"Lord Gepard, these people are Sampo's accomplices..."
With the Silvermane Guards fully prepared and lined up, their captain stepped forward and cautiously reminded Gepard.
"It was all just a misunderstanding. A mere Sampo hardly deserves accomplices with such strength..."
"At the very least, these Travelers before us aren't Belobog's enemies. Otherwise, you wouldn't have the chance to stand here talking!"
Gepard reached out with his metal-gauntleted hand and rested it on the captain's shoulder armor, his expression utterly serious.
That man named Lin Feng had indeed held back against them. Otherwise, even if Gepard could barely have survived thanks to his powerful defensive abilities, not a single one of these Silvermane Guards would have escaped.
"Follow me, Interstellar Travelers... Rift crises abound in the blizzard. Whatever you have to say can wait until we return to Belobog!"
With that, Gepard led the guards forward.
Before long, after walking along a snow-covered mountain path, Lin Feng, Himeko, and the others stood at the edge of a high cliff and saw the outline of an enormous city.
Within the towering ring of city walls, the neatly arranged districts resembled precision gears. At the city's center, immense columns supported a majestic domed palace. Around its outskirts, elevated covered bridges extended in every direction, connecting the surrounding snowy peaks like the hands of a clock.
Seen from above, the city below, with its rather old-fashioned architecture, resembled a clockwork mechanism, precise and classical.
"Welcome to Belobog, the city of preservation!"
Gepard turned to look at the Travelers from beyond the sky, a faint hint of pride on his handsome face.
Belobog was the last remaining haven for humanity in this world ravaged by blizzards.
Perhaps, in the eyes of these Travelers from the Sea of Stars, Belobog was neither grand nor vast. But for