Xavier, Aji, and Zoro started walking cautiously using the path leading towards the ominous castle.The air felt different now—heavier, almost melancholic—as though the path itself was trying to weigh them down. The wind blew through the desolate landscape, carrying with it a strange, eerie sound, like distant whispers from a world forgotten.
“Why does it feel... so sad here?” Aji muttered, his voice low as they approached the stairs.
Xavier looked up, trying to figure out the towering structure ahead. A set of stairs stretched upward, at least a hundred steps, leading to the castle's massive iron doors. The castle itself stand their like a giant, made of dark, cold stone that seemed to swallow the light around it with dark vine warpping around it. Its spires pierced the sky, blackened by
