Deep within the dense forest, with its maze-like paths and blocked senses, finding the right way without a guide was harder than ascending to heaven.
At the forest's end stood a village that looked as though it had come straight from the seventeenth century, its retro architectural style spread out before us.
People could be seen moving about the village one after another, each busy with their own affairs.
There were not many of them, only around a hundred. A few were even familiar faces.
Van Gogh said, "After the Earth Bleaching, everyone with the Life Outside the Domain trait was gathered here by a woman."
"She protected us from being eroded by the Bleaching, but the price was that we would need to assist her in battle at some point in the future."
Yuan Shikai asked, "A woman brought all of you here and gathered you together?"
Among the hundred or so people before us, many were familiar. Most were either Foreigner-class Servants or Servants with the Life Outside the Domain passive skill.
Those I knew included Van Gogh, Abigail, Mysterious Ranmaru X, Katsushika Hokusai, Yang Guifei, Voyager, Wanjina, Jacques de Molay, and others.
There were many more I did not recognize, though all of them were connected to it in one way or another.
This force was powerful enough to establish a Singularity of its own out in the world. Just who was this major figure who had gathered them all together and required their assistance in a future battle?
Which faction did this belong to, and what exactly was the other side planning? None of it was known.
Yuan Shikai asked, "Is she strong? Does she have any distinguishing features?"
Van Gogh hesitated before answering, "Strong. Even if all of us joined forces, we could not defeat