"Then the final question: what exactly are players?"
Kael spoke softly.
This time, the World Will was silent for a long time. Finally, the mechanical tone in the voice slightly weakened, and a somewhat softer voice echoed in Kael's mind:
"They were once merely your remnants."
Kael sighed, thinking, "Of course, that's how it is."
Merely remnants.
This description is filled with indescribable helplessness, yet it aligns with Kael's thoughts—why him?
Or rather, why did Lancaster Territory become the first Newbie Village among players?
Because according to the original timeline, Kael died here.
The starting point of all stories and anomalies, the myriad factions quarreling over this land—what exactly transpired here, no one knows. The only certainty is that Kael stopped breathing here, and the Chaos Source Essence within him was extracted.
