The snow in Bulida began to fall more heavily.
The increasingly dense fine snow drifted to the foot of the towering Ostergo Highlands, surrounded by endless emerald pine forests.
The terrain on the western side of the city rose and fell, and a magnificent beige building resembling a temple stood there. That was the Imperial Military Staff and the Imperial Army Commander-in-Chief Headquarters.
Deep in the heart of this building, the Hall of Divine Descendants resembled an underground theater. Twelve imposing arches surrounded it, while the dome was inlaid with a mural made of countless glowing immortal crystals. Its dazzling radiance illuminated the dark marble floor below, making it seem like the center of a galaxy.
Yet today, Bulida was in complete chaos, and the Hall of Divine Descendants had become eerily quiet.
Directly beneath the transparent glass mirror at the center of the round table was the most mysterious restricted area of the Hall of Divine Descendants.
Deep within the earth, a black, six-sided magic cube glowing with an eerie red light was bound to a stone platform by layer upon layer of chains. Shimmering Magic-Sealing Steel Pillars stood around it, locking it firmly in place.
Ancient spell seals from the Ceros Empire and the Elcia Holy Domain covered all six faces of the cube. The chains wrapped around it writhed and coiled like living things, emanating the aura of void creatures.
The Gate to the Illusionary Territory had originally been the supreme spell used by ancient seal masters to imprison the undying Bloodkin. It was recorded in the Moon God Temple of the Holy Land and could only be cast without cost with a blessed object of the Wolf Sage as a medium. Otherwise, the caster would suffer fatal backlash. Later, it was made into equipment.
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