The Green Willow Empire was one of the two largest empires on the Berl Material Plane.
The Green Willow Empire's strongest expert was Berg, one of the Berl Material Plane's two Mid-Gods.
As the empire's strongest expert, Berg stood high above all others and controlled everything within the empire. Even the Green Willow Empire's imperial family had to obey Berg completely.
Now that Berg had broken through to become a Mid-God, given his ambition, he would surely continue expanding the Green Willow Empire's territory and might even seize control of the entire continent.
The Green Willow Empire's imperial capital, Green Willow City, Golden Sand Road.
As a residential district specially designed by the Green Willow Empire for its dignitaries, those who could live on Golden Sand Road were either imperial nobles or renowned merchants.
Of course, there was another kind of resident: the empire's powerful experts.
The cold winter had now arrived in the Green Willow Empire.
After a heavy snowfall, the entire Golden Sand Road had been dyed pure white.
Snowflakes still drifted down from time to time, while lavishly decorated carriages could occasionally be seen traveling along Golden Sand Road.
Laughter and cheerful chatter came from within the carriages. Clearly, these carriages had been prepared for the empire's young noble ladies and married women.
In the central area of Golden Sand Road, within a luxurious all-white manor, Leiding, dressed in green, reclined halfway on a lounge chair in his bedroom. Through the window, he admired the nighttime view of Green Willow Road.
Leiding's bedroom was entirely dark brown. Strange patterns had been carved into the surrounding walls, and several candles flickered with faint light, giving the room an exotic atmosphere.
The one living on the Berl Material Plane was still merely one of Leiding's energy projections, but there