It was midday, and the sun was right above Solvane—the capital of Arcadia.
The streets were quiet, shadows short and sharp under the blazing sky. Inside the royal palace, far from the noise outside, Logan and Prince Rowan had been in the library since breakfast. Books, scrolls, and silence surrounded them, but their minds were anything but calm.
The more Logan read, the more questions filled his mind.
One book mentioned how cultivation slowly began to fade long ago—but gave no clear reason why. At first, people thought it was connected to the appearance of the first dungeon. Many brave fighters went inside, trying to clear it, but none came back. Over time, something strange started happening.
Wherever the dungeon appeared, the spiritual energy in the environment began to drop. Slowly, that change spread to nearby areas. And just when people were still trying to understand what was happening—everything changed again.
