Maurice sighed.
"When we, archaeologists who delve into the annals of history, exhaust our lives and strenuously reach the towering wall of the Great Erasure, scouring artifacts and comparing texts to catch a glimpse of the view beyond that wall, what we face are these baffling and bizarre phenomena."
The old man wore a deep fatigue and dejection on his face, like a traveler who had journeyed for most of his life, still unable to see the destination at the end of the road, yet forced to accept reality.
"The history prior to the Great Erasure is fragmented and contradictory, with the records from different city-states resembling a collection of bizarre stories, or disjointed dreamscapes... There is no decisive evidence to prove which record is correct, nor a theory that can integrate these conflicting elements."