Starlight spilled across the dome carved by ancient artisans, its radiance mingling with the immortal crystal chandelier.
The orange glow blooming from the gradually emptying Golden Cabinet instantly silenced the entire Regent Hall.
Fallen Lord Kali Yella, who had unsealed this painting from the nearly emptied Golden Cabinet, also stiffened slightly.
Painting: On the Night the Stars Fell
Type: Artwork
Grade: Epic
Tier: 1
Creatures who admire this painting will expend a small amount of stamina and spirit, developing awe toward the princess depicted within. They may also gain a small amount of artistic insight, once only.
The enthusiasm of the Demon Race nobles was like a flame whose momentum had been extinguished by a towering wave.
Silence mingled with the dazzling, supreme orange radiance of demonic power, spreading throughout the hall.
The painting had ingeniously captured a unique and mysterious moment in the Demon Realm on the morning of an eclipse—
The sky was shrouded in a strange dimness. The light was neither the darkness of night nor the brightness of dawn, but a hazy radiance suspended between the two.
The contradictory yet harmonious interplay of light and shadow rendered the plaza and steps before the royal palace in exquisite detail. The steps wound away, guiding the viewer's gaze deeper into the painting.
This was precisely how the princess had looked when she made her grand public appearance in the Demon Realm a week ago.
Yet she seemed forever unable to walk out of that eclipse, trapped in the eternal night. An oppressive, suffocating feeling surged forth, making the Demon Race instinctively want to look away, yet they found it difficult to tear themselves free from the painting, as though their very souls were about to plunge into it.
Clearly, such a concept could only have come from Blood