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Chapter 294: Crownlands (2) · Nov 01, 2026

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251 Chapter 251: About Love 2026-11-01
252 Chapter 252: The Dark Princess Rises 2026-11-01
253 Chapter 253: Shadows Beneath the Throne (1) 2026-11-01
254 Chapter 254: Shadows Beneath the Throne (2) 2026-11-01
255 Chapter 255: A Night with the Gang 2026-11-01
256 Chapter 256: A Smile in the Dark 2026-11-01
257 Chapter 257: A Quiet Night (1) 2026-11-01
258 Chapter 258: A Quiet Night (2) 2026-11-01
259 Chapter 259: Fifteen Days of Darkness 2026-11-01
260 Chapter 260: The Moon Palace Infiltration 2026-11-01
261 Chapter 261: A Step Into the Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
262 Chapter 262: A Step Into the Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
263 Chapter 263: The King’s Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
264 Chapter 264: The King’s Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
265 Chapter 265: Born from Darkness (1) 2026-11-01
266 Chapter 266: Born from Darkness (2) 2026-11-01
267 Chapter 267: Beneath the Mask 2026-11-01
268 Chapter 268: The Devil’s Seed 2026-11-01
269 Chapter 269: The Battle of Moon Castle (1) 2026-11-01
270 Chapter 270: The Battle of Moon Castle (2) 2026-11-01
271 Chapter 271: The Battle of Moon Castle (3) 2026-11-01
272 Chapter 272: The Battle of Moon Castle (4) 2026-11-01
273 Chapter 273: The Battle of Moon Castle (5) 2026-11-01
274 Chapter 274: The Battle of Moon Castle (6) 2026-11-01
275 Chapter 275: The Abyss Within 2026-11-01
276 Chapter 276: A Peace Worth Chasing 2026-11-01
277 Chapter 277: The Turning Point 2026-11-01
278 Chapter 278: The Devil’s Hand 2026-11-01
279 Chapter 279: Emergency Mission 2026-11-01
280 Chapter 280: A Journey into the Unknown (1) 2026-11-01
281 Chapter 281: A Journey into the Unknow (2) 2026-11-01
282 Chapter 282: Far from home (1) 2026-11-01
283 Chapter 283: Far from home (2) 2026-11-01
284 Chapter 284: Far from home (3) 2026-11-01
285 Chapter 285: Light and Shadow (1) 2026-11-01
286 Chapter 286: Light and Shadow (2) 2026-11-01
287 Chapter 287: Unveiling the Path (1) 2026-11-01
288 Chapter 288: Unveiling the Path (2) 2026-11-01
289 Chapter 289: The Lord of Graves (1) 2026-11-01
290 Chapter 290: The Lord of Graves (2) 2026-11-01
291 Chapter 291: From Nightmare to Nightmare 2026-11-01
292 Chapter 292: A Blade in the Blood 2026-11-01
293 Chapter 293: Crownlands (1) 2026-11-01
294 Chapter 294: Crownlands (2) 2026-11-01
295 Chapter 295: Angry (1) 2026-11-01
296 Chapter 296: Angry (2) 2026-11-01
297 Chapter 297: Echoes of a Forgotten Self 2026-11-01
298 Chapter 298: The One Battle You Can’t Win 2026-11-01
299 Chapter 299: Welcome Back, Frey Starlight 2026-11-01
300 Chapter 300: Once More, Into the Nightmare 2026-11-01

Chapter 294: Crownlands (2)

Frey kept his Hawk Eyes active, constantly surveying the distance far ahead.

But the view remained the same.

Until the third day on Crownlands.

Freyʼs subtle unease was enough to alert both Snow and Ghost, who quickly asked:

”Something ahead?”

Frey responded immediately.

”Somethingʼs waiting for us… and a lot of it.”

He could barely see it .. a distant mirage. But what he was certain of was this:

a massive number of strange beings lay in wait.

”Worst-case scenario, itʼs another army,” Frey said, worry evident in his voice.

Snow and Ghost tensed, their expressions hardening.

Frey didnʼt say it out loud, but the size of the army he saw was far greater than the one they had faced before.

So vast, he couldnʼt see its end.

He wondered what kind of battle awaited them now…

That question lingered for quite some time as they continued running.

And then .. after what felt like an eternity, with their nerves frayed and dread mounting under the weight of anticipation…

They finally arrived.

Frey and the others came to a stop, eyes wide as they took in the sight before them.

The army was enormous.

So enormous that what they had mistaken for ground in the distance… had been them all along.

They all wore the same tattered black robes. Their bodies were slightly larger than an average humanʼs.

All of them lay sprawled on the ground.

Prostrated.

Face down.

Motionless.

Frey approached one of them cautiously, curious why they hadnʼt reacted to their presence.

The moment he touched the figure ..

It crumbled.

Collapsing into ash.

The wind scattered it like dust.

Stunned, Frey checked the others—eyes wide—while Snow and Ghost did the same.

And that was when the three of them finally understood.

The massive army before them…

Was nothing more than a field of skeletons.

Corpses so ancient that time had reduced them to nothing but dust.

Confused, the three of them looked at each other…

”Theyʼre all dead,” Frey said, and Ghost confirmed:

”And theyʼve been dead for a long, long time.”

Whatever era these skeletal beings had once belonged to ... it was long gone.

But what caught their attention… was the way they died.

”They died while bowing…”

From the remnants left behind .. the posture of their bodies, the way their heads were lowered .. it was clear they had died prostrating before something.

Before someone or something.

”They waited… until their veins dried, until their bodies withered away…”

Whatever strange race they once belonged to…

They had died here. On their knees. Waiting for something to come.

It hadnʼt been demons that killed them.

Protected inside this barrier, their killer had been time itself.

Realizing this truth sent a chill through Frey and the others.

”What kind of loyalty is that…?”

Who was this great king that compelled such devotion ... devotion so absolute that an entire people remained kneeling until nothing remained of them but bone?

To Frey and his companions, that level of loyalty seemed like pure madness.

Frey turned his gaze forward—toward the direction every single corpse had been facing.

But all he could see…

Was more bodies. More bowed skeletons. More of the same.

”Letʼs go,” he said flatly, beginning to walk through the field of kneeling corpses.

They wove their way between the fallen.

The scene repeated itself endlessly.

All of them had died the same way.

Driven by a growing curiosity to uncover what lay at the end of this graveyard path, Frey and the others continued.

But the corpses never stopped.

And that only deepened their unease.

After walking for what felt like an eternity, they realized they had become a speck ..a single drop in an ocean of death.

Their numbers…

Had reached the millions.

”Maybe…” Snow said, stunned,

”Maybe this is where all of Londorʼs inhabitants ended up.”

Frey nodded, remembering what that lashed corpse had told them.

It had said clearly: they waited for so long that some eventually chose to fight, while the rest remained behind… still waiting.

”Those who chose to fight met a fate worse than death… forced to face the Lord of Graves himself.”

Understanding that grim truth, Frey continued:

”But those who chose to wait… died here, kneeling—waiting for a king who never returned.”

Between death… and a fate worse than death…

The three of them finally grasped the full extent of Londorʼs tragedy.

And with that realization, there was nothing left to do but keep moving.

Step after step… they passed through this ancient, forgotten mass of mourners.

Then ..

Without warning, a strange shiver ran down Freyʼs spine.

His heart pounded.

That same feeling from before returned—but stronger this time.

And that was when something else appeared before them.

For the first time, something other than corpses.

It stood in the distance, but they could see it clearly.

A towering structure… looming ahead.

”A castle?” Frey murmured, staring at the massive building forged from a strange black stone that shimmered like metal.

The moon hovered above that monolithic castle, casting pale light across the one place every single corpse had been kneeling toward…

Like pilgrims… who had finally found their sacred destination.

From every direction, the bodies surrounded it .. making the fortress look like an island in the middle of a vast, lifeless sea.

The castle was larger than anything the three of them had ever seen.

So massive, it made the Emperorʼs palace look like a worthless shack by comparison.

And the feeling growing inside Freyʼs chest…

Confirmed that this place—this castle—was their true destination.

Step by step, they moved forward ..

Until at last, they reached the edge of the sea of corpses.

It was there, at the final line of skeletons, that Frey and the others realized something else:

The kneeling dead had left a clear space between themselves and the black castle.

A wide, circular gap.

Untouched.

No one had dared cross that final threshold.

Beyond it stood the castle gate.

But that wasnʼt all.

Freyʼs eyes went wide as he saw what stood before it.

Guarding the entrance…

Was a statue.

A towering figure, over four meters tall, gripping a double-edged scythe.

His body was made of a dark, metallic material .. like forged shadow.

A statue.

A statue with a face Frey had never seen before.

He had seen smiles.

He had seen sorrow.

But this one…

This one wore rage.

There it stood .. the statue of fury.

An ancient sentinel, standing guard over a timeless castle.

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