When Damon said that, there was a silence, as if even the Evil Forest itself had been stilled by his words.
"Bellum. The ninth pillar." That was all Damon said.
There was a small moment of silence, as if trying to take the words in.
"The ninth pillar," Amadeus repeated, intrigued.
"Yes, the ninth. I once overheard one of the outsiders, the Blind Old Daoist, speak about it. The ninth. That was all I heard."
"What is this pillar, and yes, I see it must have been the reason beings from a higher plane would want to come here, to our world."
Damon could feel his inquisitive gaze.
"The Pillar of Conflict is the fundamental culmination of the very concept of conflict. This pillar was entrusted to the goddess of doom. She created this whole world for the sole purpose of protecting it, which now that I think about it means that we do not really matter from where she is standing."
"A fundamental concept of conflict," Amadeus repeated slowly.
