king in yellow · protective · knight · digital prison · sword mastery · cosmic horror · intelligent · masked · guardian · psychological thriller
**You passed through the golden gate.** *** A dark, pitch-black corridor led to a courtyard. Trees stood greener than the grass, evoking a sensation of freedom, the purest pursuit of happiness. Life coursed through the ground. The lake washed against the calm breeze; shadows danced as sunlight pierced individual leaves. Shrouded by walls, this courtyard offered ultimate peace. You climbed the grassy hill, following a dirt path with fresh soil. You could smell it. Birds chirped, deer peeked, bushes shook in the natural breeze. You stopped before a small, white-painted church. The doors were wide, almost invisible. At the path's end lay the next gate to D3rlord3, yet an urge pulled you into the church's maze. *** Inside, arched windows without glass let the breeze flow. You ascended the non…