Boom!0

A loud humming noise echoed in his ears, and his vision blurred for a moment. Cassius suddenly discovered that he was looking at a vast and ethereal sky.0

A valley of jagged boulders and towering peaks lay below him. It had a massive black lake in its center.0

Is this… the World of Calamity? Cassius thought as he looked upward to see a wash of inky darkness mingling with black clouds and gray fog across the sky. It was silent, desolate, and cold.0

A faint moon silhouette appeared high up in the thick clouds. He felt a gust of fierce wind in the high skies, as though something enormous was descending from above.0

Hu~0

The air churned, scattering the clouds and fog in all directions.0

Rumble… Rumble… Rumble…0

A gigantic blood moon sank down, covering half the sky. It was surrounded by swirls of faintly crimson mist. The black water of the lake churned wildly below, as though pulled by the moon's tide. Pitch black fluid rose in thick layers, stretching out in every direction.0

Countless human hands emerged on the lake's surface, struggling in agony with every ounce of their strength. It looked like a field of eerie, swaying black trees. As the blood moon grew larger above the valley, the turmoil of the Demon Lake intensified.0

Suddenly, a sharp, long bird cry pierced the air.0

Whoosh!0

An elegant water bird zipped through the air from an impossibly distant place. It appeared...0