The moment Ash's words ended, he took the time to return to Pantheos and gather all his companions together in preparation for one last show.
Meanwhile, the atmosphere within the Source of Expansion had grown unbearably tense.
Two weeks had officially passed since the announcement of the accelerated clock, and the leaders had spent every waking moment devising ways to weaken the Main Character's faction — isolating his companions and sowing chaos however they could.
But now, as they gathered once more in the grand crystalline chamber, something was terribly wrong.
Dono Prime stood at the head of the five Leaders, his silver-white hair catching the light as his face remained grim.
The first words spoken in the heavy silence came from one of the Ancestors' representatives.
"They're gone," he said, voice low and dangerous. "Every last one of them. Vanished as if they had never walked these lands."
