In the ruins of a once-prosperous village, Roland stood alone.
Familiar scenery burned all around him; collapsed houses, human bodies, and farmland were all engulfed in ferocious flames. The fire seemed to mock humanity's arrogance as it roared and licked the earth.
Soon, the sharp hissing sounds died down, and pitch-black Crystal Diamonds crept across the ground.
These inanimate objects devoured everything in their path—charred corpses, soil, wood, even the hissing flames—and multiplied at rapid speed, covering the ground.
Hell.
A hell within hell, more wretched and terrifying than the deepest underworld.
Humanity couldn't retain their dignity here, with no chance for prayers, repentance, escape, or funerals. They simply became part of the Crystal Diamond cluster and disappeared completely from the world.
Only escape lay open to this hellish place.
No!
It isn't like that!
