Kyle left the Twilight Duchy to wait for the next day.
'Well, got an entire day to kill. No idea what to do.'
After aimlessly flying around for some minutes, Kyle decided to revisit a couple of places.
Some time later, he arrived in front of a small stony hill in the middle of a forest.
'That's where Magic Lady dumped me,' he thought as he looked at it. 'I think I unearthed the drill and the skeleton right there.'
Kyle looked to the south. His Ether Sense picked up a fortified hole.
'That's where I killed Old Betty. I guess that was my first True Battle. That's also where I made my first mine under Theodor's guidance.'
Then, Kyle looked at Theodor's Rest.
The town had become a bit bigger. Many of the old buildings were gone, replaced by newer ones.
Samson's Hunting Hall was also no longer there.
Kyle remembered when Samson had accepted him into his service and essentially saved him from an eternity in jail.
As his Ether Sense scanned the city, he realized that there were no familiar people.
'Right, it's been like 50 years. Normal people don't live that long.'
Kyle sighed. 'Guess Samson, Nervon, and so on are dead. Oh well, they lived their lives how they wanted. Whatcha gonna do? Time passes.'
'Thinking back, yeah, I'm not really cut out to be a hunter. Way too much red tape.'
Kyle also noticed that the big snake, which used to rule the wilderness, was gone.
Then, Kyle looked in the direction of Theodor's Inheritance Crypt.
A bunch of people were mining ore there, and he decided against barging in.
A moment later, Kyle left Forest Haven Cradle and went to a mountain southeast of it.
At least, there used to be a mountain.
Now, there was just a bunch of rubble.
'That's where I met my Ore Fiend friend. Ore Friend!' Kyle thought. 'Yeah, well, that one's gone as well.'
After that, Kyle flew more towards the south, following the path he had taken back then.
'That's where the Hillstalker Ant nest used to be,' he thought. 'That was my first genocide. Fun times.'
When he reached the Fire Coast Cradle, he remembered the time he had met Selene and helped her capture a baby Colossus.
'Well, she's still around, but she's with the Chief now.'
'Speaking of,' Kyle thought as he moved to the south.
After some time, he reached Starkhold.
Except, it was renamed to Mountain Burg.
'I mean, the war ended. The Winterfire Kingdom won and collapsed a bit later. Even the statue of the Chief is gone. '
Kyle remembered how he had been part of the newbies and how he had made a name for himself via networking.
'Team Sandstorm, huh? We used to be quite powerful, but to be honest, we were also cheating a bit. We were a Fighter Guild team, but we only had a single Fighter, Falk.'
Kyle sighed. 'Falk, Michael, and Lily are probably all dead. I don't think the Winterfire Kingdom would leave such powerful people alive.'
Kyle remembered the time Team Sandstorm had split up.
The split had been rather ugly.
'Still no idea what his problem was. Everyone says I acted correctly. I assured our survival. I also constantly risked my life for them. I mean, hell, I even risked unveiling my Aristocrat's Body to save Lily, and as a thank you, she fucking insulted me.'
'Sure, Lily has always been a bitch, but why did Falk also have to be an arse?'
Kyle decided against going to the World Peak to revisit memories since that was now Silvester's territory.
'A bit later, I became the representative and helped the Chief. Man, that time was stressful.'
Kyle also remembered the tournament to become a Four-Weapons Guild.
'And after that, I never saw the Stark Brotherhood again, and I'm honestly not sure if anyone is even still around. After all, they joined the military. Wyveria, Bonk, Martin, Noah… all dead, most likely.'
As Kyle thought back to the other representatives of the other Guilds, he had to snort.
'The Crown Prince got the Shonen protagonist treatment. Right, he died, I think? I mean, even if he didn't, I don't think the Winterfire Kingdom would keep him around.'
'That was also the only time I met King Skysand. Not much to remember. Thought my meeting with him would be a much bigger deal, considering that I was supposed to kill him and his lineage.'
'Yeah, well, the Winterfire Kingdom took care of that. Don't have to feel guilty for not fulfilling my promise. I mean, what do you want me to do, resurrect them and kill them again?'
'By the way, I wonder how things would have progressed if Theodor hadn't tried to stop me from advancing in my way. Would he have detonated after the Skysand Kingdom lost? Or would he have just vanished? Would he still be in my head?'
'That would be horrible! I don't want some crazy voice in my head!'
Then, Kyle remembered his years of isolation near Theodor's Inheritance Crypt.
'Wonder what happened to the two birds. They might actually still be alive.'
The next moment, Kyle remembered meeting Sebastian and their fight against the Second Advisor of Winterfire.
'At least, Sebastian is still around… for now,' Kyle thought before sighing.
'As soon as I'm the Overseer, he will ascend, and I will remain here. I don't know for how long I will remain an Overseer, but it will probably be a long time.'
'No idea if I will ever meet Sebastian again. That kinda sucks.'
Then, Kyle remembered meeting the Duchess of Twilight.
'She's actually not that scary. In fact, she's kinda nice. But, oh well, she's also gonna leave. Whatcha gonna do?'
'And that's basically it,' he thought with a shrug. 'Everything after that is basically just me looking at stuff and punching beasts.'
'Anyway, that barely took a couple of minutes. Still gotta kill some time.'
For the next day, Kyle just randomly flew around the world until he got too bored and went back to the Duchess of Twilight.
"Hey, can we start early?" Kyle asked after opening the door.
The Duchess of Twilight closed her eyes for some seconds before opening them again.
"Yes," she said, turning to Kyle.
"Cool."
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