With a whisk of the Malefic Viper's hand, the dust dispersed, and Jake found himself standing on a small, floating stone platform, utterly untouched by even a single speck of dust. Around him, nothing remained as far as his eyes could see. Everything had simply been disintegrated into nothingness. "See? Overprotective. Could collapse the entire damn realm on you without leaving a scratch. Ya couldn’t even kill yourself if you wanted to right now." With another wave of his hand, the whole place was restored back to exactly how it had been before he shattered it, leaving it as if nothing had ever happened. "Back to the story. You see, long ago, I made a certain Challenge Dungeon during a time where we gods had quite a bit more free rein on designing them. I am both incredibly proud and a

