Rebirth: 100 Days Before Doomsday-Chapter 305: The Return of the Sun

"It's been only three months for you. But I haven't been out in decades. Are you forgetting about how things works here?"

Grace stared at the dragon in silence, realizing exactly where she went wrong with her question. While only a few years had passed in the outside world since she tamed it and brought it into her spatial realm, several decades had passed in the world of Infinite Realm.

"That's right. You were just a baby when I found you, and now you are about to turn into an ancient creature. I suddenly do feel bad for you." She made sure to show him that she meant each word that she just spoke.

"You are impossible." The dragon glared at her, not the least bit impressed with her teasing.

Letting out a sigh, she smiled at the beast and closed her eyes to return her focus on cultivating her elemental powers. "Fine. I promise to let you go out and have some fun once the hunts will begin again. Now, leave me alone."

Though her eyes were closed and the dragon didn't make a single sound after her announcement, she felt its pure joy loud and clear through the bond she shared with it as its master.

Not only the dragon, but her other Shadow Beasts had been confined inside the Infinte Realm for decades. While this allowed them to grow stronger in a peaceful and healthy environment, it wasn't the best scenario.

Just like how the warriors needed to step out of the safe zones and face the beasts to grow stronger in actual way, her Shadiw Beasts needed to do the same.

And while she still believed that she didn't want to let the rest of the world know about her Shadow Beasts yet, she had ways to keep it a secret while still letting them out. After all, which hunt mission of hers the world would see and how much of it, all depended on her.

With this, she made up her mind to do as she just promised the dragon. But as it had been only a day since the rain stopped, she was in no hurry.

Right now, what she needed to do was to wait and see the changes that the outside world, undoubtedly, was about to go through.

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The rain didn't return once it stopped, but it took nearly two months for the water levels to subside, and for the floods to retreat back into rivers and oceans.

In some places, new lakes and marshlands had formed where cities were once standing, but in others, the waters receded enough to reveal the barren, scarred land beneath.

Because of this, none of the countries or even Starfall Isle sent their warriors out for hunts.

And as time continued to pass, the world actually witnessed a miracle... life returned to Earth.

Tiny sprouts pushed through the cracked soil, drinking in the pure water left behind. Moss and vines crept along broken buildings, reclaiming the ruins as their own, and trees, long thought dead, began to bloom again.

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Flowers unfurled their petals to greet the long-lost sun. And the air, which was once thick with the stench of rot and toxins, became crisp and clean, filled with the fresh scent of earth after rain.

Nature started healing... after nearly seven and a half years.

But the world was still far from safe.

The problem didn't end with the volcanic winter, nor with the rain. It just merely changed.

The heavy rainfall succeeded in thinning the zombie population. What once was an endless sea of the undead crumbled to a mere million, but it was still a terrifying number, though significantly weakened.

However, the same could not be said for the other creatures that lurked in the shadows of the old world.

The shadow beasts were still there. They had endured. If anything, the rain had only made them stronger, weeding out the weak and leaving only the most powerful behind.

And the same happened with the Monster Beasts. Beside, unlike the infected and the Shadow Beasts that originally belonged to Earth in other forms, the Monster Beasts were entering Earth from another realm. There was no way to cut down their number other than healing the hundreds of cracks that had formed across the Veil.

In the ruins of fallen cities, these monsters were still roaming. They were taking over the old world just like the nature. And it was because of them, that even though Earth's atmosphere returned to normal, the survivors of the apocalypse couldn't return to the old world... yet.

As tempting as it was to reclaim the land, to walk freely beneath the sun and sky, no one dared venture beyond the barriers except for a limited number of warriors.

The ruins of the world were still a hunting ground for creatures beyond human comprehension.

It wasn't until seventh month of the seventh year, that Grace finally stepped out of the safety of Starfall Isle with a team of twenty warriors.

This time, they traveled in one of her private jets, soaring through the beautiful sky and taking in the changes of the outside world from up above.

"If I didn't know better, I might have felt that nothings wrong down there." Rune whispered as he gazed at a forest that was overwhelmed with greenery.

Before Grace could have spoken, an alert announcement took over the silence of the aircraft, announcing the detection of a Class 6 flying Monster Beast heading their way.

Much to their credit, the warriors didn't panic. They just turned their attention toward Grace, waiting for her orders.

"Sit down. It's not time for you all to fight yet." She told them and noticed the looks of confusion and curiosity took over their faces.

Turning her attention toward the screen showing the image of the Monster Beast, she spoke to the one waiting inside the Infinte Realm. "Go on. It's your chance to show me what you really got."