The gate of the Palace resembled the gate of the Awakened Academy more than it did that of the Dark Castle — it was a single, colossal plate of a strange metal with no visible locking mechanism. However, while the Academy gate was simply an unadorned plate of reinforced alloy, this one was decorated by countless engravings that made it seem like a work of art.
…A destroyed work of art, that was, considering that the titanic plate of metal had been viciously torn and bent, opening into the cold darkness of the Palace Island like a grotesque, jagged flower.
Sunny and Nightwalker paused in front of it for a few moments, studying the sharp edges of torn metal with pensive expressions.
Nightwalker looked up somberly. The jagged expanse of the breached gate towered above them, dwarfing the distant silhouette of the Dark Castle.
"Why does it feel like…"
Sunny finished his sentence in a dark tone:
"Like something broke through this enormous gate from the inside?"
