Chapter 219: Family Man
Elias didn’t know what he’d expected—dust, maybe. Or steel cities ringed in smoke. But what came into view made his glow flicker.
It was... soft.
Not weak. Not fragile. But layered, textured—alive. Deep blues swirled beneath thin bands of pearl-white cloud, the sea veined with subtle glimmers that stretched toward curved coastlines. Mountains broke through the cloud layers like dark brushstrokes across a canvas. Light spilled across them in gold-pink hues, as if the sunrise here wasn’t in a rush.
A vast inland river wound through what had to be a continent, its shape jagged and imperfect, a thousand tributaries braiding into a gleaming web that spilled into the ocean. At its center, nestled against a wide, crescent-shaped bay, a city shimmered. Not glowing. Not flashing. Just—shimmering. Like metal catching light underwater.
He drifted lower.
And it kept unfolding.
Terraced farmlands stretched out like green staircases carved into the cliffs, dotted with small, red-roofed buildings. Wind towers spun lazily over rolling hills. Massive sky bridges connected floating landmasses—some shaped like petals, others spiraling like nautilus shells. A crystal lake shimmered at the edge of a high plateau, its surface so still he thought it was glass until the wind rippled across it.
Was this really a planet under siege?
He didn’t see trenches. Didn’t hear screaming. But then again, he wasn’t down there yet.