The light around them pulsed, spreading across an endless abyss where it was impossible to distinguish day from night. The space they were exploring began to shift, as if the very fabric of the world surrounding them was testing their readiness. All boundaries faded away, and reality itself became increasingly unpredictable.
Lumis stood at the edge of this new dimension, amazed at how quickly everything was changing around him. There was no longer room for doubt. What they had been seeking no longer mattered. All the questions that once tormented them had vanished, leaving only vague memories of who they had been.
“We’re approaching something bigger than just an answer,” Lumis said, gazing into the infinite void ahead of him. “This is not just the end goal. This… is the beginning.”
Eili, standing beside him, slowly turned, her gaze lost in the mist. She sensed that these words held a deeper meaning than they first appeared.
“What do we do when we learn the truth?” she asked, trying to imagine what lay ahead.
“We must destroy the illusion,” Lumis replied. “Only then can we see the world as it truly is.”
They couldn’t know for certain if they were making the right choice. They stood before an unclear entity, vast and boundless, with no way of knowing how their decision would change everything.
“Aaren’t you afraid?” Eili asked quietly.
“I am,” he confessed, looking at his hand, where the energy trace from the shard still lingered. “But we’ve already made our choice. There’s no turning back now.”
Eili took a step forward. She felt her internal state shifting. Everything she once knew suddenly ceased to exist. Her old beliefs crumbled away, like sand slipping through her fingers. Now, she was ready to accept any truth, even if it meant severing all ties to what had come before.
“Then let’s go,” she said.
Together, they stepped into the unknown, where each new step revealed deeper layers of reality, hidden beyond anything they could have imagined. They couldn’t predict what would happen next, but they knew one thing for certain: nothing would ever be the same again.