Dragon Sleep Continent, former site of the Shadowflame Kingdom.
Time was the finest carving knife, sculpting everything with the passage of years. A mere century or so was enough to make people forget everything.
Untamed weeds grew wantonly across former farmlands, while primeval forests steadily buried the traces of past human activity. The seasons turned, washing and scouring the land again and again, until even the ruins weathered into dust.
The once-thriving Shadowflame Kingdom had been carved by time's knife, caught between forests and wild grass, into a savage land.
The Dragon Sleep Continent had fallen silent.
But it had not fallen completely silent. As long as the Amber Dreamscape had not been stripped away, the Dragon Sleep Continent could maintain its ecosystem for another day.
An ecosystem without magic, an ordinary world that no longer possessed Extraordinary Power.
"Primitive, yet vigorous. I truly wonder where these living things will go once the Amber Dreamscape is stripped away and the Dragon Sleep Continent falls completely silent." Rose Duke Elden Swirlwall gazed at the distant forest and sighed.
He was already an Ancient Dragon Knight. He had been the Rose Duke in the Ice Wall Kingdom, and now, in the Amber Federation, he had once again been granted the title of Rose Duke.
"Shattered. Extinct..." The one who answered him was not Russell, but Dalimu Ice Prism, rider of the Vengeful Ancient Dragon.
Ever since entering the Amber Dreamscape, Young Master Dalimu had gradually found release with Russell's help and no longer needed to sink into the abyss of vengeance. But true release would have to wait until the Amber Dreamscape was completely stripped away.
The Free Ancient Dragon Saiban said softly, "Their direction of growth is wrong. No matter how prosperous they become, they will still head toward destruction."
"Enough,