Roland's eyes narrowed slightly as he watched the horrifying scene unfold—the mountains shaking, the sea boiling, a colossal beast awakening.
'This scene...'
'It's all too familiar.'
Memories flooded back like a reverse tide.
Before the time loop in Silver Radiance City, during an even earlier adventure, he and his companions had ventured deep into the Wailing Gorge on another continent.
Just as they had cornered a Heartstealer, a colossal turtle lurking beneath the gorge—or rather, a beast that was a part of the Wailing Gorge itself—had violently awakened, unleashing a world-destroying tsunami and earthquake.
Not only did it allow the Heartstealer to escape in the chaos, but it also tore their ship to shreds. It threw him into the endless, raging waves, and he eventually drifted to the mysterious Land of Mist, where he endured a series of bizarre dangers, including the revival of the Magic City Jiles and a confrontation with a Witch Demon.
