MasukOlivia POV The ancient being remained quiet. Several seconds passed before it finally answered. “Many people have called me by different names and titles. I no longer remember my true name.” Its voice carried no sadness. Only acceptance. Like someone who had lived through the vicissitudes of countless ages and no longer cared about what had been lost. “The passage of time erased it.” “You may call me… the Guardian.” “The Guardian,” I muttered quietly. The title suited him perfectly. “Are you guarding this gate?” I asked. “I guard far more than this gate,” he replied. He slowly turned. Beyond him, I finally saw what lay inside. An endless city. Not ruined. Sleeping. Gigantic silver towers stretched beyond sight. Moonlit rivers flowed through empty streets. Countless statues stood frozen where they had once lived, so lifelike that they looked like real people trapped in stone. Everything remained perfectly preserved. Yet there was no life. No voices. No movement.
Olivia POVThe eyes did not blink but just simply watched me.Ancient.Cold.Patient.I thought I saw something flicker within them, and for a brief moment, the entire Valley of Broken Gravity fell silent like a grave yard.No sound remained.The floating mountains stopped colliding.The violent currents of shifting gravity seemed to pause.Every unnatural phenomenon and changes all stopped.Even the silver crystal hovering beside me dimmed, as though whatever had awakened beyond the gate demanded absolute attention.A strange pressure settled gently upon my shoulders, like a light tap.It wasn’t murderous.It wasn’t hostile either.Yet it felt…Ancient.Like standing before history itself.The gigantic stone gate continued opening with a deep rumble that echoed across the valley.Dust and fragments of ancient rock drifted from its surface as the silver runes brightened one after another.The crescent moon carved into its center shone with a soft radiance identical to the mark hidden
Olivia POV From everything I had been told, the maps I studied, and the ancient texts Karl and the others researched, it finally dawned on me that I had already stepped into the valley. The Valley of Broken Gravity. “The valley has awakened.” “The laws of gravity no longer exist here,” I muttered through gritted teeth. With both hands gripping my staff tightly, I slowly pulled myself back onto solid ground. The moment both my feet touched the surface… The earth rotated violently once again. This time, the entire landscape flipped ninety degrees. I almost screamed. The ground I had been standing on suddenly became a wall. The wall became the ceiling. Massive boulders floated upward instead of falling, while pebbles drifted through the air like dry leaves caught in a violent current, circling endlessly around one another. Everything had turned upside down. Nothing followed the natural order anymore. Nothing obeyed reason. “This place is insane…” I cursed under my breath,
Olivia POVThe laughter came again.Gentle.Kind.Exactly as I remembered.“Olivia…” a woman’s voice called softly.Every hair on my body stood.That voice…Impossible.It couldn’t be.The same voice I had longed to hear again for ages.Although I had already been informed about the strange mysteries of the Whispering Gorge and had somehow braced myself for them, the moment I heard that familiar voice…Hot tears flowed freely down my cheeks as I almost called back in response.I slowly closed my eyes.Karl’s warning echoed inside my head.Do not answer.The voice came closer.“My child…”More tears instantly filled my eyes.That voice…I knew it better than my own.It belonged to the woman who had raised me.The only family I had.“Silly child. What kept you so long?”“I’m so cold… I’ve been waiting for you.”My lips trembled.“Grandma…” I almost called out for the second time.No.She was dead.I watched her die.I buried her with my own hands.“This isn’t real,” I told myself.Yet a
Olivia POVThe horse-like beast galloped through the endless darkness with astonishing speed.Despite its massive frame, every stride was light and graceful, almost as though its hooves never truly touched the ground. Instead of ordinary footprints, dark ripples spread beneath each step before vanishing into the Void.The thousands of beasts behind us followed in absolute silence.Not a single growl nor a single footstep.Only the occasional flash of crimson eyes breaking through the darkness.I looked over my shoulder and it was impossible to tell where the army ended.The deeper darkness swallowed everything beyond a certain distance, making it seem as though an endless tide of creatures was following me.An uneasy feeling settled in my chest.“Who exactly am I to them?” I wondered.“What kind of wolf was Lucy?”.The silver crystal resting inside my palm pulsed gently, almost as though responding to my thoughts. The warmth flowing from it had not disappeared.Instead, it slowly spre
Olivia POVI just stood there, completely dumbfounded, staring back at the thousands of crimson eyes fixed on me from the endless darkness.The silver crystal still hovered quietly in the air above me, releasing a gentle radiance that spread through the Void like soft moonlight. Wherever its glow reached, the suffocating darkness retreated slightly, revealing the silhouettes of countless beasts.One after another…They all lowered themselves onto one knee.Their heads remained bowed in absolute submission.The sight was both majestic and terrifying.It wasn’t as if this was the first time I had witnessed strange creatures kneeling before me. Ever since Lucy awakened, I had already seen the Abyssal Beasts and Void Beasts bow in reverence.But this…This was different.Lucy hadn’t even taken control.I was standing here in my human form.Yet these terrifying creatures still treated me like some supreme ruler.For a long moment, I simply stood there, unable to utter a single word.If som







