This was a desolate, charred land. Terrifying magma, releasing an intimidatingly high temperature, flowed through cracks in the ground. The air reeked with the eerie, nasal-stinging scent of sulfur.
This land was already very close to the castle at the very center of the Great Formation. An invisible barrier seemed to enclose the area from all sides, shrinking constantly and squeezing everyone inward, leaving them with no escape.
HUM.
Just then, an area of the sky above this land suddenly twisted. Two figures, one old and one young, shot out from within. They landed with two heavy THUDS, kicking up a great cloud of dust and smoke. These two figures were none other than Chen Fei and Saint Magus Melsdom, who had been transported here after taking a 'shortcut' from the dilapidated temple.
