Rumble... pitter-patter...
Muffled thunder rolled beneath the gray sky as countless bean-sized raindrops struck the sea, sending dense ripples spreading outward.
Capital Province—Beach Ruins.
A lonely Lighthouse stood by the shore. Before it stretched an endless, pitch-black sea with no end in sight, while behind it lay countless jagged coastal ruins rising like graves.
This had once been a coastal city in Capital Province, but ever since darkness descended, it had become a forbidden zone that ordinary humans dared not enter lightly.
Large numbers of dark creatures and Abyssal Creatures from the Abyss Sea often appeared here, turning it into a paradise for monsters.
Yet at this moment—
Blood of every color stained the earth red, and even the waves seemed to have grown murky.
Dense swarms of insects occasionally swept across the sky. Looking down, one could see countless grotesque and terrifying creatures gathered here.
"Rip..."
A monster resembling an ancient vampire brutally clawed an Anomaly Calamity open from the chest. Black blood sprayed everywhere as the vampire tilted its head back, bathing in the rain mixed with blood, looking exceptionally excited.
"Clatter, clatter~~"
The scraping of enormous insect limbs crawling across the ground sounded out. As it passed the vampire, its compound eyes, like latticed crystals, merely glanced at the vampire. Its antennae quivered, but it did not attack.
In the corners of the shadows, black shadow creatures flickered past.
"Tap, tap, tap..."
A little Bone Demon happily collected the thick bones still clinging with flesh from the ground, intending to save them as the frame for its future growth.
Every little Bone Demon hoped to grow tall and huge, but they had to find their own bones, just like children needed to eat.
But halfway through collecting them, the green soul fire deep within its eye sockets