51 Willow Wisp Is the Best Faerie, Moonberry Is

Willow Wisp Is the Best Faerie, Moonberry Is the Worst Faerie

"Be careful on the way! Don't let Rafaam touch the Floating City's helm! That lunatic nearly sailed the Veiled Market straight into The Maw. Damn it, I didn't die in Bastion—I nearly died at his hands."

On a floating island beyond Ardenweald's groves, Diakum, who had just disembarked, raised a hand in farewell to the Veiled Market as it slowly vanished into the storms of the in-between realm.

After wreaking havoc in Bastion and making off with the Firstborn, he had ridden this thing across the in-between realm to reach his third foothold in the Shadowlands.

The reason he had taken a Broker ship was, first, that counting the Eternal Arbiter he had shut down, there were already two Eternal Ones who had "died" by his hand.

He had even issued Sire Denathrius a "death threat" before the magic mirror in Bastion.

Under those circumstances, crossing the in-between realm on his own was bound to be risky. Sire Denathrius was a thoroughly petty bastard. He might not have been able to defeat Diakum head-on, but with all his scheming, he had plenty of ways to pull something nasty on Vigilant while Diakum traversed the in-between realm.

Once he got lost in that realm, where the very concept of "direction" did not exist, there was no telling where Diakum would end up.

It was not that he feared danger. At his current strength, he could strut sideways even if thrown into The Maw. He was mainly afraid of wasting time. The material world was still waiting for Vigilant to make his "return of the king" amid the war.

Who had time to play Fantasy Drift in the in-between realm?

So when the time called for it, it was better to