When Stelle and the others accepted Nicadoli's trial together and stepped into that special space.
A scene of unimaginable carnage instantly appeared before Stelle's eyes.
The sky and earth had both been stained a shocking crimson.
The air seemed to still echo with the clash of blades and the crack of shattering bones.
Countless corpses lay strewn across the ground, their deaths gruesome and bizarre.
Beside the bodies, family members knelt on the ground and wailed, their heart-rending cries filled with despairing grief.
At that moment, Mydei appeared beside Stelle as well.
Seeing the stunned look on Stelle's face, he asked in a deep, powerful voice:
"What? Surprised?"
"Where there is Strife, there will be slaughter."
"It is hardly strange for Nicadoli's trial to contain such a horrific scene."
As Stelle looked upon the hellish sight before her, an indescribable sorrow welled up within her.
She looked around, and when she did not see any familiar figures, she asked:
"Just you? Where's Dan Heng?"
Mydei gently shook his head and said in a low voice, "Your companion does not seem to be nearby."
"Let's move on first. Hopefully, he's safe."
Then Stelle and Mydei proceeded side by side.
Along the way, they felt the obsession ingrained in the bones of the Suspended Blade Clan.
They also saw cities reduced to ruins by the flames of Strife.
And they came to understand the local people's hatred and despair toward the endless conflict.
Before long, the group learned a startling piece of information from the conversations of the residents within the trial.
This Mydei, who could not read a single word, was actually the heir to the throne of Castrum Kremnos!
Only then did everyone finally realize that Mydei was a member of the Suspended Blade Clan.
The true master of the