Elias froze. On the screen, the character turned around. There was nothing in the digital forest, but on his monitor's glossy reflection, he could see a tall, distorted shape standing right behind his chair.
Welcome to the Island. Hope your saves are backed up. Elias froze
The screen flickered. Instead of the polished studio logo, a pixelated skull appeared for a split second, followed by a crude, hand-drawn map of an island. It wasn't the lush tropics of Aethelgard . It was a jagged, black-and-white sketch of a rock in the middle of a void. Elias froze. On the screen