The Representative Professors, each bearing the pride of their own Empires, stood shoulder to shoulder in a tight formation, their bodies trembling under the immense strain.
They were grouped together with a singular mission—to keep the Origin Pillars sealed beneath the earth. Their combined effort was the last line of defence.
"Just how much longer do we have to keep holding this damn thing?" one of them muttered in a hoarse voice, his tone laced with fatigue and frustration. His expression was drained, sweat dripping from his jaw as if his strength had already been scraped to the bone.
He looked like a man on the verge of collapsing.
