Chapter 1: The Prologue [1]
Looking at the scenery around me, I couldn't help but accept my situation.
As I glanced around the dimly lit, gothic-esque building that resembled the infamous Cologne Cathedral in Germany, an exhausted sigh involuntarily escaped my mouth.
The sheer enormity of the structure made it impossible to see where the ceiling began or ended, making it seem as if the building stretched endlessly into the abyss above.
Black marble pillars taller than Titans cascaded all the way down from the unseen "ceiling" to the cold stone floor, swallowing up what little light remained in the cathedral.
The glossy-black pillars were placed symmetrically on each side of the cathedral, and in between them lay a royal-red carpet that stretched from the cathedral's entrance to the opposite wall.
For some unknown reason, the crimson-red carpet sparkled despite the lack of light, creating a visible path through the center of the cathedral.
Not even the stone floor was visible in the space between the towering columns.
Only the royal-red carpet was perceivable, stretching endlessly like a bridge suspended over a black chasm.
Outside the pillars were countless obsidian benches that glistened like diamonds when the occasional light flashed into the building before being removed by the ominous black columns.
On the right and left walls of the building were stained-glass windows that displayed figures and images I couldn't even comprehend.
Although there were no lights within the building, I could still vaguely see the shapes around me through the small light from outside that managed to pass through the stained glass and enter the cathedral.