Imperial Capital, Imperial Palace.
Unlike the royal palace situated on an island in the middle of a lake, the Imperial Palace stood directly at the heart of the city.
Though it was surrounded by luxurious estates inhabited by nobles, vast plazas stretched out on all four sides of the Imperial Palace. Like a pyramid, it stood alone above them, possessing the majestic grandeur of a towering mountain.
As for its appearance, the Imperial Palace differed from the royal palace in the royal capital as well.
The royal palace in the royal capital was a traditional Chalk Castle, filled with the atmosphere of medieval Western Europe, making it abundantly clear that one had arrived in a fantasy adventure-style Another World.
The Imperial Palace, on the other hand, somewhat resembled the imperial cities Shien knew of. It was resplendent in gold and jade, grand and magnificent, with outer walls that carried a profound sense of weight, allowing one to feel the burden of its history.
That said, there was only one entrance into the Imperial Palace.
It was the main gate: an incomparably broad tunnel corridor.
To enter the Imperial Palace, one could only pass through that tunnel corridor. There was no second way.
In this regard, it differed from the royal palace in the royal capital as well.
Though the royal palace in the royal capital also had only one main gate, it contained a plaza specifically for those Riding flying monsters to land in.
Shien had ridden Yulin directly into the royal palace from the sky more than once, landing in the monster plaza.
The Imperial Palace had made no such provisions. Other than the tunnel corridor at the front, every direction was protected by the highest-level barriers. Unless one rode a dragon and launched a frontal assault from midair,