After dealing with the lamp, I stood at the peak of a rocky mountain near the basin and looked down at the vast expanse below.

The sharp, jagged cliffs rose like spikes, as though they were about to pierce the sky. In the gaps between the rocks, dark green coniferous trees grew densely, filling the slopes of the mountain.

The sound of the leaves swaying in the wind had a strangely melancholic quality to it.

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I gazed blankly at the village situated in the middle of the basin, slowly moving towards its entrance.

Following the transparent stream that curved …