Carter led Kai through the ivory-gated courtyard and into the palace proper. Kai had expected extravagance, but what he found was something beyond even that.
The palace wasn't just large. It was vast. Its size rivaled any structure Kai had ever seen, including the Thesiones Academy, and the Halls of Sorcery.
The ceilings arched like cathedral domes, adorned with murals that moved subtly if you looked long enough, depictions of kings at war, saints ascending, and monstrous creatures caged beneath divine light.
Mari talked about it once as children. Taught to her by father Aldric: The gods came down to save everyone from Rapture. That seems to be when the start of the five hundred years of history began.
'The necromancer purge...'
Kai continued following Carter through the palace grounds.
Servants swept endlessly polished floors that mirrored chandeliers above like still water. Every corner gleamed, every corridor was curated as if royalty might walk by at any moment.
