"Still, my lord, if I hurry over now, will I make it in time?"
"Of course you will. This fog isn't as simple as it seems." Foolish Play chuckled softly, his words laden with meaning.
Not as simple as it seemed...
Ai Si naturally knew that there was more to this place than met the eye. When she accidentally discovered that the Tower of Reason had once conducted such an inconceivable experiment in Sandlais, she knew that nothing here would be simple.
It was an experiment called "No Faith." Its purpose was to prove whether this world could survive without relying on faith. After all, back then, nearly every living thing on the Isle of Hope had its own faith.
As pioneers exploring the boundaries of faith, the scholars of the Tower of Reason had conceived this bold hypothesis and put it into practice.
The first step of the experiment was to create an entirely new "world"—Sandlais.
That was why Sandlais's Ice Abyss had not formed naturally. The Tower of Reason had created it through the means of Truth. They created a "pure land" isolated from the Isle of Hope, then sent countless refugees whose memories had been erased into it.
After that, a century-long period of observation began.
To survive, the refugees gradually adapted to the freezing climate and developed a unique Abyssal Culture. They truly settled and took root there, and before long, the population began to grow steadily.
It was then, during the explosive development of Abyssal Culture, that the Tower of Reason intervened again. They deliberately spread the concept that "the gods brought about the apocalypse, and faith is like a plague" throughout this "pure land." They emphasized that having no faith was the only way to preserve the last pure land in the world, thereby