Bones and blood lay everywhere.
The sky was murky gray.
Bone dust and blood had stained the ground a dark brown.
Death was the prevailing theme of this space, with abandoned corpses strewn everywhere!
The only figures standing were skeletal beings shrouded in black robes.
They stood motionless in orderly ranks, gazing at the altar before them!
The altar rose ten tiers high, every tier covered in blood and bones...
Yet instead of reeking of blood, the altar gave off an enticing fragrance!
At its summit, a beautiful woman floated in the air, her eyes tightly shut!
The surrounding blood and bloody aura mingled with gray mana elements, surging violently into her body like dragons!
An unknown amount of time passed.
The bloody aura within the space vanished!
The mana elements fluctuated violently!
Just then, someone with an aged voice stepped out of the skeletal ranks!
Holding a staff shaped like bones, he gazed toward the altar and spoke softly. "In my name, I call you to awaken!"
His voice was quiet, yet it instantly echoed throughout the space!
Mana elements surged, and the earth trembled!
Bone dust and blood flew wildly through the air...
Atop the altar, the woman slowly opened her eyes!
"Praise me! This is the new life I have bestowed upon you!"
The man with the aged voice, clad in a black robe that concealed his entire body, shouted!
The woman atop the altar froze for a moment.
Then she spoke softly. "Master?"
[6: A drastic upheaval in the Town of the Dead. A mysterious undead has awakened. The living must stay away!]
Across from Hanks's house.
An Kai looked at the Side Story before him.
He was relieved that he had not fallen for Hanks's coaxing and gone to the Town of