Battle, slaughter, bloodshed! The grim, icy tone unique to the world of Senluo never ceased. A lofty stage piled from mountains of corpses and seas of blood was the stage of the strong, while the wails and tears of the weak would forever go unheard.
People often asked what "becoming stronger" was truly for. Why did "power" possess such immense allure that one brilliant genius after another would cast aside the restraints of humanity and rules to act as they pleased?
Perhaps this was something creatures of the Good alignment could never understand, but often, "strength" itself was a reason to exist, as well as the most precious and incomparable wealth in the world.
For the chance to grow stronger, mortals gambled their lives to become professionals; professionals gave their all to become Legends; Legends spared no billions of years in openly defying "fate"... For strength, no matter how perilous the adventure, they would not hesitate; no matter how inhumane the circumstances, they could turn a blind eye. Such conviction could also be called—dreams!
Pursuing one's dreams by any means necessary—this was the Netherese spirit!
In fact, it was precisely this spirit that had driven the two Bright Moon Professionals from the Faerun plane to enter this mysterious forbidden place: Dolush's Eye, the Semi-Mechanical Moon hanging high in the heavens. This time, the two collaborators with ulterior motives would confront a powerful mechanical construct together, kill her, plunder her wealth, and relish her defeat.
Even though they had held no grudge against each other before this.
"..."
Dolush's Eye was not a planet in the conventional sense. Although its diameter reached a full million kilometers, there was no atmosphere or gravitational magnetic field around this spherical construct. The magical structure surrounding the entire Semi-Mechanical Moon was actually a translucent special