Ji-Cheok walked into the dark, listening to Ji-Han’s footsteps. He couldn’t see anything even if he increased his eyesight with his Qi. However, as he walked, a section with light soon appeared. The patterns drawn on the walls illuminated the surroundings with a faint light. And Ji-Han was walking through the section.

«We are going downward, Master.»

‘Yeah, I think we’re heading underground…’

He walked for a while with that in mind. Soon, a huge underground space appeared. It was wide enough to accommodate a five-story building, and there was an altar in the middle. There was a long groove dug under the altar with dark red marks that had to be for discarding blood.

‘I hope it’s an altar to kill a chicken or sheep and offer it as a sacrifice. I really hope it’s not for sacrificing humans.’

«We may never know, Master. This place does not feel like it belongs to the Earth.»

‘Yeah, I know that. And [Despair] showed me those bizarre, grotesque beings that were clearly eating humans.’

They were eating humans as if they were guests invited to communion, enjoying the moment. Ji-Cheok could not unsee what he had witnessed before. He was about to be...