Chapter 53
Schmidt could not hide his utter consternation when he learned their destination was Nightmare Gorge.
“Haha, is your heart made of steel? You talk about it so casually, as if we’re just heading to some summer resort.”
Diana, on the other hand, offered a question tinged with both concern and curiosity.
“…Lord Kalliant. I’ve heard that while it is a place all mages long for, everyone who sets foot there ends up lost. Besides, there are only rumors and its exact location has never been confirmed. How do you know where it is?”
Nightmare Gorge.
Like Mystic Mountain, it was one of those places that caused bizarre phenomena, often referred to as the boundary between the living and the dead.
It was said the living could see the deceased there, and the dead could meet the living.
Whether the rumors were true had never been verified, but mages yearned for the place nonetheless.
While meeting the dead was a terrifying prospect for an ordinary person, it was a deeply romantic notion for a mage.
Khal was certain that Nightmare Gorge was their destination.
He hadn’t been there himself.
However, it was because Petro, the renowned Headmaster of Partes Academy, had stated it as a fact.
—Sealing Kurabil was incredibly difficult. It was so fast, you see. Therefore, I lured it to Nightmare Gorge rather than the plains and trapped it there. Take this with you.
Khal held up the Barrier Magic Stone necklace Petro had given him, which allowed him to control the seal.
