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The Kungunir that could pierce all... broke.
It was unable to penetrate the Black Colossal Gate, not even leaving a trace.
From the pitch-black cracks of the gate, a fresh red liquid kept pouring out, washing over the gate, next to the gate, pillars with holes, some of which were studded with red gemstones. Inside the gemstones floated objects that curled up like embryos; some of the holes were empty, without a gemstone in sight.
Upon close count...
There were precisely seventy-two of them.
At the top of the Black Colossal Gate crouched two stone gargoyles with sharp fangs, wings on their backs, and ram horns on their heads; their blood-red eyes dripped blood continuously, their cold gazes identical to the teary-eyed ravens Marvin had once seen!
Anatole staggered backward as he looked at the suddenly revealed Black Colossal Gate, his face ashen as if he had seen something terribly frightening.
