บท 903: The Castle Town of Valance - Part 1

"I am," Oliver admitted. "Thousands of years they've been missing, that's what's said – but how are we so sure of that? Perhaps they were never here at all. Perhaps they were merely made to explain the existence of the Gods that we currently have."

"Would that be the case," Lombard said, iron in his voice. "We still feel their presence, even if they do not interact with man directly. The Old Gods still play their part. Look to Pandora – you see what it is that she does, do you not? The world is riddled with monsters, and in their unnaturalness, they still continue to exist. The Pandora Goblin – a creature that size – ought not to exist at all. But not only does it exist, it has existed for at least hundreds of years. We've records detailing the many battles we've had with it."