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When the ghastly voice faded, Leon was already staring into the abyss. The afterglow of Icarus Wing flickered a few times, then went out like a spent candle, and a darkness fell so complete he could not see an inch ahead.
No—sight wasn’t the only thing gone. He heard nothing. Felt nothing.
It was as if all five senses had been numbed. The perception that had covered over a hundred meters went dead. Even his instinctive sixth sense, smeared out after a few paces. Only the Aura and blood circulating in his body—and the heat rapidly cooling—proved he was still alive.
What is this place?
He tried to speak aloud, but even his own voice didn’t reach him, so Leon spoke to El-Cid with his mind instead.
—This is Chernobog’s esophagus. Looks like he got this space from an exogod by contract. Even at full strength, he couldn’t wield this authority on his own.
Leon, who knew almost nothing about the elder gods, reflexively asked, Chernobog?
—A god of evil. Don’t dwell on it too much. Ordinarily, his afterlife would have connected to Duat. The exogod distorted the path and routed it through an evil god’s body as a disguise.
In the land once ruled...
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