And like them, it answered in a low voice.
Lu Yuan could tell that the voice came not from within any one statue, but from the spaces between them.
The four statues suddenly shuddered.
The floor and air within the hall trembled faintly.
It felt as though Lu Yuan were standing atop the skin of a drum that had just been struck.
Then, the first statue lit up.
It was Peace.
At first, the light was merely a tiny point. Then flames rose.
The flames were blood-red, blazing fiercely along the statue's contours.
At the same time, a sentence echoed through the hall from deep within the statue.
But by the time it reached Lu Yuan, it seemed to have passed through something, and not a single word entered his ears.
The meaning of that sentence was:
"War entwines this child."
The second statue lit up after it.
It was Abundance.
The flames burning upon it were black.
Another sentence came from within the statue.
"Famine pursues this child."
The third statue lit up immediately afterward.
It was Life.
The flames were a vivid green.
"Death watches this child."
The voices swayed through the spaces between the statues.
Yet Lu Yuan did not hear a single word.
Standing in the middle, he felt the flames around him, which carried no warmth, and was somewhat bewildered.
Because he had neither sensed any unusual movement nor noticed anything strange.
Most importantly, he seemed to have been isolated by this Inscription.
And hadn't they said that triggering one statue meant he had passed? This was already three.
Lu Yuan's heartbeat skipped slightly.
He had not expected to trigger so many statues.
Much less all four at once.
Then, the fourth statue, Health, lit up.
White flames surged into the air.
Their color was