Adrian looked at the elderly man sitting across from him and fell into contemplation. "What do you really want?" he asked.

"Adrian… A mighty man from an ordinary family raised in Leafall. In less than a year, you transformed from a loser into the successor of the powerful Navien War God..." Hansen raised his head, revealing eyes that had turned completely black.

As Adrian locked eyes with him, it was as if he could see his past and present through those black voids. Even someone as experienced