Light Calendar 4931, Month of Balance.
Nikadori, the Spear of Divine Punishment and a Titan of Strife, fell. Mydeimos, King of Xuan Feng, overcame his trial, and a New God was born.
That day, the thousand-year Kremnos Dynasty came to an end.
"King of a Fallen Nation." Outside Castrum Kremnos, an Earth Beast held up a sign bearing that harsh verdict for the new king of Xuan Feng.
"?" Mydei stared blankly at the bipedal Earth Beast before him, its eyes full of contempt.
"Am I... seeing things?"
He rubbed his eyes and opened them again. The Earth Beast was still standing straight in front of him, holding a sign with the words "King of a Fallen Nation."
"..."
"Don't tell me you came all this way just to insult me..."
At Mydei's question, the Earth Beast scratched its head, picked up its shovel, turned around, and resumed digging.
"?"
Seeing the mound of dirt beside it, as tall as a building, Mydei realized Gou Shun'er had been digging here for a long time.
No wonder he couldn't find Gou Shun'er at the Cloud Stone Celestial Palace earlier. Gou Shun'er had been here all along...
"Wait."
Mydei glanced at the surrounding plants. A black sheen had seeped deep into their branches and leaves.
The contamination outside Castrum Kremnos was already severe.
When they had surrounded the Fire-stealer inside the city, Black Tide monsters had appeared in droves.
"Hey, you! Get out of here!"
Standing behind the Earth Beast, Mydei urged it anxiously:
"It's dangerous here. Those Black Tide monsters could kill you at any moment!"
The Earth Beast turned back and raised its sign: "Coward."
Mydei: "..."
"This isn't the time for jokes."
He stepped forward and tried to grab the Earth Beast's elbow, only to find that it was