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He landed softly, his hly 4 ht, the dark grey stone ht&8221; He muttered and then looked up He took a few steps forward and juain

Soon, Dorian had movedan ever-widening trail of boulders and rocks He quashed the nervousness he felt in his heart at the dangers he was facing

"Here!&8221; Mira’s voice cut into Dorian’s concentration, drawing his attention as he gauged the distance fro her and Aiden standing on a particularly large rock, one that was at least a dozenleap, soaring through the sky to land down on the larger rock, near one of its sides He landed softly, having started to get the hang of the ju movement He wiped a sheen of sweat off his forehead as he checked his footing, stepping away froe

Not a htly on the large rock

Around the out to hundreds of different rocks Several of the Wizards and warriors roups, while still others moved on their own He didn’t see Helena, or anyone he knew

Dorian nodded at Leader who nodded back He then walked up to Mira and Aiden, asking,

"Alright Where exactly is it appearing at?&8221; He gestured with his hand at the Mag The low, ruround, and Dorian couldupward

Mira gave Dorian an odd look

"It’s appearing here That’s e’re here&8221; She responded

Dorian squinted

"No, I get that But where? What direction?&8221; He waved his hands

Mira looked at hiht here&8221;

Dorian’s eyes widened

"Here?&8221; He pointed and looked down at the ground and then looked back up at her

"Here&8221; Mira nodded

At that exact round ru noise vanished as the world around Dorian seemed to shudder

Gravity itself seemed to fluctuate as the world around him distorted for a brief instant He felt his knees shake as he forced himself toupward

As was the rock he was standing on

As was the lava and h in the sky as an enorma Sea

A creature that stood hundreds of antuan beast that was so incredibly large it defied reason A creature that was closer in size to aof flesh and blood

A creature that the Great Hero Yukeli had defeated in battle using his bare hands, and set within it a ends were to be believed, held not only a great store of treasures, but the secret to achieving Ascension

A Flame Empyrean Turtle

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Species: Flaelic)

Maxie to get a good look at the creature at first, not as he was thrown into the air He only barelyon full lockdown , Dorian withdrew a basic ically enhanced for durability As the i everyone that was on top of it into the air, he threw the blade doard, slanetic Manipulation! Pull!’ Dorian pulled hi hiiant beast

Around him, the various Wizards and warriors that were spread out atop the beast did si secure Everyone here seemed to have coroup

BOOM

WHOOSH

The world around Dorian shook once more as the massive creature seeouts of lava and ma settled back down to nor down on its back

As the lava and an to slide off its back, it revealed a solid, stone-like black surface The shell of the enormous turtle

Contrary to Dorian’s expectations, the back of the huge turtle was covered in rough rocks and stones, soe stone island, co at the center of it He couldn’t see the face, or even legs or are &8211; Regular (Non-Flaes4alphacodersco ) (Doesn’t Open in App)

As Dorian looked around at the new environment, in awe at the sheer size and scale of the beast, and its raer, Leader’s voice called out, interrupting his thoughts

"Great Lord! We have landed near one of the entrances!&8221;

Dorian turned around, staring

Leader was standing with his bow out on top of one of the jutting black rocks that were present around the yellow circle

One of the 10 ic entrances one needed to take to enter the Ascension Ruins

BOOM

Before Dorian could react, however, a loud booht, about a hundred meters away, a small plume of smoke rose into the sky as a fireball faded away The sounds of coer and pain echoing

The Ascension Ruins appeared on a seest number of people that could explore them at any one time was 60, due to the limited number of entrances, and the limited number of people that could enter each one

Tens of thousands of Wizards and warriors all wanted a piece of the Ruins and the treasures and knowledge they held

A very li in the 30,000 Worlds

A massive battle royale broke out

Dorian clenched his fist as he ran forward towards Leader, his heart deter