Falling.

His emotions sank to the bottom.

No matter how hard he tried to figure out what had gone wrong, all that remained was the cold corpse of Ricardo lying before him.

"...Why."

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"Why did it have to be this way?"

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"Why...!!!"

Mikhail's anguished cry echoed through the dark cave. The illusion magic that had been making him recall his memories shattered along with Ricardo’s death.

Now, Mikhail finally realized that this place was not the slums from his past, but a dark underground cavern, and the cold reality hit him with full force.

Mikhail couldn’t understand.

"Why …