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Gold turns lethal, no longer enticing, the golden statue of the companion is lifelike, yet utterly lifeless.
Tsuchigumo observes Standing Black Hat, the once mighty Society President, now just a mere golden statue.
A creepy aura spreads at the bottom of The Scar of the World, five thousand meters below ground. It's pitch black, illuminated only by the gleaming golden statues of companions and the scorching air searing the flesh.
It is at this moment Tsuchigumo sees a golden afterimage!
The afterimage is shaped like a "giant" about 4 meters tall, glowing all over, with a body riddled with holes, like a mummy woven from hundreds of strands of gold leaf.
What... what is this?
In all her life, Tsuchigumo has never seen anything more terrifying than this.
Her appendages are deeply embedded into the cliff face, daring not to fall to the bottom, and even less to attempt rescuing her companions turned into golden statues.
