บท 192: Not West...But South (Ch.192)

"Awaken the blood pillars, let the Earth heed my command."

" Days become nights... mountains and rivers collide, the cardinal gates subdued in darkness. What once stood... stands no more..." The masked man whispered.

The pitter patter sound of dripping blood echoed in an unusually loud manner just as the voice of the masked man rang out.

In a slow motion, every drop of blood that dripped to the ground elicited a resounding echo and Estelle could only watch... unable to understand or comprehend what played out before her eyes.

The change began with a slight shift in the air, a shift so subtle it could be barely noticed but slowly grew more apparent as the atmosphere was charged with an unknown force.

Estelle's hairs stood on end and a chilling feeling of terror ran down her spine, 

For a moment, Estelle glanced down at her skin and she could see the cold sweat forming.