Elias felt his body dissolve into the light, his mind spinning with possibilities. His senses came back slowly, and when they did, they didn't feel the same. The world around him was unfamiliar, harsh, and yet somehow… exciting.
As his vision cleared, he realized that he was no longer in the place where he had met the orb. Instead, he was standing on the edge of a vast, war-torn landscape. Buildings collapsed in the distance, and the air was thick with the smell of smoke and decay.
The world of Attack on Titan… Elias thought with a grim smile. He could see the remnants of cities, the towering walls in the distance, and the echoes of battles that raged throughout the land.
This is where I begin, he thought, his heart pumping with the rush of power, the power to create, to buy, and to change the very course of this world's history.
He could already feel the system humming within him, the endless potential lying at his fingertips. Every decision, every step would be his to make.
The future of this world… was in his ha
nds.
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