Time flew like an arrow; the sun and moon raced like a shuttle.
Who knew how many more years passed, or how many generations of priests had been replaced.
With no replenishment for so long, the Abundance Power left behind by Calyrex inevitably began to dissipate, and the harsh environment of the Land of Glacial Prison swept in once more.
The entire Ice King City was once again plunged into bitter cold, even more ferocious than before.
Diancie and the Carbink that had once visited also never appeared again for some unknown reason. Even those dispatched by the current priests to seek help only returned with news that the Ore Kingdom had vanished.
Ice King City gradually declined, until even the last infant perished in the frozen embrace of its parents.
From then on, Ice King City held no more Life Energy and became a dead city buried beneath ice.
"..."
Though the illusion presented that segment as rapidly flickering, slideshow-like fragments, Su Hao still fell silent for a long while.
Seeing the city where he had once stayed for so long, a city Calyrex had treasured deeply as a friend, decline and perish... even knowing it was merely a scene from the past, his mood inevitably sank.
But before long, a group of travel-worn figures arrived at the city buried beneath heavy snow.
There were human soldiers who looked like savages, as well as a majestic king at their head, walking over the ice, riding a white horse with a black horse following behind.
As if they had endured a long and brutal war, Calyrex returned to Ice King City with an army reduced many times over.
Yet there was no one left in this city to welcome the heroes whose lives Calyrex had extended.
Standing atop a cliff,