Earth—the region where the Toad Ancestor's true body resided, a major district governed by the King-level Deed, located beneath the Australian continent—N'Kai.
N'Kai—Outer City.
Its streets were physical paths formed from wrinkled intestines and irregular chunks of monster bone.
Excretion ports, transport rivers, sliding channels, and other fluid-filled areas made up the Outer City's waterways. Due to the amphibian traits of the toad-like aberrations, the ratio of waterways to streets was roughly six to four.
The "buildings" in the Outer City were also divided into two types: major ground structures and airborne residential structures.
The reproductive capacity of the toad-like aberrations was astonishing. By human standards, the population density of the Outer City had long exceeded a city's maximum limit.
Large numbers of Toad Balloons floated above the surface, connected to the ground by fleshy passageways that allowed individuals to ascend and descend quickly.
These balloons were "residential homes." They occupied no surface area while accommodating vast numbers of residents.
As for the structures built on the ground, each held a certain degree of significance for N'Kai.
King Toad Tower, a tower constructed from the mythical body of a toad.
It was the safest structure in the Outer City, personally guarded by an avatar of the Toad Ancestor.
The surrounding area was dominated by military buildings, ensuring the absolute security of the Toad Gate... Should anything not belonging to this world emerge from within, it had to be suppressed and killed immediately.
After more than two hundred years of modifications by Toad City, the Gate of Destiny had fully fused with the brain, transforming into a gate embedded in the brain's surface, marked with the image of the Sleeping Toad.
A ripple spread through the air.
Maritis was the first to emerge. Abel, Demps, and Mia followed close behind, stepping