Lilian had tried her best to reach him as fast as she could, but the paths between realms had fallen into chaos.
Travel after the Etherfall was never simple. Stable routes shattered and coordinates shifted. Even established passages turned unreliable in this short time.
To reach this specific world, Lilian had been forced to pass through several other realms first, enduring resistance, distortions, and hostile currents of power along the way that attracted to her status.
This world was not important on a grand scale. It was a small lower realm where Ether had not even existed before the Etherfall. No major factions cared about it so no proper travel route had ever been established. Reaching it was troublesome even for a higher being like her.
But she came. Because the bond told her everything.
