Mary’s body stiffened with fear. Ch-Ch-Ch! Shadows rose up from under her feet and swallowed her body whole. Even as she was being enveloped, Mary didn’t even think of resisting.

‘Who are these guys and why are they here?’ Yeon-woo narrowed his eyes as he sensed Mary sleeping quietly within the shadows. If there was a force that could mobilize people like Mary and Chemical, Yeon-woo would be in for a difficult challenge. ‘They’re not a part of the Sea of Time.’

The Sea of Time rarely appeared in public. Although this was also a quality that Chemical and Mary shared, he couldn’t find the official seal of the Sea of Time on their bodies.  

The Sea of Time is more of a secret organization than a clan. They only operate within compartmentalized groups, and only the leaders know who the members are. They have one common goal and work to realize it.

Members take on a different identity in public. Most of them go around as hired mercenaries or pretend to be inhabitants of certain floors. Others even join merchant unions. Sometimes, they enter the other Large Clans as spies, which is why many clans work tirelessly to filter out possible infiltrators. They are everywhere yet nowhere—that’s what can be said about them.

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