Prologue – The Fall of the Divine
The sky cracked. Not with thunder, nor with fire, but with something far more terrifying. Silence.
The gods, beings of immeasurable power who once ruled over Phantom, had vanished. No divine decree echoed across the heavens, no celestial light bathed the land. Just silence.
The people of Phantom soon realized the truth:
The gods were never coming back.
Without divine order, the balance of the world collapsed. Monsters that once lurked in the shadows, fearful of the gods' might, began to roam freely. The protective barriers around cities and kingdoms faded, and entire civilizations crumbled overnight.
The monsters weren't just increasing in numbers. They were evolving.
Rumors spread of Mutation Stones, fragments of an ancient power buried deep within Phantom's core. Any beast that absorbed one mutated into something far stronger and more terrifying.
And the people? They had no divine blessings to protect them. They were prey.
The age of gods had ended.
The age of monsters had begun.