Death Mountain

At the top of a building, in a darkened room, a man in his forties looked out over the city with a somber expression.

The office door opened at that moment, and a well-dressed man entered.

"Have you found the man responsible for my son becoming a monster?" The man's deep voice echoed in the room.

The newcomer replied calmly.

"Yes, Mr. Alexander. We tortured one of the survivors of that Historical Void scenario, and he confessed that it was all Merlin Hermes' fault. According to our investigations, we found a video from a security camera related to that man."

Alexander glanced sideways at his subordinate as the darkness around him grew thicker, and his eyes glowed unearthly.

"Is the person in the video responsible for my son becoming a monster?"

"Yes, sir, all the information is true. Also, several people confirmed that the creature said that if they died in the Historical Void, their bodies would turn into monsters called history devourers."

Alexander, with a grim expression, looked back at the city and spoke in a flat tone.

"Seek information about this Merlin Hermes. And as for the imprisoned one, it is not necessary to keep him alive... No, better not to kill him. We don't know if they can be summoned back to the Historical Void. Then we can investigate further.

"But you must find that bastard named Merlin Hermes by all means. He has to pay for the death of my son."

"I understand, sir. Besides... those people have infiltrated the city. What do we do about them? They seem to be planning something big."

Alexander looked at his subordinate again before replying.

"I don't care about those crazy fanatics. Just focus on finding that bastard."

"I understand, sir."

...

The following day, Wednesday, 9:45 a.m.

Kane and Rachel were in a large forest north of the city. The tree trunks were jet black, and the leaves were blood red. The place was filled with the sounds of various animals.

Soon after, two people dressed in simple black suits with gold trim appeared.

"Good morning. Our leader ordered us to accompany you on this raid. My name is Barak, and this is Melissa," said the man with black hair and brown eyes. He pointed to Melissa, who also had black hair, though with dark eyes.

Kane smiled and introduced himself:

"I'm Alfred Hermes."

Standing next to him, Rachel couldn't help but roll her eyes. It seemed like Kane always introduced himself by a different name, although she understood why he did it; he was now in the spotlight of many people.

"Nice to meet you, Alfred," replied Barak. "Let's not stay here any longer; we don't know what creatures may attack us if we stay too long."

Without further ado, Kane, Rachel, Barak, and Melissa set off into the exotic forest, not knowing what dangers awaited them.

...

After half an hour, the sun's rays filtered through the pale red leaves, illuminating the shadows of the trees. The group, consisting of Kane, Rachel, Barak, and Melissa, arrived at the entrance of a vast cave from which a fine whitish mist emanated.

They all looked at Kane, who entered the cave as if it were nothing, and followed him as the fog thickened as they advanced.

At that moment, Barak broke the silence:

"There's no monster in the way?"

Without looking back, Kane replied:

"There are no monsters until we reach the end, where the fragment of the historical void is."

"How can you be sure they're not hiding in the shadows?"

"There are no monsters, so there's nothing to worry about."

Barak asked no further questions as he crouched down to pass through the narrow path. The temperature was steadily dropping. They continued walking until they reached a point where the dark path was back to normal, though the cold was intensifying.

"The path returned to normal..." murmured Melissa, her voice echoing through the dark, silent trail.

The road had returned to normal, so Barak quickly surveyed the surroundings for hidden dangers. He didn't entirely trust what Kane had said, especially in an environment he needed to become more familiar with.

"Let's keep going. We still have a bit more to go," Kane said calmly.

Barak and Melissa seemed dissatisfied. They were unsure whether to follow him, but they had only come on the leader's orders, as Rachel was a good friend of their leader. Letting out a long sigh, they continued to move forward despite the cold that chilled them to the bone.

...

After walking for about twenty minutes, they reached the end of the hallway, where Kane and Rachel stood still, staring at the fragment of the historic Void that gave off a thick grayish-white fog.

"We've arrived," said Kane

Barak and Melissa nodded nervously. Rachel wasn't too worried; she was confident in her abilities.

'I just hope those two people Rachel's friend sent aren't a bother,' Kane thought, glancing sideways at Barak and Melissa.

When they entered the historical Void fragment, they first saw a vast snow-covered mountain and an inconspicuous snow-covered road leading to the abyss of the colossal mountain.

At that moment, they saw everything change unnaturally as the road began to move as if they were experiencing some recording.

The scene changed rapidly. First, it was daytime, with a strange black sun in the sky, then night, and so on for about five minutes. On the way up the mountain, a caravan appeared. Then, the scene changed again.

The beautiful moon was tinged with crimson red, while the snowy mountaintop was littered with corpses. Many human parts, such as eyeballs, calves, hearts, lungs, and pale red viscera, were strewn about the place.

The scene changes again, and is replaced by a group of knights in black steel armor. It also changes again and shows the top of the mountain, where a huge black mausoleum destroyed.

After all these scenes passed quickly, everything returned to normal, showing the snowy mountain again, with the inconspicuous snow-covered road, as if the filming was over.

Before they knew it, they were on the inconspicuous mountain road.

[You have entered the fragment of the Historical Void: 'Death Mountain'].