An Unchanging Routine

It is uncertain whether Baal appeared in the Neighboring Realm and caused a ruckus or not. It is uncertain whether all sorts of chaos continued to erupt in the Eastern Empire because of it.

My daily routine remained unchanged. After waking up and having a light breakfast, I immediately went out for training. Although the long-awaited Baal had appeared, the distance was still quite far.

In the meantime, I just watched scrying visions of his rampage and thought about how to counter him. In that sense, it was fortunate that he had manifested in the Eastern Empire. Thanks to that, I also gained more time to prepare.

Of course, from the Eastern Empire's perspective, it would never agree with that sentiment, with its cities being destroyed in real-time.

In any case, my routine remained unchanged.

However, it seemed that my surroundings weren't entirely unchanged.

“Did you see the scrying vision?”

“Of course. Dozens of brief visions have been uploaded to scrying pools...”

I heard the voices of people walking on the street.

“They say missiles and bombs don't work on him.” “Damn it, shouldn't they use biological and chemical weapons at that point?” “Aren't those forbidden weapons?” “Forbidden or not, they have to try something.”...