As the largest and strongest empire humanity had once possessed, Mistergo, its imperial capital, had naturally been an exceptionally magnificent metropolis.
No one now knew what Mistergo had once truly looked like, but ancient texts recorded the following passage...
"It was the grandest structure in the Source, and the most prosperous city among humankind."
"Its chalk-white city walls seemed to radiate brilliance at every moment, while each of its buildings could be called a work of art."
"Some called it a paradise, while others called it the most perfect model of human architecture."
"Believe me, it was definitely a beautiful, great, and prosperous city."
From those words alone, one could see just how grand and glorious Mistergo had once been.
Yet today, the city that met Riezel and the others' eyes had, just as Riezel had said, become... hell.
"Roar..."
"Howl..."
Amid intermittent roars and furious howls, grotesque Abyss Creatures flew through the air, wandered across the ground, or clung directly to the city walls, turning the place into a genuine land of demonic evil.
The city stood amid the dense black mist formed from Abyss Aura.
Its exterior was incredibly ruined, like an ancient tree that had withered through the ages, bearing scars of damage everywhere.
Piles of ghastly white bones covered its surroundings. Dried blood stained the ground and walls, while desiccated corpses with expressions of obvious agony lay strewn everywhere, making it easy to imagine the despair and pain they had endured before death.
Most chilling of all, some of the corpses and bones would suddenly move. Some gathered the surrounding remains and turned into Skeleton Soldiers, while others directly became zombie-like low-level undead that wandered nearby, occasionally letting out low growls and creating an atmosphere of fear.
"Th-this is Mistergo?"
Merlot, Naisha, and Belti involuntarily clenched