Land of No Return.
Deep in the Underground Palace.
One silent floor—
Suddenly, a series of violent pounding sounds rang out.
"Bang!"
The coffin was suddenly shoved open, and a shadow tumbled out onto the floor, roaring:
"No—"
The voice abruptly cut off.
The shadow stood frozen for a long while, then murmured, "I remember now... My soul and body have already been killed. Even Chaos came to take them away, letting them dissolve completely into eternal annihilation—"
It suddenly shuddered.
Its soul and body no longer existed at all. So who was speaking now?
Was it alive or dead?
The shadow reached out and lightly brushed the empty air. A gleaming mirror immediately appeared in front of it.
The shadow gazed into the mirror.
Suddenly, it screamed—
"Ahhhhhhh! Why have I turned into this!!!"
The shadow saw its own appearance and nearly broke down, but it quickly pulled itself together and regained its composure.
"Things have come to this. Right now, I need to figure out my situation as quickly as possible, then decide what to do."
The shadow thought in silence and looked around.
It saw coffins all around.
Every coffin stood upright in the dim, icy corridor.
The corridor stretched beyond sight.
Where the coffins were especially densely packed, stairways led up or down.
Coffins...
The shadow turned and looked at the coffin it had originally occupied.
Line after line of strange writing was carved into the inner wall.
The shadow swore it had never seen such writing before, but in the next instant, it found itself reading aloud against its will:
"Ranked thirty-ninth: Multiple Fear Shadow Demon."
"Mission: Find the Four Saint Pillars."
When the words faded, the shadow stood rooted to the spot.
One breath.
Two breaths.
Three Breaths.
The shadow suddenly let out an