97 Drowning Storm

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"Ah, yes. An excellent question young man." The elf guide stepped to the side to let the kids had a view of the direction they went in from.

"You see, it was ONCE a lake. A sudden earthquake came out of nowhere and the former land of the entryway we went in from rumbled down into the sea, leaving none left.

But the people around here believed that the Rulers were angered and vented their wraths upon the sinful humans-- as they 'accidentally' leaked some information to outsiders. Lady Luck was on their side when the lightning stroke the wrong place by 'chance,' they say.

That slight chance was enough for the villagers to repent for their sins and swore to themselves to harbour their ten thousand legends and secrets-- a key to one's mind and the power to control one with their darkest memories."