Soon, a palace appeared in front of Jared. It was grand and majestic, exuding an overwhelming presence.
The light he had seen emanated from the palace.
Jared walked closer. After surveying his surroundings, he proceeded deeper into the palace.
The light came from the main hall. Although the doors and windows around the hall were tightly sealed, the light seemed to penetrate through everything.
Jared pushed open the doors of the hall and stepped inside. In the center of the hall, there stood a candlestick with a single candle burning atop it.
Despite being just one candle, its glow was bright enough for Jared to spot it from a distance. It even pierced through layers of walls, which was truly bizarre.
However, Jared appeared unperturbed by the oddity as he approached the candlelight.
“Is anyone here? Hello?” Jared called out while walking forward.
Since there was candlelight, there had to be someone nearby.
“There's no one here. You're the only one.”
A raspy voice echoed from all directions within the hall.
Jared halted. He looked around before asking, “If you aren't human, how can you speak like one?”
The voice hesitated momentarily before bursting into laughter. “I am not human. I am a deity—the deity who controls your life and death. Now that you've arrived here, your fate is in my hands.”
As the voice finished speaking, an aura suddenly emerged from all around the hall, enveloping Jared. He struggled desperately as the aura drained his spiritual energy rapidly.
The entity seemed uninterested in killing Jared outright, aiming instead to exhaust his spiritual energy and leave him powerless to resist.
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