"Well? Did you find out? What exactly is sealed down there?" Ever since hearing about the Spear of Sealing, the Lamp Genie had stayed beside Mu You instead of returning to the Oil Lamp. Seeing him remain silent for so long, he could not help asking.
"I found out. Something called a 'Ju Snake' is sealed down there." Mu You had only just obtained this information from the game himself.
"A Ju Snake?" The Lamp Genie was instantly shocked.
Mu You even felt a distinct shudder run through him, making him all the more curious about what could frighten a former god so badly.
"What is it?" Mu You hurriedly asked.
"The Ju Snake is a natural calamity..." The Lamp Genie sighed. "No wonder they needed the Spear of Sealing..."
"A natural calamity?"
"Yes. Four natural calamities exist in the True World, named Flame, Ju, Mirage, and Desolation. Some also call them the Flame Ox, Ju Snake, Mirage Tapir, and Desolation Crow, based on their outward animal characteristics. Whenever any one of these calamities appears, it can easily slaughter countless members of the God Race and inflict unimaginable destruction on the local environment."
"The four calamity beasts appear seasonally. Each only emerges and becomes active during its own season. At other times, they find somewhere deserted to lie dormant and recover their strength.
"But these 'seasons' aren't spring, summer, autumn, and winter like those in the Star Spirit World and the Land of Forgetting. They're calamity seasons divided according to the eras in which the calamity beasts appear, called the Flame Calamity Season, Season of Fear, Mirage Season, and Desolation Season."
"The Flame Calamity Season and Mirage Season are slightly shorter, while the Season of Fear and Desolation Season are longer, but on average, each season spans around five thousand