TEASER CHAPTER 7 PART 4
He
was speechless about the scenery that
unfolded before his eyes.
Nozomu's
face was still dumbfounded, his eyes were fixed on the strange scenery that had
spread out before him.
"Where
am I?"
Grasslands
were painted by an endless shade of darkness.
There
were trees with no leaves and only branches here and there, and he could barely
feel any breath of life at all.
Trees
that look like towering, rotting trees. The grass underfoot also looked
somewhat different.
When
he stepped on the grass, it shattered like a piece of glasswork with a
crackling sound.
"What
is this? It's not even a plant, is it? It's like an artificial product that
resembles a plant......"
Nozomu
looked up and gazed at the sky.
Despite
the cloudless sky, there were no stars in sight.
However,
in the sky, which was tinted the same shade of black as the ground, five
gigantic moons were shining brightly.
The
moon was dyed in five colors: red, blue, green, brown, and black. Only the
rainbow-like moonlight illuminated the dark meadows.
"No
matter what I think, this isn't Arcazam. I wonder what is this place..."
Nozomu
spoke to himself as he gazed at the eerie scene.
As
he recalled, he fought Ken and have no memory of what happened afterward.
He
probably fainted, but he was at a loss in the face of a scene that clearly did
not seem real.
When
he raised his face and looked into the distance, he saw a glowing red light
over the horizon.
"Is
that a fire? ... But isn't it too wide?"
A
blazing red flame shining in the distance.
Considering
that it was beyond the horizon, the scale of the blaze might be enormous.
"Come
to think of it, what about everyone..."
Remembering
his friends, Nozomu looked around.
However,
there was still no sign of life in the jet-black wilderness that stretched all the
way to the horizon.
Despite
the vastness of the space, not even a breeze was blowing, and only an eerie
silence dominated the area.
"There
is no one ... Not even a sign of animals around..."
A
world that had come to a standstill, where no one moved.
Nozomu's
whole body trembled as he realized that he had been thrown into an eerie world.
"...
Nothing will change if I just stand here."
With
nowhere to go and no idea how to break out of his current situation, Nozomu
decided to go towards the red light that shone beyond the horizon.
That
was the only goal he had in mind.
Hearing
the crunching sound of grass under his feet, Nozomu continued moving forward.
"Hmm?
What's that?"
After
walking for a while, a strange building jumped in front of Nozomu's eyes.
And
not just one. After he took a closer look at the surroundings, he could see
towering objects here and there in the wilderness.
Nozomu
approached one of them.
"Is
this a gate? But it's obviously suspicious."
An
object constructed of black stones in the shape of an arch. Although the
overall image was not clear due to overgrown stems and grass here and there,
the shape clearly looked like some kind of gate.
Upon
closer inspection, there was a faintly shining curtain of light at the mouth of
the gate.
However,
there was nothing behind it. Just the same wilderness he had been walking through.
