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The dark green waters of the Subterranean Sea crashed against the jagged black reefs, seemingly determined to grind the rocks into dust.0

Behind this unceasing clash of water and stone was a vast, desolate landmass that was twice the size of Hope Island.0

A girl, barefoot and clad in a white dress, stood atop the island's highest peak. Her fluorescent, cross-shaped pupils gazed into the distant, pitch-black coastline. 0

She seemed to be waiting for something. And there she stood for twenty whole years. Not once had she moved. Like a statue carved by time,...0