At the border between the Restricted Zone and the Eternal Night Empire:
A group of Third Limit warriors, even Second Limit warriors, worked together to hunt down wandering evils and monsters, dragging their corpses into the Fire Pit.
Each corpse thrown in made the Fire Pit's flames burn a little brighter, driving away a little more darkness.
More than a dozen warriors gathered around the Fire Pit, drinking small cups of wine, roasting dried rations, and discussing the direction of their next hunt.
Just then, a Third Limit warrior who had been drinking froze.
The others laughed. "What's wrong? Why are you spacing out?"
Gulp!
The Third Limit warrior swallowed and pointed behind them.
The warriors' scalps went numb. Their first thought was—an overwhelming tide of evils had swept toward them.
Every muscle in their bodies tensed as they frantically sensed the situation behind them.
Yet they could sense nothing.
At that moment:
They discovered that their shadows, which should have been behind them, had somehow appeared in front of them.
Then they saw the pitch-black sky turn white.
They mechanically turned their heads and saw a small sun rolling across the earth toward them.
No, it was not a small sun.
It was a gigantic moving Fire Pit.
The Fire Pit's radiance was like that of a true sun.
Wherever it passed, all darkness within ten thousand meters was driven away.
Rolling black smoke rose from the pitch-black earth.
Countless evils let out shrill screams before the light reduced them to ashes.
When the moving Fire Pit's light shone upon them, rolling black smoke rose from their bodies as well.
In an instant, they felt both body and mind become clear and unobstructed, as though they had grown ten years younger.
"What a powerful Fire Pit!"
Gulp!
Gulp!
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