บท 497: A Step too Late

'What is that Entity? Why did she give me an emergency quest to kidnap it without involving the elders?' Alex questioned as he sprinted through the empty expanse, heading straight for the capital city, Nova.

After the meeting with the First Guardian, Alex was made aware of Lady Enigma, the entity behind the Ruler system, and the creation of the guardians.

As much as this entity was painted as a wellwisher of the domain and peace, Alex knew she had her own agenda, but that aside, he could also not deny she was helping the world irrespective of what her end goal was with nurturing domain Rulers and guardians.

So even though he was being told to dive head first into trouble with the fishy restriction of not letting the guardians know, Alex was willing to do it because he felt that Lady Enigma would not harm him, and the potion he was given as a resource for the quest was proof of it.