Over through the night and what happened yesterday, Ernaut was getting quite tired of being stuck in a rock and a hard place. He had already managed to get through the obstacles while on his way to Hobbs's Summit, one of the towns in Evergrove that Isaiah told him to find a dock that could take him to the island where the Gems of Power were to be able to find a portal there that could take him east, but as Ernaut knew, getting through the town wasn't easy, because he at the point had been already proclaimed the number one criminal across Nexus, and has been marked "wanted" across all around the Nexus, recalling the posters that Janice had shown him before he went on the run out of Castlemore.

He had thought about how it all began, his house being destroyed by the Chromas, the wanted posters that came in, and then the run out of Castlemore, Genevie being killed by an unknown entity. He didn't see or know who killed Genevie with the arrows. He didn't think it was Quinn because she would've still been at Evergrove at the point, he thought it could be either Shion or possibly another Nexus soldier, because Shion was not only capable of swordsmanship, but also the bow and arrow as well. He thought of the ship he snuck onto at Evergrove. At first, he didn't even know that he was going in the right direction, until he eventually learned that there was an island that was east of Evergrove that had a portal that could take him to the eastern lands of Teya where the Comet was. That was of course, why Ernaut was going to Hobbs's Summit, to find the island that could take him east.

Ernaut was getting closer and closer to Hobbs's Summit, and he felt finally to his destination when he saw the town entrance of Hobbs's Summit, with the sign next to it saying exactly where he was, but he already felt like he was getting into another battle when he saw the woman with the two crossbows. To him, she looked like to be another one of those major forces against him aside from the regular soldiers of the Nexus. Ernaut stopped when the woman started to talk to him first;

"Order from the Daybreaker. You're not allowed here." the woman with the two crossbows said, upon Ernaut's entry to Hobbs's Summit, the town as the sign had addressed. At this point, Ernaut felt like fighting her again and trying to get through Hobbs's Summit, but he wanted to wait and see what Quinn was capable of.

"Who are you? I've never seen you before… wait a second. You must be Quinn, the Daybreaker with the two crossbows!" Ernaut said. "Also, I'm trying to leave the Nexus as soon as possible because you guys are treating me like a witchcraft man because of some higher powered artifact!"

"Yes, that is right, I am Quinn, the Daybreaker of the Nexus! I specialize in crossbows and the ability to make swift strikes and create all sorts of arrow coatings. But that's not important. You're still wanted dead in the Nexus, and you're still running away, so time to die!" Quinn introduced herself before firing her crossbows towards him.

In response to Quinn's crossbow strikes, Ernaut did dodge after dodge between the arrows, and he knew he had to keep on going to continue his mission. He was running through Hobbs's Summit to stop Quinn from firing, because she knew that she could end up shooting at innocent people instead of Ernaut, so Quinn sheathed both of her crossbows and then chased after him across the streets.

"Witch Runner! Witch Runner!" One of the townsfolk said, pointing out where Ernaut was running. Having heard the words of the townsfolk, Quinn decided to take the name calling of "Witch Runner" and eventually decided to call him out;

"Alright Witch Runner! Your time is up!" Quinn said, upon Ernaut running at a dead end. However, Ernaut still wouldn't give up. He then casted the Spirit Spear, which let him joust through the brick fences of Hobbs's Summit and manage to get away.

"Ernaut! Ernaut! This is your chance to fight back! Use my powers and I'll be able to defend you from Quinn or whatever comes after you!" Karin exclaimed, trying to get Ernaut to fight back.

"Okay, this is my only shot right now, I need to fire two Spirit Needles towards Quinn's crossbows so I can be really safe right now. I need to find a ship here, take it, and find my way east right now." Ernaut replied, readying his weapons to try and stop Quinn from chasing him. First, he cast the Spirit Needles toward Quinn, but then…

"Hahaha! Magic missiles? I should be able to dodge this!" Quinn said towards the two Spirit Needles that were going after him. Standing still, Quinn did a side-flip, diverting the Spirit Needles and then disintegrating them due to their limited range. After the dodge, Quinn kept on chasing Ernaut through Hobbs's Summit.

"She dodged my Spirit weaponry. No human has ever done that before." Ernaut said, being surprised on Quinn successfully dodging his attacks. He kept on running and running until he eventually got to another dead end. Apparently, there were no ships at the port of Hobbs's Summit, meaning there was no way for Ernaut to find his way east at all! Ernaut felt like his better choice right now wasn't to fight back, but to instead accept what's going on right now and work it up to the top from here, so he decided to give up right now and then have Quinn attack him instead, because it wasn't worth fighting back in Hobbs's Summit at the dead-end right now.

Quinn had finally shot an arrow towards Ernaut's knee, puncturing it but not impaling it. It let out a bloody wound, enough to incapacitate Ernaut in order to stop him from running away. To Quinn, she felt victorious over him, and then after the shot, dozens of guards and townspeople surrounded him.

"Did you, did you defeat the Witch Runner?" One of the townspeople asked, seeing the shot that Quinn actually made towards Ernaut; the arrow towards Ernaut's knee that knocked him unconscious.

"Yes. Yes I did. I've finally defeated Ernaut, or should we say the Witch Runner. We're going to be taking him to the Nexus Capital's Supreme Court, where we will determine the fate of Ernaut, and then do the rest from here. He's going to be taken there in a military ship." Quinn replied.

Beck had finally ran towards Quinn's arrow, Beck knew that Wally had finally won against the battle against the runaway Ernaut, and that they were finally able to take him in for justice, and that location would be none other than the largest area in the Kingdom of Nexus; the Nexus Capital island, where they had the Supreme Court and the Supreme Prison.

"It's about time you finally get taken into justice, because we've had enough of your attempts to run away from us from when you were wanted dead back in Castlemore, " Beck pulled out a bag which Ernaut didn't know what it was, and then Beck poured it onto his face, which left him being intoxicated to sleep. The bag had what could be called sleep powder or a sleep toxin. He was then eventually carried into guards and then onto a military ship that took him to the Nexus Capital. Hours passed, and Ernaut eventually woke up. He noticed that he was cuffed to one of the comfortable seats of the ship, likely to prevent escaping.

"Ernaut! We can break out of this"- Karin said before Ernaut snapping her into stasis again and cutting her conversation out of Ernaut's ears, because he didn't want to be bothered at the point. He didn't want to fight his way out of the Nexus Capital at the point, because he wanted to see if everything was actually up to no good at this point before making his move. After some time, the ship arrived at the cities of the Nexus Capital, with the clock at the 3:30 hand, likely taking place at the afternoon. He'd been in the ship for hours, but he was cuffed right now, and his only direction to go was to follow where the guards were taking him; whether it be either the prison or somewhere.

Through the large cities of the Nexus Capital, Ernaut was cuffed and was following two guards from the military ship. They were heading for the Nexus Capital's courthouse, the courthouse where they'll declare Ernaut's trial, which to him he knew it was no good for him, but as he knew; the courthouse is the process which most people go through before they are thrown into the prison. His leg was no longer bleeding at all, because he already woke up during the ship, and noticed his black pants were already rolled up, and that there were white bandages all over the wound, with a towel aside from him which had some blood on it, which suggests that the towel was used to clean the blood off before bandaging it.

Entering the courthouse, there was one judge in front of them, as well as a jury on the side. There were Nexus guards everywhere across the trial, and shortly afterwards, the jury started to fill in, including Mayor Wally and everyone else that opposed Ernaut's journey. After some time where the people were all assembled into the positions; jury, plaintiff, defendant, and everything else, the court trial started to begin with the announcement;

"People of the Nexus, this is the trial of Nexus v. Ernaut, and therefore we can commence this trial right now, now that we've brought in the defendant, Ernaut." the announcer said upon Ernaut taking his defendant's seat.

"Has the jury reached a verdict?" The judge said, starting off the trial of Ernaut.

"Yes, we have. We find the defendant, Ernaut, also known as the Witch Runner, guilty of evading the witch trials, bringing in the Chromas, and using unidentified weapons of mass destruction." Mayor Wally said as well. Including him in the jury, were some people of the Nexus Capital, and also Shion, Beck, and Quinn were on the front as well, Wally included.

"Alright, it's about time we confirm all of this. Everyone, state whether or not he's guilty or not guilty." The judge moved on to the next step, having all of the major authorities step in and vote on whether or not Ernaut is guilty or not.

"Guilty." Wally said, beginning the first vote.

"Guilty." Beck said. Ernaut knew that everyone here would state "guilty" to him, and that it would be a complete knockout.

"Guilty." Shion said after Beck.

"Guilty." Quinn said after Shion.

"Not guilty." One businessperson said after Quinn, who Ernaut did not recognize at first. To Ernaut, he looked like he was trying to support him, even though one vote wasn't going to be enough for him. Ernaut knew that he was going to try his best on actually explaining him, and he also sounded like he actually believed in the Tear of Heaven, the Comet, and the Chromas.

"Guilty." Everyone else said, one by one. So far, there were only 11 votes, and 10 of them were guilty, and only one was "not guilty", and that the judge wanted a follow-up upon the "not guilty" response, and whether or not the "not guilty" vote was an attempt to change everything or an attempt to prove Ernaut's innocence., which sounded like the former to most people in the jury.

"Okay, so only one person stated "not guilty". So, Stanley, explain why he's not guilty and innocent, even with those weapons of mass destruction." The judge said towards Stanley, who was the last one that stated not guilty.

"Alright, this is all a big misunderstanding. He was a good friend of me, and I'm one of those people, who can believe in the Tear of Heaven, and those Chromas. He was fighting off the Chromas with the Tear of Heaven, and apparently the Tear of Heaven has destined Ernaut on a quest to change his life forever, and that is ending the Epoch of the Comet and redeeming Aruku. Aruku is Aruku, not the Comet Caller. Janice and Genevie from Castlemore, they believed in Aruku and the Tear of Heaven. You guys didn't. If you had listened to what the mysterious man was talking about, we wouldn't have the Chromas here and you wouldn't have been torturing him. So please, let him go, let him go on his quest to change the world forever and defeat the Chromas." Stanley said, pleading that Ernaut be released.

Everyone in the jury laughed in response. Ernaut didn't even find it funny as well, but Karin had a plan to be seriously exposed. Karin knew the rules of the trial, but she decided to break them to be even more serious.

"Wait! I've got something to say as well." Karin said, out in the open from Ernaut's glowing hand.

"Who said that? Did we have someone else join in unexpectedly?" The judge said.

"Apparently it's Karin, or should I say the Tear of Heaven. I am the Goddess of Wisdom who as you know, I was from the Tear of Heaven, but then Ernaut unlocked it onto me, and he's capable of a lot more than you expect. He aims to fulfill my promise of going east to end the Epoch of the Comet, which Aruku tried to fight for, but she was seduced by the Call of the Comet. What you call the weapons of mass destruction, I provided them for him, the Spirit Fist, the Spirit Needle, and the Spirit Spear, all which are weapons that he's capable off, but you aren't because I'm not bonded to anyone else. You were right about the mysterious man, he was the one to tell about everything in the beginning, and then because Ernaut developed interest in Aruku, I was able to find my way to Castlemore via crashing down into the mine, where he found me and unlocked it into my body. As for the situation with the Chromas, he's also capable of taking the Chromas down, and the only way to easily survive against the Chromas is to believe in good dreams." Karin explained.

"So, you're trying to explain everything. Should we believe in everything Karin says, or no?" The judge replied, trying to continue the trial. "Take Stanley out of the trial, because I don't see why listen to him because he sounds like he's trying to defect out of the trial and provide Ernaut a supportive distraction." Stanley was eventually removed from the trial by force with the guards of the Nexus Capital. Ernaut remained silent during this situation, because he didn't want to interrupt the trial because he was told to have the right to remain silent on the way to the courthouse and that anything that he said might end up in court.

"No, we shouldn't listen to Karin right now. I think so far, the Tear of Heaven is capable of talking, but none of the information right now that she just told matters to us any longer. As you know. That's why we shall not listen to anything Karin says, except for say the Chromas right now, because so far the Chromas are the ONLY thing we've witnessed aside from Karin's abilities." Wally said, trying to put an end to the trial.

"Very well, it seems like the jury has ruled out a decision. So, do you, the defendant Ernaut, have any last words before we end this trial here?" the judge asked towards Ernaut.

"No, your honor." Ernaut replied, looking depressed and guilty on his face. Karin didn't say anything in return, but from her own perspective, she was started to look kind of disappointed in Ernaut's decisions.

"Alright, the trial is over. Ernaut, I have a conclusion right now. You will be sentenced to death. You will first go to the prison and then stay there for two days, and then on the third day, you will be taken to be executed. We were considering on removing this thingamajig out of your body, but we decided not to because apparently this thing, Karin, or whatever you call it, may be too embedded to be removed from your body." The judge ruled.

The judge gaveled three times with his hammer, concluding the end of the trial. What Ernaut learned from that trial was that everything was going to be up to no good; he's going to be placed on death penalty in two days. He's going to be thrown in the prison for some time, and then he's going to be given the death penalty. He knew that he needed to get out of there and eventually figure out a plan with Karin, but he didn't want to disclose everything or else he'd get caught. He remained normal during the process that was going on after the trial; where Ernaut gets escorted to the Nexus Capital Supreme Prison, and then taken to his cell with two guards in front of him and the back of him. Ernaut didn't want to fight back at this point, because he wanted to wait until everything was settled down at the Supreme Prison.

Upon getting into his cell and the bars closing behind him, Karin wanted to talk with him again. She wanted to express her disappointment in him upon Ernaut's lack of success while at Hobbs's Summit.

"So, Ernaut, why would you in fact give up here? You had a promise to fulfill, but it seems like you are choosing not to fulfill my promise. What exactly happened earlier that made you want to actually get defeated at this point. We could've fought back against those people together and we could've actually continued on the quest." Karin asked, with an expression that represented disappointment.

"I was told that I would be able to find a ship at Hobbs's Summit that I can take to find my way east, but all of the ships were gone. I knew my only option right now was to get defeated and end up here in prison, because I have a different plan which I can carve out right now. I need to be able to get out of this place, take one of their ships, and then get out of this place alive." Ernaut replied.

"I see. So, how would you break out of this prison without anyone noticing? You're going to have to trust in me to do so, and that will require a lot of planning to figure out a way out of this Nexus Capital Supreme Prison or wherever you are."

"Yes. So far, I've never ever been to the Nexus Capital, and the only thing that I know about it is that it is much more populated than the other two islands, Aurora and Evergrove aside from the fact that you know, it was founded way before Aurora and Evergrove were discovered and colonialized. This is where the kingdom of Nexus began, and I need to find a way out of here, not right away, but before my execution begins, which would be no sooner than tomorrow, because I need some rest right now and you can't be active all of the time, especially when you had to put up tents most of the time to ensure I can have a healthy sleep."

"So, are you going to have to fight your way out of this prison and then steal a ship from here? It sounds a lot more complex, but I still have faith in you right now. Keep in mind, a lot of these things wouldn't have been possible without me; concealing your footsteps, those Spirit weaponry that I provided for you, and of course, the tents that I provided you so you can camp for the night during your journey, but keep in mind that those abilities weren't for free. You had to unlock me first and then fight off the Chromas, and there were times where I was depleted of energy right now, and what did you do to gain that energy back for me? Fighting Chromas, that was the answer. Eventually, you're going to have to learn how to survive without me, because eventually, I won't be able to live with you forever, because you're going to have to release me when you finally change the world forever." Karin said, which sounded like a situation where Ernaut would express his feelings over and ask her back another question.

"Release you? What's going to happen to you?" Ernaut questioned, becoming concerned on what would happen with Karin after his quest is fulfilled.

"I will head back up to the Realm of the God-Emperors after you change the world, because these Tears are not meant to stay in our world forever, because they are meant to be used and then returned." Karin explained.

"I'm still thinking of heading back to this place after I change the world and defeat all of the Chromas. As you won't be with me after I change the world, I'm still leaning towards staying in the Kingdom of the Nexus in my newly restored home; the home that the Chromas destroyed."

"I understand you still have that motivation, but eventually partway through the journey, you're going to have an ally that's so close to you, that you sooner or later, you have to accept whether or not moving back is going to be the best choice for you. Do you expect that as well, where there might be allies like you that become so close that you become friends with them for life?"

"Yes, I eventually will, because I can't end the Epoch of the Comet alone and destroy all of the Chromas, I have a lot more things to do when I find my way east, especially when it comes to things like redeeming Aruku, finding allies like Gabriella, and then finding a way inside the Comet to solve the mystery of the Call of the Comet, the call that seduced Aruku. Some of this you were talking about yesterday, which is something I'll think of when I reach the eastern lands after I break out of this prison."

"Are you getting tired right now, because it seems like you had a long day right now. I can end this conversation right now because you're yawning at this point, which I can hear you." Karin asked whether to end the conversation right now."

"Yes, I've had a long day; finding myself at a dead end at Hobbs's Summit, and then the trial where I got put into a death penalty, and now I'm finally in jail, but it's not going to be the end of me here, because I'm surely going to find a way out of here right now, but it's not going to be easy, it'll take a lot of strategy and a lot of you to be able to make it out of here alive." Ernaut concluded.

"Ultimately, there's nothing that I cannot do for you that won't really help you on the journey. Everything that I've ever done for you has always helped you in your journey, but eventually you're going to learn how to adapt to situations without me and learn how to fight the Chromas for real. That's what I've been trying to tell you several times, but you never ever succeeded, and I understand it takes entirely a miracle to do so."

Ernaut eventually fell asleep in his cell. Karin had at least some rest from being forced to put up tents for the night, which she had been doing for Ernaut every night, and that was something Karin wanted a break for, because there was barely any beds that Ernaut could at least take over through his journey, which meant the only way that Ernaut could get a sustainable sleep was Karin's tent.