"River of Eternal Darkness."
The figure Sifa had projected with Mirror Illusion observed its surroundings.
He saw that the river before him was unusually Obscuration, difficult to see clearly.
This was because it was shrouded in a pale gray fog.
The thin mist formed a barrier around the river.
However.
Part of the river water pierced through the pale gray fog and merged with it to some extent, causing that section of water to shift between pitch-black and pale white.
The waters of this tributary constantly surged up before pouring downward.
On both sides of the tributary, many enormous pale stone pillars rose above the water, as if supporting something and preventing that unknown thing from collapsing.
Between those stone pillars, along the edge of the tributary, countless Obscuration, translucent figures wandered back and forth.
Those figures slowly roamed beside this tributary of the River of Eternal Darkness, yet none of them stopped to rest.
It seemed they would wander like this forever.
Among those figures, Sifa spotted a huge silhouette at first glance.
It sometimes walked into the depths of the tributary, sometimes turned and returned, but could never escape the river water.
This enormous figure was roughly as tall as the surrounding stone pillars. It wore a deep black robe, and its profile was aged.
As if sensing Sifa's presence, it suddenly turned its head and looked over.
Sifa saw that the figure's face bore obvious Southern Continent features, but it was horrifically decayed, with feather after feather stained by pale yellow grease growing from it.
Though he had never seen her before, Sifa was certain that this figure was the Death of the Fourth Epoch, or rather, Salinger, the Underworld Emperor!
Just as the evil spirit Freeman had said, Salinger had not completely vanished. She had left