Chapter 156

Ased still remembered when he was very young, his tribe was attacked by a horde of Ranked Creatures. Various Ranked Creatures emerged endlessly from the darkness, and then he watched with his own eyes as one of his brothers was dragged into the darkness. There was only a brief, agonizing howl, followed by the sound of tearing flesh and bones; he could even see the monsters in the darkness and the blood... Ever since then, he had been terrified of the dark. This was an unspeakable secret, and no one would ever believe that a Great Warrior of a tribe—a Great Warrior who had risked his life for his people and brought glory to the tribe time and again—could actually be afraid of the dark... He wanted to see the sunlight. The source of the endless radiance described in books, the light shining down from overhead, the light capable of illuminating the entire world. He wanted to see the sunlight, if only once, if only for a single second...