[12 Years Later] Deep within the mountains north of the Southern Empire, there were echoes. These echoes didn’t come from the birds that hovered above this natural monument, neither was it from the howling winds that filled the expanse. No… it came from a single man. These echoes weren’t sounds that mere men could make—or even dream of replicating. Moment after moment, at set intervals, only one thing reverberated from the mountains. And it was— ~BOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMM!!!~ —Sheer destruction. Chunks of mountain parts scattered all across the area, littering the ground in their rocky substance. The ground rumbled, and even the air vibrated. The whole expanse shook as an incorporeal energy rose from the location that the destruction stemmed from. Nature held its breath. Almost as i

