Erend started to see something familiar. It looked faint at first, just lines of light flickering in front of his vision as if trying to form shapes that trembled and broke apart before they could fully take form.
He blinked and his heart skipped. It was the same pattern, glow, and the same translucent blue hue he used to see all the time before the System notifications.
When it had gone silent, he didn't think much of it at first. There were too many things to worry about for him, too many dangers that demanded his focus. But deep down he had felt that uneasy emptiness ever since it disappeared.
The System had been his constant companion and his mysterious guide through all his battles and impossible events. For it to suddenly vanish could only mean something had happened. Something big that could influence that kind of mysterious power.
But now, it was back.
