He raised his eyes to the sky overhead. Not a cloud stretched across it.
Nine enormous blazing suns hung neatly across the vault of heaven, their dazzling golden light pouring down without restraint as rolling heat waves blanketed the entire land.
This strange Ruins Space had no alternation between day and night. The nine blazing suns hung in the sky year-round without ever setting, leaving this land forever trapped in a glaring, scorching daytime, sweltering without end.
Looking around, all he saw were collapsed high walls, broken beams and pillars, shattered bricks and tiles. The desolate, ruined landscape stretched as far as the eye could see, steeped everywhere in the weathering of time and barren decay.
Wild grass grew wildly through the cracks in the ruins, beside broken foundations and heaps of bricks and tiles, its vitality beyond imagination.
The shorter grass stood a full meter and a half tall, while the taller stalks shot straight up to three meters. Dense and layered, they carpeted the open ground throughout the ruins.
A scorching wind blew in from the depths of the wilderness, sending swathes of tall grass swaying violently and thrashing madly. Their rustling rose and fell in waves, sounding especially clamorous amid the silent ruins.
Countless small wild animals hid deep within the dense grass, the thick blades perfectly concealing their shapes and movements.
Unless one deliberately stopped to observe and watched the disturbances in the grass closely, it was simply impossible to discover these little creatures lurking in the dark.
The closer he drew to the City Lord's Mansion, the fiercer the sunlight became. The surrounding temperature continued to climb, while scorching heat waves wrapped around his body layer upon layer, making every breath feel hot and stifling.
The ground beneath his feet had been baked exceedingly dry