The Second Cataclysm opened several portals all over the Earth, bringing the Abyssal Creatures with them. They were terrifying beasts that lived on the other side of portals.

Humanity's defence began to crumble under the combined attacks of Abyssal Creatures and VoidBorns. However, they persisted and found that they could actually travel across the portals like the Abyssal Creatures.

On the other side of the portals, they found a new world filled with many Beast races that were practically mythical for humans. After all, the Beasts were ruled by Elves, beings of myths on Earth.

Humans found that they could actually level up faster in Elferia, the world on the other side of portals, than on Earth. And to their surprise, Elferia was also plagued by Abyssal Creatures.

Unfortunately, The beasts and Elves weren't friendly with humans, which led to Earth having a new enemy to deal with. But the Elves were busy saving themselves, so the war between Earth and Elferia didn't grow big.

...or at least that's what everyone thought. However, Arthur knew the truth behind the matter. Elves were never a war-mongering race, but when humans killed the beasts under them to level up, they turned against humans.

Since then, humans have begun to take control over portals and make strongholds in Elferia to have a good supply of powerful Sentinels.

It's been almost a hundred years since the First Cataclysm, and Earth has returned to a rather peaceful atmosphere.

'All of this is a facade!' Arthur thought, looking east.

The city Zenith Academy was situated in was a clean city and a paradise for humans. It was one of the biggest Strongholds, after all, and everyone lived rather peaceful lives here. However, he knew everything was just a facade.

Out there, not even too far from the city, would be a terrifying Abyssal Creature or maybe even a Voidborn. The whole Earth was filled with them, and leaving the city was almost impossible for normal and weak people. Some even spent their whole lives in this city.

But even this facade would break soon when the Third Cataclysm would descend and bring forth the destruction of Earth. It brought not only the Abyssal Creatures but a whole army of Voidborns led by their Emperor, the Overlord of Voidborns.

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Arthur sighed as he closed his eyes, remembering everything that happened after the Third Cataclysm. It was nothing less than pure chaos. Humans were powerless and gradually lost everything.

'I will definitely change things this time!' Arthur's eyes burned with flames of determination as a cold look appeared on his face. His eyes held pure murder as he almost lost control over his killing intent. However, he controlled it in time and sighed.

Even though he wished to change everything and save everything, he didn't know how. It didn't matter how much he prepared or how strong he became; he would lose. The Overlord of Voidborns was just too strong. Even when Arthur stood at the peak of humanity, he was killed by a random strike.

He slapped himself as a grin appeared on his face, "Heh, so what if he is strong? It won't be the first time I kill someone invincible."

Arthur smiled as he reminded himself of his past. However, that also brought melancholy. It was all gone—his battles, his bonds, everything. The people didn't know who the Angel from Hell was; they only knew the Playboy Arthur of Zenith Academy.

Remembering his lovers, he suddenly thought of something, and an excited grin appeared on his face: 'That's right! There is a chance that Elara might have also come to past. I don't know what happened, but there is a chance!'

He was getting excited, but he calmed himself down. He wasn't the previous Arthur who stood at the peak. He was now a weak human who hadn't even Awakened, let alone ventured into the vast lands of Elferia.

He took a deep breath and jumped from the tree. He already had some plans in mind, but he didn't plan anything major. Since he had come back in time, he was sure things would change, so there was no point in detailed planning.

All he knew was what he needed to do first. And that was to marry Elara, the princess and soon-to-be Queen of Elf Kingdom. Due to many reasons, they were unable to be together despite loving each other. Only death was where they were together. It was one of his many regrets.

However, this time was different. He could change everything and marry her. He began to hum a song as he strolled in the garden.

Of course, there was more to marrying the Queen, and it was also very difficult, nigh impossible. But he was willing to do anything to marry Elara; he wouldn't let this chance go.

After fooling the guard, Arthur left the Zenith Academy and went towards his home, which was in the middle section of the city. He was living in a rented apartment, and because of that, he had to save every ounce of money, which was also the reason he was walking home and not using transport services.

After seeing the peaceful environment, he was also happy and simply enjoyed it while going home. But he needed to hurry so he didn't slow down.

Soon, he reached the middle sections of the city, which was as crowded as ever. He was full of smiles as he greeted the vendors and street hawkers he usually used to eat from. They had all died before the Third Cataclysm...

He sighed and continued walking until he was in front of a beautiful two-story bakery. The bakery was on the ground floor, and the residence was on the upper floor.

Arthur had just begun walking towards the stairs when he heard a voice calling from behind him. His body shuddered as he turned around in shock and excitement.

"Yo, bozo, you ran away, again?"