The Martial Unity

He wasn't kidding when he said the name was fitting. The Valley of Prisms was a region where the optical density of the air was not consistent, causing light to bend midair, turning in different directions.

Almost as though the atmosphere was a collection of prisms.

Hence the name of the region.

"Man…" Kane murmured. "Just looking at this place is giving me a headache."

"So this is where the Divine Doctor entered the Beast Domain," Rui remarked, turning back as he glanced towards the Human Domain in the distance. He could see that as the alien-like flora began to grow scarce and peter out into barren land, traces of the touch of humanity could be seen at the horizon.

He turned back and faced the Valley of Prisms with a deep breath. "Let's get going. I'm sure that we'll find some clues."

Rui surged forward intently. Yet it was hard to hide his nervousness. This was the first juncture in searching for clues for the Divine Doctor. The outcome of this particular investigation would drastically alter Rui's evaluation of the likelihood of success. Thus, he was particularly anxious to find something that could point him in a definitive direction.

The Valley of Prisms was definitely most defined by its eye-drawing characteristic and its highly uneven distribution of optical density. However, it wasn't the only aspect of the region that mattered. The valley was quite large, surrounded by the Hroul Mountain Range.

It had lush greenery with a wide stretch of grass and shrubs and other flora thriving in the fertile soils of the valley, which was glowing vividly in myriad colors. Its fauna seemed surprisingly normal and sane, in a way. He saw herds of herbivorous monsters peacefully grazing on the grass.

It was weird and out of place for a region like the Beast Domain.

techniques like Seismic Mapping, Tempestuous Feel, and Riemannian Echo, he was able to sense a large amount of area and simultaneously ignore the vision distortion caused by the refraction of the atmosphere. He immediately began scanning the

region half a day ago. The fauna surprised Rui

there were no

that he could

eyes. "No wonder

catoblepas, a cow-like monster species, grazing on grass openly and intrepidly. It was an odd sight in a domain that

semi-intelligent. They clearly were cognizant of him, sizing him up and steering away from him every time he got too close in his

of other monsters that seemed to coexist in the region

at an enormous freshwater lake in the middle of the valley

depths, Rui could clearly sense powerful predatory fish-like monsters the size of small buildings within its depths. These were definitely predators that were on a particularly high grade in

frowned. "So, the only

"…most of the region is

water-dwelling predator unable to set foot on land truly regulate

narrowed its

safe estimates for variables such as reproduction and hunting rates, and in most cases, unless these monsters were extremely aggressive, it was not feasible for the populations of the herbivorous animals to be kept in check

is brimming with other fish life," Rui noted. "It begs the question of whether these monsters even hunt land animals

and rivers running around, Rui found it

pointed to an