant warrior who was also a guild master. These people were not arrogant nor condescending, but they were worried about their position in the guild.

A receiver connected to the satellite and broadcasted internet throughout the dome. It was an old model, but it did the job. Julia remembered the ones who supplied them with it. It was the Nightroad Company, which belonged to Oren's girlfriend and her brother.

Once her phone received a signal, Julia hurried to log into the internet to see what was happening. Countless articles, outcries, and posts flooded the websites about the current outage. It even received a name in the short time that this happened.

Runes Outage.

Throughout the world, runes had stopped functioning at the same time. No one knew the reason and no one saw it coming, but the consequences were terrible. Before Julia could read the rest of the articles, several more flooded her screen. It was about a different issue.

"An eclipse?" muttered Julia as she saw the photos posted online. She rushed toward the upper floors where she could see the sky from her balcony. Once outside, she confirmed that the sun was indeed gone, replaced with an eclipse that prevented them from seeing the sun.

Julia stood atop the balcony, unable to understand what was happening. But she knew that there was something wrong, and it was related to Arthur. A boiling wrath bloomed in her heart the moment she stared into the eclipse, and it told her what she needed to know.

Julia knew that wrath could momentarily disable runes, but not to the extent of affecting the entire world. For this to happen, Arthur must have suffered a shock severe enough to make him lose control, even after he returned from the Red Tower.