This strange, somewhat mad city contained countless markets, but the most famous grand market lay in the busiest district near the Hogwarts portal.
Supplies here were abundant, and the goods came in every variety. As long as one had money, one could buy almost anything. In a huge city like Branch City, with its massive population and mixed races of creatures, even food had become endlessly bizarre.
There was no need to mention the ordinary meat, vegetables, and fruit eaten by wizards in Hogwarts Floating City. What was worth mentioning were the ingredients that satisfied even creatures with unusual tastes—for instance, strips of fresh gelatinous flesh that still constantly quivered on the butcher's stall. As for what exactly it was, an ordinary wizard newly arrived here would likely be scared witless if they asked around.
Fresh fruit from Earth's poisonous jungles, heaps of rare foods that made mouths water, and the fragrance wafting from huge pots of overboiled mineral slag, which had magical bats lining up in long queues...
Many strange magical creatures moved through the market. These customers were not merely wizards; bizarre creatures from every plane had gathered here to buy the supplies they wanted, including Cambion Demons, Quasits from the Bottomless Abyss, and Devils such as Pit Fiends from Baator.
Their appearances and forms were all bizarre and different, yet they maintained a restrained peace with one another.
At that moment, before a butcher's stall, a Hundred-Eyed Demon bound its more than one hundred swollen, differently shaped orange arms together and slowly rolled forward. It moved cautiously, avoiding trampling other creatures.
It came face-to-face with a Styx Memory-Stealing Demon with a powerful body and thick arms. The Styx Memory-Stealing Demon opened and closed its eye-catching mouth full of sharp teeth. Two massive horns jutted straight out from