Jenseits Von Gut Und Bг¶se (2024)

Elias returned to Altmarkt at dawn. He didn't smash the Great Scales; he simply walked past them as if they were made of mist. When the Mayor shouted, "Elias, where is your soul? You have walked with the demons!", Elias smiled.

: The fundamental drive in all living things to assert themselves and grow, rather than just survive. Jenseits von Gut und Böse

Elias left his shop and walked to the edge of the forbidden Black Forest, a place the villagers called the "Heart of Evil." As he stepped past the boundary stones, he didn't feel the sting of sin or the weight of judgment. He felt the wind. He saw the wolves, not as "wicked" killers, but as creatures of magnificent, unburdened will. Elias returned to Altmarkt at dawn