The ashen domain spread across the entirety of the United States. At the same time, the screen Zervand had been showing to the people flickered out.

“W-What?”

“What's happening?”

The people were bewildered. Lee Taeyeon, without realizing it, turned to look at Zervand, but he shook his head.

“I didn’t do this. He did.”

“Huh?”

“This is interesting.”

Zervand observed the ashen domain with a curious expression.

Zervand’s magic had been forcibly canceled within the ashen domain, as it couldn’t be accepted there.

Even through his vision, he couldn’t discern the true power contained within the ash. It was, in …