Chapter 209: Chapter 209: Above

Anthony listened attentively as he watched the old man devour the stones like candy. The stone elder continued, "He approached the stone being, much larger than him, and tore off a piece of his stone. With it, he molded and created the first stone woman of his kind. Together, they created stone babies, and as they grew, they also generated more offspring. For thousands of years, we thrived in harmony. Until he came, a horrible and disastrous being. He killed us one by one, took everything we were. He took away our names and our identity. He locked us in here with him, in this pyramid, in this space. The stone men lost everything," Anthony concluded, sensing a hint of sadness in the old man's voice and eyes.

"Why did he attack you?" Persephone asked, visibly intrigued by the story. The old man fell silent for a moment before responding, "He wanted our mother stone, a beautiful shiny crystalline stone. According to our ancestors, it was the eye of the large stone being."