The white, semi-transparent stairs hung down to the ground, looking quite beautiful.
The only regret was that there were no obvious steps that would allow her to go directly up.
"So, it's still like what we learned in school?"
Hilia muttered as she concentrated an ice step on the hanging Ascension God Stairs, letting the Magic Puppet go up first, followed by herself.
Once she stepped onto the ice step, the scene drastically changed; the desert and small town vanished, replaced by a bottomless Abyss.
Soon after, Hilia felt the ice step under her feet slowly flashing, showing signs of collapse.
Seeing this, she swiftly concentrated more ice steps in front and quickly ran upwards.
Roar!
An unrecognizable creature flew in from afar, spewing a huge Fireball.
Hilia raised her Magic Staff, and an ice spike shot forth, colliding with the Fireball and exploding violently.
"It's begun."
Hilia took a deep breath, gathering her full spirit.
