Tianming was like an ant in a world of giants. He felt out of place everywhere he went. What was even more laughable was that the specter guards seemed completely nonchalant about kneeling down toward an ant that was heading their way to ask them where they were going, and to collect an entrance fee or a letter of recommendation without batting an eye. The same thing happened to Tianming. Eight gigantic guards knelt around him, all of them as still and tall as mountains.0

According to Yin Chen, these specters were antiquiteans, the most common race of specters in Antiquitas Mortis. They had the most numbers...0