The withered wood staff in his hand slowly cracked open its wrinkled bark, emanating an ancient and sluggish voice.
"I too thought that was the only time... But now it seems, perhaps that was not at all."
Terrell looked towards it with surprise, his expression grave.
"What do you mean."
Yet, the branch weathered by years did not directly answer his question; instead, it dropped a meaningful prophecy.
"Perhaps it has never ended, perhaps it has not yet begun."
...
Not only the Great Graveyard was shrouded in turmoil.
Those living outside the Maze, and the dead buried deep underground have always been firmly bound together in fate.
The reopening of the Gate of Chaos not only furrowed the brows of the priests of Thunder City but also made Charles, the Commander of the Demon Hunters of the Trident Knights, tense with vigilance.
Ever since the death of Knight Commander Mel, he was designated by Prince Edward as the captain of the Trident Knights' "Demon Hunter" squad.
