In an ancient time of unknown age, humans struggling to survive in the darkness found a final settlement in a desert. But soon after, creatures that chased living souls arrived.
It did not directly slaughter the people here but instead herded them, maintaining a sustainable population growth while demanding regular sacrifices of flesh and souls from the settlement's inhabitants.
This situation lasted for a long time until a knight from afar gathered the last resistance forces within the settlement to charge against that "demon".
The battle lasted for a long time, and when the elders and children of the settlement dared to approach the battlefield, all they saw were corpses everywhere, a gravely injured demon, and a dying knight.
Shard placed one hand on the coffin lid and recited the story's final conclusion:
