WHOOSH WHOOSH WHOOSH~
The biting wind had lessened, and only a light snow remained. Time waits for no man; the depths of winter had passed.
The catastrophic blizzard that had swept across the Southern Border...
...just as spring was arriving.
Perhaps it was the final flare of a dying candle.
Or perhaps it was the brief calm before the storm.
After five consecutive months of blizzards,
the gloomy sky was finally pierced by long-awaited sunlight. The sun rose in the east, warming the earth, and only scattered snowflakes remained, drifting through the air.
"The harsh winter is over, spring has returned to the land, and our hard days are finally behind us."
Among the common folk of the Mortal Realm,
ordinary people who had survived the tribulation looked at the rising sun. A genuine smile finally appeared on faces that had been wracked with sorrow for months, for they believed the disaster had passed.
But in the Extraordinary Realm,
