At the foot of the volcano, looking up at the mountainside from this angle, they could easily see that a section of the Styx Ruler's hull had been visibly damaged. It looked as though it had been attacked while at sea.
Edwina gazed at that section of the hull. "When Beyonders of the Death Pathway reach the Demigod level, they can travel through the Spirit World."
Sifa glanced at her and thought, So the Styx Ruler was transported here through the Spirit World by a Demigod aboard the ship only after it came under attack?
Hmm, someone capable of teleporting such a large ship might not have merely been a Demigod. They might even have been an Angel.
But if that was the case, what could have forced even the Styx Ruler, with an Angel overseeing it, to flee in such panic?
Whatever it was, it had to be something exceptionally terrifying and powerful!
"Captain, look." Danitz pointed at several piles of stones at the foot of the mountain. Built from black gravel, each pile had a charred piece of wood stuck into it.
Some of the pieces of wood had gold necklaces hanging from them, while others had compasses.
Names written in Ancient Feysac had been carved into the wood. Those stone piles appeared to be graves, burying adventurers who had reached the island only to die here.
"Valen..." Edwina walked past those stone graves. "They should have been Valen's companions. It seems they found Slumber here. We shouldn't disturb them."
Danitz nodded without objection. Rising to his feet, he led Water Bucket and Ironhide toward the stone steps at the foot of the mountain not far away.
Only when he reached the steps did Sifa realize that every step was very tall, barely over thirty centimeters wide, and