The Shadow World... or rather, the newly reborn Shadow World.
After the three-day update period ended, quite a number of players chose to log into the Shadow World at the very first opportunity.
As the Lord of the Five Grains Cycle, who had risen to fame in a single battle, PrayerUnderDreams was likewise among the first batch of players to log in.
But looking at the scene before him, he rather suspected that he had come to the wrong place.
Clean, orderly streets, magnificent plazas, rows upon rows of towering buildings... What stood before him was entirely different from the ruined, filthy little town he remembered.
They had still appeared in the enormous central plaza that had originally been used for setting up stalls. However, the plaza had clearly undergone extensive renovations, its uneven and dirty ground replaced by clean, smooth marble slabs.
At the very center of the plaza was something resembling a fountain—a lake of lava... Wait, why was it lava?
Staring at the lava lake bubbling away in the distance, PrayerUnderDreams was left somewhat dumbfounded.
Before he could remain stunned for long, several gentle women in matching uniforms approached their group and introduced this brand-new town with professional smiles.
Those details were not even the most important part. What mattered most was that each of those women had a name floating above her head, just like NPCs in some RPG Games.
...Was this really a game world?
PrayerUnderDreams was not the only one; most of the other Players had the same thought arise in their minds.
Then, led by those NPC guides, PrayerUnderDreams and the other Players from the first batch to enter the Shadow World took a thorough tour of the new Shadow Town.
This new town had many additional buildings, as well as a large