The days slipped by with a quiet swiftness, each one folding into the next until the morning of Liam's journey to the Crescent Kingdom finally arrived. When the hour came, he stood alongside Queen Lucy and Mystica, accompanied by four Tempest royal knights, their armor gleaming with disciplined sharpness. Together, they made their way to Celestria—the pristine, frost-veiled capital of Zone 1, a place whispered about for its ruthless cold and unforgiving beauty.
Deep within the marble veins of the Crescent Palace, a pulse of shimmering blue light began to thrum against the frost-kissed walls. The glow expanded, rippling outward in delicate waves until a portal blossomed open, its surface bending the air like liquid glass. One by one, Liam, Queen Lucy, Mystica, and Mabel stepped through, emerging behind the armored escort into an expansive chamber bathed in soft azure luminance.
