Eerie

Woooooo...

The Death Storm howled like a demon.

More than forty thousand years ago, on another continent in the Star Curtain World, this was the counterattack of a mighty, unknown ancient civilization against the Superbody Star people's Star Body Siphon and the impending destruction of the world.

It had made natural energy violent, exterminating the Ancient Creatures while destroying itself and slowing the world's destruction.

Now, more than forty thousand years later,

a group of insignificant humans struggled onward through the desert at one corner of the Storm Continent's peninsula, enduring the lingering effects of the violent natural energy they had stirred up.

Their journey had taken longer than expected.

The reason was that, along the way, they had suddenly encountered a deadly vortex they could not avoid.

It was an ancient wind eye, torn open by an unknown force. The powerful air pressure outside had poured into it, and once the winds within formed a vortex, the terrifying force of its pull turned the environment inside into a hell far deadlier than the Death Storm outside!

The lesser Witchers were torn to shreds the instant they were swept in.

But for the Great Warlock Kings, this was an unexpected windfall. Led by the Capricorn Duke, they had promptly plunged into the wind eye to search for the ruins of the destroyed ancient civilization.

"Someone got here first."

After nearly a month of effort, they reached the only ancient ruin buried beneath the yellow sand and came to this disheartening conclusion. Sighing, they searched for anything of value.

Just a few days later, they resumed their journey to the Everlasting Tree realm.

"The Loxia civilization froze over more than twenty thousand years ago?"

Reilo murmured, his voice low. "That was around the same time as the Little Ice Age in