859 Return (Part Two)

Soon, intelligent life was molded, one after another.

On the magma island, pure elementals appeared. With burning winds and light, veins of fiery light without fixed form and only faint radiance weaved through the magma: their shapes were different and not of the same species, but their remarkably similar habits made them appear identical. At the same time, massive draconic lizards with heavy shells appeared over the mouth of volcanos alongside serpentine creatures with runic scales.

Unlike the other beasts, the eyes of these creatures glinted with the illumination of intelligence. Now, however, they were in a state of brief blankness—what Joshua remolded were not individuals from bygone civilizations, but heroic spirits, given form once again through the memories of their entire civilization. They had no personal memories or emotion, but a crude collective consciousness although they were much more alike to genuine lifeforms.