"Where is this Golden City you mentioned?"
Robin hovered hundreds of meters above the forest, her wings beating as she gazed intently at the Giant Beanstalk deep within it, surrounded by a milky-white sea of clouds. Her delicate brows creased involuntarily.
"Don't rush. You'll see it in a moment."
Surging bioelectric currents poured out of Lucas's body. They branched in every direction, crackling through layer after layer of air as they spread precisely toward the area deep in the forest concealed beneath dense white clouds.
According to his memories, the Golden City lay beneath those clouds.
In the original timeline, even Enel's current, with its mere two-hundred-million-volt limit, could pierce these clouds. There was no reason he couldn't.
In an instant, several enormous holes tore through the heavy clouds. Sunlight cascaded down like golden waterfalls, illuminating the ancient ruins that had slumbered below for so long.
The birds and beasts in the forest trembled at this sudden upheaval, huddling where they stood and not daring to move.
Beneath the towering Giant Beanstalk, the Golden City, hidden by white clouds for hundreds of years, appeared in its entirety before the two figures high above.
Several tall ceremonial buildings gleamed in the sunlight, the gold adorning their surfaces reflecting a dazzling brilliance.
Though called the Golden City, it consisted primarily of ordinary stone buildings. Only these three ceremonial structures had a layer of gold plating on their surfaces.
Robin beat her wings, eagerly flying toward the ancient city steeped in the weight of history.
Just then, an earthshaking rumble erupted from deep within the forest.
An enormous snake, deep blue from head to tail, suddenly burst from the trees. Its thick body carved deep furrows into the ground as it raced toward the Golden City.
The dispersing clouds had not only cleared