During the journey, I was able to see the landscape—destruction everywhere. The sky was gray, and all the buildings were in ruins.
Nature had taken over again, and there were corpses everywhere.
I turned to the person who had commented on my clothes and asked, "What happened here?"
"Are you serious right now? Don't tell me you forgot the day everything changed," he said.
"I recently lost my memory, so if you could tell me what happened..." I replied.
"It was the Chang Clan. Back then, we Earthlings thought we were the only living beings in the universe. But we were wrong. We are not alone."
"The members of the Chang Clan were the first to arrive on Earth."
"Apparently—though it's just a rumor—they came looking for something, but they didn't find it."
"After that, they started enslaving us. Our strongest cultivators were only rank six, and they were rank nine. Plus, they used ather and affinity cards."
"We had no chance... until the Payo Clan arrived and pushed the Chang Clan back."
"Now those two clans have divided the planet between them. But the hope the Payo Clan brought only lasted fifty years."
"After getting a member of the Payo Clan drunk, we learned that those two clans were already at war before they came here."
"They decided Earth would be the perfect battlefield."
"The war didn't start immediately, but everyone knew it was only a matter of time. And two years ago... it began."
"But if you want some advice, don't get involved until you reach rank six, or you'll be killed instantly," he said.
I stayed silent for the rest of the trip, thinking about what he had told me. The Chang Clan had come looking for the card that CANICIA took...
But since they didn't find it, they turned Earth into a battlefield.
"Alert! The Chang Clan is attacking! Everyone, prepare yourselves!" the leader shouted.
We were surrounded by a forest. More than a hundred people emerged from the trees.
I asked the person who had spoken to me earlier if they could release me.
"Where would you even go? They kill everyone. They don't take prisoners," they said.
"Don't worry about me. I'll manage."
They handed me the key and said, "Good luck," before heading off to join the battle.
I slipped into the forest, looking for a nearby town.
Just as I was about to leave the forest, I stopped and said, "I know you're there."
"So, you noticed us," said a hidden voice.
"Why don't you come out and get this over with?" I said, drawing the black sword.
Four men stepped out from the trees, all armed with sabers.
"Do we really have to kill each other? I mean, your war has nothing to do with me," I said.
"You're going to die anyway," one of the men replied.