Chapter 375
At the top of Mount Resha stood two figures.
The mountain loomed tall and imposing, its jagged silhouette piercing into the early morning sky. Rising to a height of 3,200 meters (10,500 feet), it was a formidable natural giant known to the locals as Mount Resha. Though some whispered its older name—
The Stone Pulse—a name born from the way its slopes seemed to throb with a silent, living energy.
The base of the mountain stretched wide, covering a vast 6-kilometer (3.7-mile) diameter, its lower reaches wrapped in a thick forest of towering evergreens and mist-drenched ravines.
The climb was brutal—steep paths carved through crumbling rock and narrow ledges that clung to the mountainside like veins.
