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On the small island, steeped in a terrifying atmosphere beneath the pitch-black moonlit night, horrifying statues surrounded Noah and his group.
They were petrified humanoid statues.
Some of the people in the statues wore ragged cloth garments, some wore armor, some were fully armed, and some traveled lightly. Yet without exception, all of them carried weapons. Their muscles bulged in distinct blocks, their builds were robust, and they exuded an extraordinary sense of menace.
However, the expressions on those statues—figures who were strong, armed, and obviously far from ordinary—made Erica, Yuri, Lilliana, and Ena all draw a sharp breath.
What sort of expressions were they?
—Terror.
—Wailing.
—Horror.
—Despair.
Every expression and posture on those humanoid statues perfectly conveyed such emotions. They were incredibly vivid, as though they were real people.
And if they had truly been real people, what had they experienced before being petrified to wear such expressions?
No one, Noah included, could imagine it.
There was only one thing they could be certain of.
If these stone statues had once been real people, then before they were petrified, they must have seen hell.
"The stone statues on Serpent Demon Island..." Erica murmured involuntarily.
"They are just like the Island of Mist..."
—The Island of Mist.
The island where Gorgon Medusa dwelled in Greek Mythology.
In Greek Mythology, Medusa had originally been a Goddess, but Athena cursed her and caused her to fall into becoming a monster. She lived on an island called the Island of Mist with