The World of the Deathbound

Did Moxis know where the Land of Kings was?

Clearly, she didn't!

If she had known its exact location or had any information about it, she might have been able to tell William what to watch out for. But Director Mo's divination and calculations alone couldn't tell her where that place, so closely guarded by so many Saints, actually was.

Thor the Thunder God and the others had the Human Empire behind them, and they seemed to know what kind of place it was. For all William knew, it might be some relic left over from the Mythic Era.

So before leaving, William questioned Acaro at length.

As the Prince's close friend, Acaro held nothing back. He shared everything he knew, and together with William's memories from his past life, it gave William a fair idea of what to expect from the Land of Kings.

Extremely dangerous.

The Undead born from fallen deities.

Perhaps even deities who had never fallen, ruined Temples, and unknown Magical Beasts from the Mythic Era!

In short.

The Land of Kings really could be called the Land of the Dead. Many of its Undead had existed since the Mythic Era. What shocked William even more was that this Small World seemed to have some connection to the Nether River.

He had little time to think about it, though. Gregory, the Pacification Empire's Master of Gold, arrived in person.

The Pacification Empire's chief Law Saint and honorary dean of the Magic Academy glanced calmly over William and the others after the Time Gem opened the Portal. "I won't bother telling you to be careful. Good luck."

Everyone nodded and bowed, then stepped through the Water Curtain one after another.

William felt as though he had entered a tunnel of light particles. When he reached out, he