*Flap… Flap… Flap…*
The three Alps began their descent as violet twilight painted the sky in shades that still felt alien despite a month of living in this transformed world.
Below them stretched something that absolutely shouldn't exist.
"... What the hell is that?"
Nero couldn't keep the shock out of his voice.
And honestly? It's a reasonable question.
"..."
Below them, a massive city sprawled across the landscape, its architecture defying every law of urban planning he'd ever known.
Stone terraces rose in layered tiers like a wedding cake designed by someone who'd never heard of structural engineering.
Entire districts floated above the ground, suspended by glowing arcane mechanisms that pulsed with energy that made his eyes hurt if he stared too long.
The architectural chaos was stunning in its impossibility.
Marble spires that belonged in ancient Greece stood beside squat dwarven forges belching smoke.
