The serenity of the Hollow Ring was still tranquil, as though nothing in the world could disturb it.
At this moment, black abyssal spirit Qi swirled lazily around the Evil Villa's crimson obsidian walls, the same slow rhythm it had maintained for countless years.
Time itself seemed to bow to this place, where dread and reverence coexisted in eerie silence. Yet, beneath this calm surface, the underground chambers stirred with hidden life.
Inside the subterranean floor, Eva stood in the center of a runic chamber. Before her floated a massive projection map, its three-dimensional contours etched in living shadow-light.
The map spanned the entirety of the Obsidian Myriad Kingdom and extended outward to its surrounding territories. Each city, fortress, valley, and border stronghold glimmered like ghostly embers across the shifting map.
