The crisp chime of the system echoed in Lucian's mind.
[Ding! The Hero has arrived.]
Lines of glowing text streamed across his vision, the mission log updating with new details.
[Hero: Verus
Summoned through the Ceremony of Demon Kings to break the threads of fate.
Due to imbalance in the ritual, arrival point shifted.
Current location: Abandoned wasteland, under monster attack.
Fated savior: Luna (status altered due to past intervention).]
Lucian's expression tightened as he read. In the original flow of fate, Luna had been nothing more than a slave, chained and broken.
It was in those desperate days that she was destined to meet the hero and save him, creating the bond that tied their futures together.
But Luna was no longer a slave. The circumstances had already changed.
'Then I'll have to recreate the meeting myself. The bond must form regardless of the path fate laid out.'
Lucian's thoughts were calm, decisive.
He stood.
