On the other side, the beholder world.
Adnis was running towards the prayer room with an anxious look on his face.
His face was pale.
He kept repeating words like "It's impossible, it's impossible for the Great Eye to abandon this world. There must be other reasons for this change."
But even so, the faith in Adnis's heart continued to collapse.
Then, this collapse reached its peak in an instant when Adnis finally arrived at the prayer room and saw the "God's Throne" that had lost the radiance of the Great Eye.
An extremely cruel reality for Adnis was placed in front of him.
The Great Eye has left.
"how come……"
Faced with this shocking fact, Adnis, who had dragged his weak body all the way from his deep sleep to here, could no longer hold on. He stumbled and fell to the ground.
Immediately, as if grasping the last life-saving straw, Adnis questioned the 15 beholder guardian stone tablets that originally guarded the Great Eye and existed as a firewall.
"What happened? Where did the Great Eye go -!?"
To this, the beholder guardians responded.
"Notice: The Great Eye has left this world and its destination is unknown."
A cold mechanical female voice sounded during the prayers.
Breaking Adnis's last illusion.
Panic, uneasiness, confusion... and the anger and resentment that followed quickly swallowed up Adnis's sanity.
"I don't know...Ha! How could you not know? How could you not know--!?"
Adnis stood up unsteadily from the ground and asked loudly.
“Aren’t you the firewall of the Great Eye?
“Aren’t you always by your side with the Great Eye?
"So, you don't know about this matter, who knows-!?"
But no matter how angry Adnis shouted.
What he got in the end was just a cold echo without any emotion.
"Understood, no!"
"Calculation, no!"
"Tracking, no!"
"Report: Our creator is Lord Edith, not the Great Eye."
"Report: The 'Firewall' is a duty given to us by the Great Emperor, not the Great Eye."
"Report: We are not companions of the Great Eye, but the Great Eye has not rejected our parasite."
Be calm, sensible and honest.
These beholder guardians.
Neither possesses nor understands human emotions.
They are perfect creations that conform to the Adnisian ideal and have no "heart".
That is why.
Therefore, at this time, no matter how angry and desperate Adnis showed, their cold words revealing the cruel reality would not hesitate at all.
What an irony.
Adnis, who advocates the need for no "heart", is tripped up by his own "heart" at this moment when rationality is most needed.
As the emperor of the beholder world, the first thing he thinks about at this moment is neither the safety of his family nor the future of the people, but the question Denton once asked him.
——The eye-soul system that cannot operate without relying on the power of the Great Eye is definitely not the future of the beholder world!
——The Great Eye will leave one day!
——Human beings should rely on their own bodies to survive and solve survival problems on their own strength, rather than relying solely on an incomprehensible force!
——Adnis, your choice is undoubtedly wrong!
Denton's voice that once opposed the establishment of the Eye Soul System began to ring in Adnis's head.
This made him hold his head and cry out in pain.
"Really...am I wrong?
Adnis's voice echoed through the empty prayer spaces.
There was no one around.
Only a cold, emotionless mechanical female voice sounded at the right time and answered.
"Report: It is our mission to realize the emperor's ideals and protect this perfect beholder world. However, this mission is also given to us by the emperor. Therefore, this should be the conclusion reached by the emperor himself. We cannot give an answer. "
However, at this time, Adnis had had enough of the beholder guardians' indifferent answers.
"Shut up!"
Adnis, full of annoyance, yelled.
"I wasn't asking you!"
They are just tools that do not understand people's hearts. What do you know...
Thinking of this, Adnis' expression suddenly froze, and then he suddenly came back to his senses.
God, what was he thinking just now?
Adnis raised his hands to cover his face.
Was he angry at the beholder guardians' incomprehension just now?
After a moment of silence, Adnis put his hand down and looked around.
Then, the first thing that came to his mind was this sentence.
"So, is this room so empty and dark?"
After realizing this, an unprecedented sense of loneliness suddenly filled Adnis's heart.
Urged by this feeling of loneliness, Adnis quickly escaped from the prayer room.
…
Outside between prayers.
As soon as Adnis came out, he saw Gairo standing outside the door, looking like he wanted to knock but didn't dare.
"Gailo..."
"Emperor."
Gairo breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Adnis coming out of the prayer room.
Adnis had clear rules.
When he is between prayers, no one is allowed to interrupt him in his prayers, no matter what happens.
That's why Gairo was so hesitant before knocking on the door of the prayer room.
"It's great that you're okay."
Gairo first expressed concern for Adnis, and then asked quickly.
"Great Emperor, is there something wrong with the Eye Soul System? Why did everyone who was sleeping in the 'sleep' suddenly wake up?"
Looking at Jailo in front of him, Adnis was suddenly in a trance.
This is...Gairo, right?
His face was pale and his steps were sloppy.
This is understandable.
He is the same now.
Everyone's bodies have just woken up from a long dormancy and are currently in a weak physiological state. There is nothing we can do about it.
But what's going on with the look in this Jailo's eyes?
Why, only panic and anxiety?
Why, no light of confidence at all?
It was completely different from the guard captain in his memory who had unyielding fire burning in his eyes no matter what difficulties he faced.
"Emperor!"
Just as he was thinking about it, another urging voice from Gailuo brought Adnis out of his trance.
"...The Great Eye has left, so the Eye Soul System collapsed."
Adnis subconsciously chose to tell the truth, then pushed Kailuo away and walked forward on his own.
Behind him, Gairo, who finally recovered from his sluggishness, quickly caught up with Adnis.
"Wait...wait a minute, Great Emperor! The Great Eye has left, and the eye-soul system has collapsed. What does this mean?"
"That's what it means, Gairo."
Adnis walked, looked, and answered Gairo's questions.
"The Great Eye has left the beholder world...Compared to this, what happened to the other people in the slumber? What about Aria, Adair, and Alan?"
Adnis' question gave Gairo room to escape reality.
"Everyone has woken up from hibernation, and can no longer use the Eye Soul System to re-sleep, so they all seem very restless and at a loss."
Gairo began to actively answer Adnis's questions.
"Right now, Lady Aria is leading people to pacify the people, and Lord Alan is helping. Lord Adair left the sleeping room very quickly after waking up, and is currently missing."
"I see, Aria has become an outstanding girl."
A relieved smile appeared on Adnis's face.
Then he changed direction.
He stopped sleeping for the time being and headed up the street.
And the scene on the street should be said to be familiar? Still unfamiliar?
Under the red sky.
Looking around, there are ruins, ruins and debris.
The empty streets, apart from the smell of decay, are devoid of any popularity at all.
This is of course.
After all, the residents of this world have been sleeping in a deep sleep for the past year, dreaming of happy dreams.
Apart from this, neither they nor themselves have thought about what else they can do for the world.
Thinking of this, Adnis suddenly smiled bitterly.
wrong.
The people may have thought about it, but he deprived them of the right to think about it.
Walking to a high platform, Adnis looked down at the decaying ruins of the city below, and for a moment he didn't know what kind of expression he should show.
Not only did this beholder stand taller and taller, but he also kept raising his neck to look at the Great Eye.
Finally he is willing to lower his head and take a serious look at the current situation of the world and his people.
Then, he couldn't help but sigh.
"What have I done in the past thousand years?"
Immediately, a voice that had only existed in his mind before sounded in reality.
"Adnis, you have done everything in the past thousand years."
