The seawater that had flooded Dragon Abyss Island withdrew almost as swiftly as it had come. It drained through the island's web of ravines, dragging shattered trees and rocks back toward the now-calm sea. From time to time, gentle waves continued rolling onto the beach, and when they receded, they left behind a thin layer of fine sand spreading across the smooth mudflats.

From the coast, it almost seemed as though peace had returned. Farther inland, however, the devastation was impossible to overlook. Dragon Abyss Island, once a paradise secluded from the world, had been reduced to ruins. Its already modest mountain ranges had crumbled altogether, and ancient trees that had stood for centuries, or even millennia, still burned under the raging flames. The seawater had done nothing to put out the flames, and arcs of lightning continued to flicker...