Kage pondered what manner of robbery he wanted to commit with these kids. He didn't want to be some ordinary thief who stole food and supplies—he could get those himself if he needed them that badly.
No, his brand of thievery had to make more sense. It had to make more impact.
Kage sat at their bonfire and watched as all of them slept like logs, even having the audacity to doze in a forest teeming with predators.
For a moment, he couldn't help but marvel at how absurd it was. This part of the world seemed peaceful, but in the future, three separate Impure outbreaks would devastate civilizations across the continents. Then there was the Ocean King that emerged in the seas of Tianlong, making any crossing to another continent a death sentence.
The entire continent plunged into severe scarcity, and things took a truly apocalyptic turn. It was the older generations—Transcendents, Supremes, Immortals—who stood at the forefront of this apocalyptic war.
