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While one of the cities guarding the right of passage to the Beasts' Cradle has been almost mowed upside down, there was an unusually high density of killing intent looming over the preserve.
It was as if the lost hope was found, a new leader was born.
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Meanwhile.
At the exact centre of this hostile land was a small stone construct. Due to the dense population of vegetation, not even an aerial drone could have found it.
Standing about seven feet tall, the construct was very simple in design. A square piece of rock measuring each side three metres was the base. It was projecting out of the ground by a few inches. The block was brimming with minuscule writings of an unknown script.
Though indecipherably tiny, these writings gave the stone a sacred aura.