CHAPTER 263 - Plans for the Ruined City.

In Desolate. Ruined City.

The Castle of Trials stood as an eerie yet majestic relic of the past, its towering spires reaching toward the dim, clouded sky. 

Despite the bleakness of the landscape, a strange sense of purpose now filled the air. 

Something was changing—slowly but surely.

Alex stood at the edge of the grand balcony, overlooking the underground ceiling covering the castle. 

His hands rested against the cold railing as he contemplated the enormity of the task before him. 

The trials had ended—or more like, he destroyed it—yet he didn't leave this place be, determined to turn this forsaken place into something more than a graveyard of lost history.

"You really think it's possible?" Lilia's voice broke through his thoughts, carrying a mixture of intrigue and skepticism.