As the three sisters followed Hexia deeper inside, the sights before them grew increasingly astonishing.
Unlike Azeroth's rugged, age-worn stone buildings, this place radiated an unprecedented sense of the future. Though there was much they could not understand, they could recognize the predecessors of many of these things among Humans.
Reflective glass, neon lights, and magic that resembled projections, yet contained no magical power whatsoever.
When the three sisters raised their heads to look up at the tallest building in the center, the enormous Sky Carrier overhead left them utterly speechless.
Its enormous, sleek hull resembled a flying shuttle, like a mobile castle floating in the sky. Sparks flickered along its Rectangular Ion Channels. Though the sisters did not know what those channels were for, the faint threat of death emanating from them sent chills down their spines.
And there was more than one of these enormous warships. At a glance, no fewer than fifty were arrayed across the sky in an echelon formation.
Had the full moon above Azeroth not been so large, they would have blocked out almost all its light.
After passing several buildings they could not make sense of, Hexia brought the three to a stop before the tallest one. Its crystal-clear glass skylights reflected the scant moonlight outside, while the lights within revealed countless humans busy at work.
Hexia explained the situation to the Holy Light Clerics guarding the entrance, and the two clerics immediately stood at attention and saluted.
They then activated the door mechanism. The electronic door performed a full-body scan of Hexia, paused for a second to confirm, then opened with a click, its metallic surface shimmering with Silver ripples.
Curious, the three sisters cautiously followed Hexia into the heavily guarded building.
As they drew closer, no fewer than several dozen gazes