Chapter 1: A Nightmare

Ancienverse Book Zero. It was the end of the world. They just didn't know it yet.

Long before Ash Ketchum stepped out on his adventure, there was Akari, a girl with nightmares of a town in flames, and the untapped, dangerous wilderness of the region of Hisui. When a lightning storm strikes, however, and her brother is left on death's door following a disastrous mission, Akari steps forth to the unknown, seeking answers...

...and the much darker purpose that awaits in the shadow of the gods.