Ernaut had already waken up early on the run-down house. There was no time to waste right now when it came to outrunning Beck or possibly any other force that could get in his way. Still though, he still didn't know what else to expect on his journey across Evergrove. He still refused to get to any towns or villages, or talk to any other people, because they would've already known at the point that he's a total fugitive that has escaped many times, eventually becoming the most wanted criminal in Nexusian history. He already knew that there were Chromas in the area, but what he didn't know before from yesterday is that when a Chroma attacks a human, they turn into a Chroma as if they become infected by it. Ernaut still had a healthy dream omen to be able to withstand attacks from the Chromas, and the weapons that Karin had were still enough to fight them off.

Leaving the run-down house, Ernaut still couldn't think of where to go or what to do in the wilderness of Evergrove. He didn't even know where he was going, or where to go to find his way east, whether it be a ship to take him there or even a portal there! In fact, he was stranded in the wilderness, being chased by dozens of forces, and with no direction whatsoever. Eventually after some time, Ernaut came across another settlement which Karin warned of a possible Chroma infiltration.

Approaching the area where Karin said that there was a Chroma infiltration, it was a cemetery; there were dozens of old graves which represent buried people. Each of them had varying names and dates, but that wasn't the point. Ernaut was trying to get away from any possible force out there, whether it be other people, wilderness, or even Chromas to fight. But then, two Chroma Princes appeared in the area, ready to fight Ernaut.

"Alright, two Chroma Princes! I can handle this!" Ernaut said to himself, preparing for his next fight with the Chromas. He had fought against the Chromas many times, and already knew the basics on how to deal with them. What he still refused to do at the moment, is actually fight them using his dream omen, because he still felt that using Karin's weapons was still the best way right now to him.

Ernaut readied his Spirit weapons and got ready to take care of the Chroma Princes. During this fight, Karin aided Ernaut to watch out for their ranged attacks and when to attack at the best moment. For example, Karin would alert Ernaut to dodge any of the ranged attacks and melee slashes that the Chroma Princes could do, and then Ernaut would attack them with the Spirit Fists.

Having defeated both of the Chroma Princes and absorbing them both into energy for Karin, there was a sound of what could be footsteps, Ernaut looked around, and there was a sight of an old man that was walking up to him. By the looks of it, he may've witnessed Ernaut fighting off the Chromas, but it looked kind of neutral at the situation right now.

"Hey you!" the old man said. By the look on his face, he didn't seem he was willing to be threatening against Ernaut, but Ernaut didn't know at first whether he was opposing him or trying to help him out, so he still had his back turned toward him.

"No! Don't go ahead and tell me that I'm a criminal! I'm a good boy!" Ernaut didn't want to be pressured by anyone who posed as a threat to him, but he didn't know if the old man was opposing him or not, but he figured he'd let him talk. He thought about running away again in case he was another person that would be against him, but then he stopped when Karin interrupted him;

"This man, I've mind-read him. He seems to be willing to help you out, and maybe being supportive of you. As you can see, the Tear of Heaven has a few abilities, like reading the minds of people and alerting you of any possible dangers." Karin said.

"I'm not going to pass you as a criminal. Having heard of you as a defendant for witch trials in Castlemore. I heard of your backstory and your motives, and I think this time, I want to help you. There is a city in the island of Evergrove, and I'm going to easily carry you through, but it's not going to be easy, for instance did you see a black-dressed man named Beck here?"

"Yes. He was told by Shion to also hunt me down, Shion was one of the many forces he's got against me, and I heard he's got more. All this was started by Mayor Wally, who he knew that I was somehow bringing these Chromas and I was able to destroy them, but what they're actually believing right now is that I am the one who brought the Chromas, even this thing is seeming to be the only way to defeat them right now."

"He also likely called Quinn. Quinn was the woman that fought in the olden wars with only her dual crossbows. She became known as the Daybreaker for how she brandished her crossbows in the sunshine. Did you hear about Quinn? The crossbow woman who fought in the wars with her fighting style of akimbo?"

"Yes. Yes I did. Back when I was younger and didn't even hear about the Comet or the Tear of Heaven. I've heard off the olden wars, where Beck and Quinn were both the finest military soldiers in the wars. Sometime before I heard of the Tear of Heaven or even Aruku, there was this mysterious man that came to the Nexus and told about it to us, and because we didn't even know about it or were simply unable to believe it, we just ignored it. I've never seen that mysterious man. You know, that mysterious man with the strange blue armor and he didn't even have a human face? Then after he was trying to pressure people to get help, I've heard of witnesses saying that he teleported away with strange magic, and others saying that they know nothing about it. I started to get interested in Aruku and the Tear of Heaven after helping a woman named Janice bring something in from the eastern lands of Teya, and then we both learned about it. Eventually on the next day, the Tear of Heaven fell down, I unlocked it but I mostly hid most of the powers, until the Chromas came and wrecked my house to pieces, I fought them off, but now they are recognizing me as their biggest criminal ever because I simply got something that they refused to believe in. It's basically something if you cannot reproduce or properly retell it, they cannot believe it at all. Let's just say if I were to actually accomplish something like successfully getting diamonds from the mine. I would be proud of it, but it would be miracle to take for other people, but that's only a minority compared to what is going on right now. What is going on right now, is that I evacuated from Castlemore by sneaking onto the ship, but Wally knew that I would be sneaking onto the ship likely because he knew about Genevie's reports. Genevie was a good friend of Janice, she collected a lot of archives and even told me a bit of history about Aruku and even other tribe known as the Haven Tribe and Gabriella. I remember there was once a painting called Fall of Gabriella, but I don't know if that painting is even true or not. I'd have to find out. So, that's it. That's how I got to this mess simply by doing this. If they had believed in the Tear of Heaven, none of this would've happened, but that subject itself is way too convoluted for them to understand."

"I understand. The name is Isaiah. I am a retired researcher who had been interested on new ideas that weren't explored in the Nexus. I'd worked in libraries and at one point served the Nexus military, as proof shown on one of my badges on my robe right now." Isaiah replied, showing the badge that he had been wearing on his robe. He looked older than most people, likely around the 50s-60s.

"So, speaking of Evergrove, where are we exactly? This island is way bigger than Aurora, and I've been running and running for hours trying to get away from any force that was out to get me at this point, and I have no idea where I am exactly. All I was doing was being chased by Beck, this Chroma victim eventually turned into a Chroma, and then all of this." Ernaut asked, not knowing where to go.

"We are apparently in the southern region of Evergrove. You apparently, if you got here from the port of Castlemore, you must've been running south from the docks from the northern region of Evergrove, because Aurora is north of Evergrove, and the Nexus Capital is west of both islands. Where exactly do you want to go, and what can I do for you?" Isaiah replied and asked back.

"Well, I need to know where I need to go to find my way east where the Comet is and who can take me there. I need to find out a possible solution to find my way east."

"I have no idea what you are talking about. What do you mean, your way east? Where exactly is this Comet?"

"The Comet started all of this, it all started when the Epoch of the Comet started, some chieftain named Aruku took action, and then used the Tear of Heaven but eventually abandoned it. She fought the Shades, but due to her actions on bowing down the Comet, they were able to give birth to what we call the Chromas, the successors to the Shades except that they take in the form of light instead of darkness. I need to get to there because the Tear of Heaven wants me to, but I don't know if I'm gonna be able to take a ship or a portal to get there. Its across from here, all the way east."

"All the way east? There's no way a ship will be able to cross the world east to get to where you want. I don't know if portals were ever a thing, but I need to learn more about that. I've never ever heard of a portal that could take you there. I'm not sure how would that work anyway. Oh, let me recap what you told me earlier, you said a mysterious man talked about Aruku and the Comet, we forgot about it until eventually the Tear of Heaven came down and a few people started to become interested in the topic, now I understand. I don't know who that mysterious man is and how he's getting there. What did that mysterious man look like?"

"Well, he was this mysterious strange man, he wore a mysterious black and blue armor and his face was concealed. You can't see any skin from him, and he was just talking about it back in Castlemore. Of course, as my parents didn't even want me to hear about it, they told me that he was better off forgotten. I was eventually told lies like pigeons talking about it and whatever they told me to hide the truth about this mysterious man, because it would've been too convoluted to understand. Eventually, some people got interested in Aruku and the Comet, myself included. I got the Tear of Heaven and eventually unlocked it. I was told that my mission is to find my way east using a portal somewhere in here and then I'll find my way east to destroy the Comet."

"As for this portal, do you know exactly where it is, and what's powering it? I don't know how that portal works, so I can't really understand what exactly you were talking about when it comes to portals."

"I was told that there was a portal somewhere in this area, it's in an isolated island that houses magical jewels known as the Gems of Power, which as you know, power up the portal, and then if the jewels were to go out of order, the portal would stop working, which as you know, I'm not sure exactly where it is or how to even get there, but I'll likely need a ship to find, and then the Tear of Heaven would aid me on finding it."

"You need a ship? I don't know about getting a ship here. Nobody's going to give you a ship here in Evergrove, because you are still a wanted criminal. They cannot afford to let anymore getaways from you, which as you know I think at this point, they are furthering their game with you and eventually getting more and more forces after you. Is that why you were running in Evergrove for hours?"

"I'll figure that out, I snuck onto that cargo ship unnoticed, but they still knew about me, according to whatever was going on in there. I unlocked the Tear of Heaven which lets me do things which nobody else can, such as magical weaponry or concealed footsteps, all that stuff. There are apparently a lot more powers that I can unleash with the Tear of Heaven, but I've still yet to learn them."

"Alright, alright, I think I've heard enough. Let's head on in and get you settled, I think I might know what to do." Isaiah said, having enough of what Ernaut is talking about right now.

Ernaut and Isaiah walked to the house located in the forest, which would be known as Isaiah's home. Usually in the Nexus, there is a mix between living in the town and living in rural areas, which is common across the islands of Aurora and Evergrove, but not in the Nexus Capital due to the highly developed cities over there, which is noted as Aurora and Evergrove were acquired much later after the Nexus Capital was founded.

"Now, I would've chosen to live out in the cities, but as I knew that moving into a city would be a lot more expensive for me, I choose to actually save money and instead invest in a rural house in the forest." Isaiah said.

"Alright, I think I might have somewhere to sleep here, so I'll take a break from tenting right now. Yes, unlocking the Tear of Heaven has many abilities into me, such as the tent for survival and sleeping purposes. She was also able to warn me about Beck, the soldier that works in the night." Ernaut thought, heading inside the house of Isaiah.

Heading inside the house of Isaiah, there was a fireplace running. There were dozens of military badges on the walls as well as some notes regarding research, such as questions like "What exactly is the Comet Caller?" meaning that Isaiah had at least some interest in the Comet Caller, just like Janice and Genevie. Ernaut felt like he'd finally got settled somewhere to stay in Evergrove right now, but he still didn't know of a plan.

"Isaiah? Do you have a map of Evergrove? I need to see it because I need to do some planning right now on where exactly I need to go right now." Ernaut asked, thinking of a plan of where to go to find his way east from Evergrove.

"Here it is. It's on my desk in my writing room." Isaiah replied, guiding Ernaut where he needed to go and eventually heading to his bedroom to read one of his books before going to bed.

"Still living with the supporters? I'm still surprised at this point there are still people in the Nexus supporting you after what happened back in Aurora." Karin said, when Ernaut was walking towards the writing room that Isaiah told him where the map of Evergrove was.

"Well Karin, I think I might have a plan, I need to be able to find a ship and then eventually find my way to the Gems of Power, and then take the portal to find my way east, and then solve all of this, but as you know, I'll need to work my way through it. You can't just like miracle your way to victory, because sure, you can use magic, but that's only just my defensive methods right now, what I actually need to do right now is accomplish something big, like learn how to build a ship or do a unique thing to get there or something." Ernaut said back to Karin.

"Ernaut? Who are you talking to?" Isaiah asked, being curious on what exactly Ernaut was talking to.

"Oh, that was Karin, the Tear of Heaven. She usually talks to me to reflect what I did during my days." Ernaut replied.

"Oh, I understand. I didn't know that the Tear of Heaven could talk. I thought they were just crystals of magic."

Night fell in Evergrove, Ernaut had a temporary place to stay so he didn't need to use Karin's tents right now. He slept in Isaiah's house comfortably and was able to avoid the Nexus's guards right now. Before going to sleep, Ernaut had already looked at the map of Evergrove, which he knew where to go. Taking in mind what Genevie told him about and the map of Evergrove, he'd later found out that the island that has the portal and the Gems of Power is apparently east from Evergrove. The eastern region of Evergrove leads to one of the larger towns of Evergrove, Hobbs's Summit, which he'll eventually have to cross to the docks to take a ship from there. He also was thinking about different ideas, like learning how to actually attack the Nexus forces and therefore ruin his chances of possibly coming back, which to Ernaut, actually meant something; he'd wish for his home to come back after destroying the Comet and changing everything, because he felt that there will never be a place like home right now to him; the town of Castlemore, which had reminded as the town that he grew up in, from his childhood to his starting adulthood. He thought of his parents; Noah and Jeanne, and he still didn't know if he still wanted them or not after fulfilling his mission. He still didn't know if they were still alive or taken somewhere, but he'd need to figure that out as the further he goes into fighting the Chromas…"