"I have no intention of harming you. But if I cannot convince myself to follow you....then neither should anyone else."
"I was hoping someone would say that," Gerald suddenly laughed.
A mischievous grin spread beneath the old man's beard.
"I came prepared."
Without waiting for permission, he walked toward the far wall of the strategy chamber and casually pressed his palm against what appeared to be an ordinary stone pillar.
The entire chamber vibrated.
Runes hidden throughout the walls awakened one after another, filling the room with silver light before gathering toward the center.
Space itself began folding.
The enormous strategy table slowly dissolved into countless particles before an entirely different landscape appeared in its place.
An endless circular plain stretched before us beneath a pale silver sky.
Mountains surrounded the horizon on every side while countless barrier formations floated overhead like transparent suns.
