Yes—there was no mistake.
The entrance to the Human Emperor's Trial was located right at Castle Mington.
For Daniel, this place could not have been more familiar.
After all, he had once lived here for more than ten years.
The Royal Academy itself was situated within Castle Mington, and countless of his youthful memories remained tied to this place.
Yet now, as he once again set foot in Castle Mington, a strange sense of dislocation welled up inside him.
It was a feeling that everything familiar had become unfamiliar, that though the structures and stones remained, the people, the roles, and even the atmosphere had changed.
Although, in reality, only two days had passed since he last stood here, to Daniel it felt as though decades had gone by.
Time had reshaped his heart.
After steadying his breath, Daniel walked forward and turned his gaze toward the glowing portal.
A series of lines instantly surfaced before his eyes.
