It wasn't like Aether had forgotten his goal or anything... no, that part still burned at the back of his mind.
But somehow... the situation had escalated far beyond what he had predicted. Layers upon layers of complications buried him, distracting him, twisting his attention away from the obvious.
The truth was, he had become entangled in something heavier... his hands full, caught in the gears of the Void Empire's rising chaos more than anyone could have imagined.
But this… This was something he hadn't seen coming at all.
"Excuse me," Aether said, turning to a nearby citizen walking past. "Have you seen the temple that stood here before?"
The man barely glanced at him before replying, "We don't know. The temple vanished a month ago," and walked off briskly.
