Having dealt with the indescribable monster twisted from the Fallen Deity.
Ian stood in absolute darkness, his gaze crossing the clearly defined boundary and falling upon the Chaos Space that had returned to "calm."
The filthy mud pit slowly writhed beneath the dim purplish glow, exuding an aura of deathly stillness and ending.
"Science has once again helped me defeat evil."
Ian's belief that genes had limits had been proven right, putting him in a rather good mood.
He slowly turned around to face the profound darkness behind him, a darkness that devoured everything and seemed capable of annihilating even concepts themselves. Curiosity clawed at his heart like a cat's paw, but his reason screamed warnings. Whatever lurked within had terrified that nearly immortal monster so badly that it had not dared cross the boundary.
Its level of danger was easy to imagine.
"Ah..."
Ian sighed softly.
If he had not been forced into it, he truly did not want to set foot in this unknown realm.
The ancient corridor outside, which seemed to stretch on forever, had been strange enough, but at least it did not carry this suffocating rejection rooted in the instincts of life itself.
He hesitated for a moment, then finally stepped forward, crossing the invisible boundary once more and returning from absolute darkness to the faintly lit Chaos Space.
"This is so disgusting."
Carefully avoiding the enormous, filthy muddy pit still bubbling slowly on the ground, Ian followed the path he had taken before and quickly exited through the stone gate carved with sinister swirling patterns.
Outside lay the same ancient passageway, seemingly endless and vast beyond human scale.
The Stone Slab Road stretched infinitely in both directions, flanked by rough rock walls too tall to see the tops of. They were covered in incomprehensible