Burning

Karfei Realm

In the past, this had been a domain of pale white ice.

Bitterly cold ice and snow had blanketed this place without end.

Freezing seawater had continuously battered the shore beneath the driving wind and snow.

The snow-covered mountain ranges had been like icy razors thrusting straight into the clouds.

Cold, desolate, lifeless—this had been Karfei Realm's first impression upon others.

And its rulers had been a group of ancient Undead Creatures.

In the distant past, when they had still been among the living,

they had established an incomparably glorious dynasty here.

Powerful and wealthy.

But as time passed, every trace of that former civilization had long since been deeply buried beneath the ice and snow.

Those living beings had also, one after another, transformed into corpse-like Undead Creatures.

Every day, they guarded the treasures they had left behind in the underground tombs.

Only when Omen Road opened would they swarm forth, heading to other realms to seize every treasure they could seize, using them to fill their already crammed treasuries.

Over the accumulation of countless days and years, no one knew just how many treasures were hidden within this region buried beneath endless glaciers.

Thus,

countless treasure hunters had once entered this place one after another, seeking only a scattered scrap of wealth.

No one knew how many had departed with treasure, nor how many had remained here forever.

But now, the ice and snow that had remained unchanged for ten thousand years had completely vanished.

What had replaced them was blazing fire!

Endless, scorching flames!

Ever since Orsaga, in Demon Form, had appeared in Karfei Realm not long ago,

even though he had done nothing at all,

merely ceasing to suppress the power within his body,

endless Heavenly Fire had descended directly from the heavens!

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