Ishiki stood silently in front of that particular carving... his mind racing through multiple things at a time.
The purple flames of Sorrow's Edge flickered as if responding to his mounting dread, casting writhing shadows that made the carved figures appear to move.
He tried to remember everything he knew and make sense of it all.
'The world tree corrupted the gods... no. The gods had always been corrupted... because they were players and the system gives everyone a corresponding corruption to their titles.'
'So the Gods were the ones who corrupted the world tree. And the World tree held such power that it Corrupted this whole world instead.'
'This... I haven't seen the Demigod talk about demons or withering beasts. Actually I haven't read anyone mention them in the earlier parts of the history. So, these things appeared because of the Event of the Great Corruption?'
Impatient and curious, Ishiki saw the next image and his body instinctively took two steps back.
