The longer Hao Ren stayed in Kolo World, the more horrified he became by the secrets buried in this strange space. At first, he had thought it was merely an ordinary alien dimension sandwiched between the Dream Plane and the Outer World. But as he learned more, he discovered the Creation Goddess's lingering power, traces of Primordial Creatures that might be even older than the Firstborn and the Guardian Giant clan, and clues pointing to a certain "Lost Era" that had existed before the Creation Goddess created all living things. Now, he had even discovered suspected prototypes of the Guardian Giant clan and a prototype of the Creation Engine!
So many secrets were buried in this extradimensional space called a "prison." It seemed to point toward an extremely ancient era and a truth that no one had ever imagined. Yet outside Kolo, not a single known ancient record contained even a word about this prison!
What exactly was Lockmadon? Were the wardens who guarded it really the prototypes of the Guardian Giants of today? Why did so many things in this prison and its defensive system have styles completely different from those of the other Creation Goddess ruins? The Crystal Sacred Mountain Asuman and the Holy Ark before them, for example—they were clearly entirely different from the Creation Goddess temples Hao Ren had found elsewhere!
Carrying these questions with him, Hao Ren looked toward King of Kings Loken, who was manipulating numerous holographic runes before the Crystal Pyramid. "The gate is open?"
"The gate—the Mirror Realm isn't the kind of gate you imagine. It doesn't open. It only makes itself 'appear.' The Forgotten Abyss that imprisons Lockmadon isn't some kind of sealed space or cell, either. It has actually been beside everyone from the very beginning. You simply couldn't perceive