Far away, Sunny — his original body, donning the guise of the charming Master Sunless — was sitting on the edge of the Ivory Island with a resigned smile on…

In the middle of the flooded clearing, Song Seishan was standing in the crimson water, looking at the gargantuan creature in front of her with a twisted smile. Her eyes…

"Just... die, damn you!" Rain staggered back, supporting the blade of her tachi with a hand to block a descending stinger — its speed was so great that she had…

Now that the dreadful march was over, the battered expedition force found itself in a somewhat better position. The flooded clearing was effectively defending them from one side, which meant…

There, in front of them, the jungle parted and revealed a vast expanse of white bone. It was almost completely flooded, but the water was so shallow that it would…

Eventually, the already dire situation turned into absolute chaos. The horde of Nightmare Creatures had caught up with the expedition force, and the rear of the formation became engrossed in…

As the army marched into the jungle, several figures plummeted from high above to surround it. This time, however, they were not Nightmare Creatures — although some looked quite monstrous.…

The souls shards were some of those that the engineers had time to scavenge from the corpses of the Nightmare Creatures in the recent battle. That task was important enough…

Once the platform passed the great width of the porous hone, they were surrounded by emptiness from all sides. The vast Hollow sprawled beneath them, drowning in darkness. Here and…

A few moments later, the Blood Sister escaped from the tide of abominations, sliding dozens of meters back on the slick surface of the ancient bone. Coming to a halt…