Dragonbane exuded heat, seeming to have a mind of its own as it shone brightly.As they traveled deeper into the palace, the pair came across some huge fallen pillars. Inky black in color and placed in a complex sequence, these pillars held up the palace once. They had engraving all over them.Adrian walked toward the nearest pillar. It was engraved with a dragon ascending up the pillar. "So cold,” he said as he touched the pillar.The entire pillar was encased in ice. Rozi took out a flashlight, and Adrian taught her how to turn it on.When it was on, Rozi shone the light on the pillar and said, "The pillars have been around for a very long time. They’ve become encased in ice. It looks brittle and easily destroyed."Adrian nodded. He was unable to tell what was hidden within the pillars since they were frozen solid. After studying the pillar, he realized something was off about the engraving. Rather than being a simple engraving of a dragon, it was formed by countless humans in a
“That person was so powerful that not even the joined humans were capable of defeating them. I'm curious who built this place, and how many years ago did this happen."Rozi seemed very curious. She was trying to recall something, most likely the part of her memories that had been reset.Meanwhile, Adrian was studying the pillar. After a while, he said, "Judging by the engravings, they seem to be traditional handiwork of Ancient Navia, the very first dynasties from five thousand years ago. Take a look at their clothes. They look like people from that era."He was amazed by the details of the humans forming the dragon. Even the clothes they were wearing had been exquisitely engraved.“Ancient Navia from five thousand years ago? Are you sure?"Adrian nodded. "Judging by the engraving, they look very much like technology from that era. And, the clothes they're wearing further support my theory. It looks like this happened during Ancient Navia's time."If that is the case, it's no won
The engraving was describing a catastrophe. The giant shadow erased everyone's memories after the battle, causing humans to forget everything that had happened. As dynasties changed, the people forgot everything that had happened. Adrian was slowly getting to the bottom of the matter. A life-and-death battle had taken place between humans and the Creator, and the losers had their memories erased. "Many humans perished in this event, while the ones who survived had their memories reset. We forgot all of this and everything related to that person, yet they still rule us from behind the scenes."Rozi became emotional. She reached out to touch the pillar, which was ice-cold to the touch. The engravings showed immortals dying one after the other by the shadow's humongous hand as it controlled the world.Everything was turning into nothingness.Adrian took a deep breath, slightly frightened by the information he had just glimpsed. "The Creator is planning to erase everyone's memories
Adrian frowned as he pointed to the engravings. "Look here. The immortals even chose to self-destruct to try and take down the shadow."Rozi nodded. "You're right. They were brave and unafraid of death. It looked like they became numb toward the idea of dying and were insistent on taking down that person, even if it meant their doom."Adrian said, "Exactly. What do you think the immortals could’ve gone through to make them steel themselves to sacrifice themselves? They wouldn’t have become so fearless toward death if they hadn't been forced to their utmost limits. All this means something…"They had been driven to a point where they would die whether or not they fought back. That's why they chose to take out the shadow at the cost of their lives. This is proof that the Creator was like the devil to them, one that struck nothing but terror in their hearts. However, drive a rat into a corner bites, even at the cost of its life."Rozi nodded in agreement. "You're right. That person mu
The engravings sent chills down the pair’s spines. They could tell how intense and brutal this ultimate battle had been. It was unknown how many people had perished during the battle or how many more had their memories reset.Rozi was heartbroken. Suddenly, she yelled, "Look out!" A strong gust blew as a scythe went for Adrian's head. Rozi yelled just as the blade approached.Feeling danger coming toward him, Adrian turned around and dodged the attack in the nick of time.Clang! The scythe landed on a pillar, instantly crushing it. Rozi took a few steps back and clenched her right fist. A silver sword appeared in her hand. The sword was filled with silver runes.Adrian rolled across the floor after barely evading the fatal attack. When he got up, he and Rozi had formed a pincer formation. The master of the scythe revealed itself to be a giant monster. It was more than five meters tall and was wearing armor. It resembled a human, yet was not. It had razor-sharp claws and was fil
At that moment, Dragonbane emitted a golden hue. With a golden dragon wrapped around him, Adrian leaped into the air and stabbed at the monster.The monster fell forward, and Adrian leaped away by kicking the monster’s body. The creature slammed into one of the pillars, and the pillar crumbled under the tremendous force. Corpses and skeletons suddenly appeared. There were human corpses hidden within the pillars."What the… Why are there so many corpses?!" Adrian was astonished by the number of bodies falling out of the pillar.Rozi backed away, staring at the monster as she said, "Forget them. We need to focus on the monster right now. My instincts tell me it won’t go down that easily."Meanwhile, the monster had gotten back up. It instantly appeared behind Adrian, its scythe emanating an aura of death. Though it was just a split second, Adrian could sense death knocking on his doorstep. He could hear the countless wails coming from the scythe. The scythe seemed to hold souls suf
The scythe's attacks felt like a terrifying curse. Adrian and Rozi could feel the soul locked within the curse running amok. The giant scythe would reap all of the souls it could. Dragonbane unleashed a wave of heat, but it was no match for the chilling cold coming from the scythe. The black aura around the scythe chilled one to the bone. It pierced through even their thick clothes. Rozi shivered profusely from the cold. She found it hard to hold onto her sword and was hit by a strong urge to resign herself to her fate whenever the scythe attacked. She felt like it wanted to redeem her soul.At that moment, a string of memories flooded Rozi’s mind. The memory fragments she had lost came back to her, causing her to shiver uncontrollably. She fell to her knees in anguish as she grasped her lost memories. Catching this opening, the monster yelled as it swung its scythe. The souls within the weapon wailed, and a chilling cold gathered around the weapon. Rozi's head would roll if the
But another arm grew back in the blink of an eye. The monster was unstoppable. With a beam of black light, the scythe leaped back into the monster's grasp."This thing is unkillable." Adrian frowned. He had understood two things during the battle.The monster's attack was profound and conjured illusions in whoever got close to it. Should he lose control, the weapon of death would surely redeem his soul. This redemption entailed the scythe sucking in one’s soul and trapping the soul within itself forever.Secondly, the monster did not have an actual body. Its body was a conjurement, allowing it to regenerate infinitely no matter how severe its wounds were. This monster was unlike the zombie guards in Enigma City. Although the zombies were undead, they were rendered immobile once their legs were severed. But this monster could instantly regrow lost limbs. It could regenerate its stomach even if a hole had been blasted through it. This monster was like an unkillable boss in a video