Sher Shah couldn't sleep.
Not after that encounter.
Not after Levi.
The name echoed in his mind like a curse.
Every time he closed his eyes, he saw it again—
Cracks in reality.
A presence that felt older than the world itself.
And that voice.
Calm… but absolute.
"You are not supposed to awaken this early."
Sher Shah sat on the broken rooftop of what used to be a school.
The wind carried dust, ash, and something unfamiliar—
Mana.
It wasn't just in people anymore.
It was in the air itself.
He exhaled slowly.
"I need control…"
The moment those words left his mouth—
The world stopped responding.
Not frozen.
Not destroyed.
Just… disconnected.
The sound of wind vanished.
The ruins below him stopped moving.
Even his own heartbeat felt distant.
Sher Shah stood up instantly.
"What is this…?"
A dark line formed in front of him.
Not a crack this time.
A doorway.
Perfectly straight.
Perfectly silent.
Perfectly unnatural.
And from inside it—
A voice.
"Enter."
Sher Shah didn't hesitate.
He stepped forward.
The moment he crossed the threshold—
Reality shattered behind him.
🌌 The Void Dimension
There was no sky.
No ground.
No distance.
Only infinite darkness stretching in every direction.
Yet… he was standing.
On nothing.
Then slowly—
Light appeared.
Floating fragments of land.
Broken structures suspended in emptiness.
And an endless horizon of shattered worlds drifting like debris.
Sher Shah's eyes widened.
"This… isn't a place…"
He paused.
"…it's a system."
A slow clap echoed behind him.
Levi appeared again.
Not stepping out of a crack this time.
He was simply there.
As if he had always been part of this space.
"You understand faster than most."
Sher Shah turned sharply.
"You brought me here?"
Levi walked forward casually, hands behind his back.
"This is the Void Dimension."
A pause.
"The first layer."
Sher Shah frowned.
"First layer?"
Levi nodded slightly.
"There are five."
The space around them trembled faintly as Levi spoke.
As if even the dimension was listening.
"This place is called the Training Ground."
Sher Shah looked around.
The floating land fragments began shifting slowly.
Some were burning.
Some were frozen.
Some were collapsing into nothing.
Levi continued.
"In here, time does not follow your world."
"One hour here… is one minute outside."
Sher Shah's eyes narrowed.
"So this is a time dilation space."
Levi smiled faintly.
"You're already thinking like a survivor."
He raised his hand.
Instantly, a fragment of land shifted toward Sher Shah.
On it—
A creature formed.
Not summoned.
Constructed.
A beast made of pure void energy.
No face.
No shape.
Only hunger.
"This is your first opponent."
Sher Shah's instincts activated instantly.
Fire ignited in his palm.
Water formed around his arm.
Ice sharpened like blades.
But before he could move—
Levi spoke again.
"You will not win using instinct."
The void creature moved.
And in that instant—
Sher Shah was thrown back violently without even seeing the attack.
His body crashed into nothingness.
Pain exploded through him.
He gasped.
"That fast…?"
Levi walked slowly.
"This is the difference between power and understanding."
Sher Shah stood again, breathing heavily.
His elements reacted wildly.
Unstable.
Out of sync.
Levi continued.
"You think Fire, Water, Ice, Magma, Void… are powers."
"They are not."
The void creature reformed behind Sher Shah.
Silent.
Waiting.
"They are languages."
Sher Shah turned just in time—
Too late.
The creature struck him again.
This time, deeper.
More precise.
Like it understood his body better than he did.
He fell to one knee.
Blood hit nothingness… and disappeared.
Levi watched calmly.
"No one survives the Void by force."
"Only by adaptation."
Sher Shah clenched his teeth.
His vision blurred.
His body screamed.
But something inside him—
Finally clicked.
He stopped resisting.
Stopped forcing elements.
Stopped trying to control everything at once.
Instead—
He listened.
The void around him shifted.
Subtly.
Like it was reacting to his awareness.
Levi's eyes narrowed slightly.
"…Interesting."
The creature charged again.
Faster than before.
But this time—
Sher Shah didn't move away.
He raised his hand slowly.
And for the first time—
The Void responded to him.
The space around the creature twisted—
And then—
Everything went silent again.
The creature stopped mid-motion.
Not frozen.
Not destroyed.
Just… erased from its own movement.
Levi's expression changed for the first time.
Barely.
But enough.
Sher Shah stared at his hand.
"…I didn't use an element."
Levi spoke softly.
"That wasn't an element."
A pause.
"That was the beginning."
Suddenly—
The entire Void Dimension trembled.
Not lightly.
Violently.
As if something far deeper had reacted.
Far above them—
A massive shadow opened its eye.
Levi's voice dropped for the first time.
"…That should not be awake yet."
Sher Shah looked up.
"What is that…?"
The space above them cracked open slowly.
And from it—
Something began to descend.
Not a creature.
Not an attack.
Something far worse.
Levi turned slightly toward Sher Shah.
For the first time—
Serious.
"…Run."
Sher Shah's body froze.
"Run?"
The shadow descended further.
And reality itself began collapsing around it.
Levi raised his hand slightly.
The Void Dimension split open beside Sher Shah.
A forced exit.
But before Sher Shah could step back—
The shadow locked onto him.
And in that instant—
He realized something horrifying.
It wasn't looking at Levi.
It was looking at him.