After choosing the skill he wanted within the [Creation] space, Alex felt everything go dark.
Consciousness faded from him in an instant.
[You will know if you received the skill upon waking up.]
[Good luck.]
Those were the last words he saw, two simple sentences on a glowing panel, words that vanished just as the surrounding world collapsed into pitch-black nothingness.
...
He wasn't sure how much time had passed, minutes, hours, maybe days, but like every time before when he had exited a domain, Alex's eyes suddenly flew open.
"...!"
A sharp gasp left him as his body bolted upright, instinctively scanning his surroundings.
But he wasn't in the ethereal palace anymore, the distinct divine pressure was gone.
The white stone, the endless stairs, and the celestial silence, it had all vanished.
Instead, he found himself back in the cold, dimly lit basement of the [Church of the Dawn].
The [Door of Destiny], that towering, golden gate that had led him to the palace, was gone.
