It was as though a nonexistent droplet had fallen from above the Sky Dome and struck the silent River Styx, sending delicate ripples spreading through the void.
Then, behind those ripples, shadows of nothingness swiftly emerged, expanded, and spread. After that, the thunder of a deep collapse echoed across the sky, lingering without end.
Within the boiling River Styx, an immense volume of waves burst forth and surged upward, causing this steel city, built from the entirety of hell, to rise from the sea.
Crossing vast depths, it descended here and scattered its brutal light.
The instant its invisible wings spread, the entire battlefield fell beneath that colossal silhouette.
The solemn city of steel was surrounded by layer upon layer of the River Styx. Beneath the emblem of the Kingdom of Heaven, countless lights ignited and streamed forth.
The silent fortress awakened from its long dream. A miracle named for the King of the Sky began to operate above the battlefield.
Its mere presence made every observer in the Present Realm sound the alarm and forced the colossal monsters wandering between depths to keep their distance.
Brutally toying with the laws of gravity, it had woven a super-colossal monster capable of eternal flight.
Using the entirety of Twilight Land as its base, and with the Sun Forger's assistance, it had incorporated every creation left behind by the King of Forging of the former Azure Realm. Above hell, it had laid the foundations for a rampart of the heavens.
Then, all the secret rites and miracles of Helios had been poured into it, reigniting the splendor of the Sun Chariot.
It had exhausted every material resource accumulated by the Heavenly Kingdom Lineage over the years, burned through all the funds Russell had gathered through channels both legal and illicit, mobilized over