Kiana came to a dense forest in despair.

The forest was filled with insects and birds, and a huge canopy of falling vines blocked her path.

She craned her neck and took one last look behind her, and when she saw that there was still no one, she plunged headlong into the curtain of vines with great trepidation.

Without lifting the vines, her body went straight through the vines, rippling across the curtain as if poking into the water, and when Kiana's whole body passed through the curtain, the insects chirped and the birds chirped, and everything was back to the way it was.

Through the curtain of illusion, the eyes suddenly opened up.

A huge white city-state hidden in a magic circle and boxy sat in front of her. The eco-structure resembles a flat pyramid, with each floor square, but staggered at 45°. The perfect combination of residential houses and greenery makes Ishokon look like a beautiful silver medallion inlaid with jasper patterns above.

In the center of the city stands a towering stone tower with a huge blue gem suspended at the top, a scene that will surely feel familiar if you have ever seen the solar disc suspended in the oasis of dawn.

Returning to the familiar Ishooken, looking at the tower of Yuntal still standing, Kiana finally felt a little reassured.

But this peace of mind was soon shattered by a sudden scream.

She could faintly see an unusual light of fire coming from the other side of the city in the strange twilight.

Is this a forest fire? But what was the roar of the beast just now?

A deep sense of worry welled up in Kiana's mind, and she wiped the mud from her face and ran towards the firelight.

As soon as she entered the east side of the city, Kiana ran into hundreds of people fleeing from the west side of the city, and they rushed out of the city, trembling one by one.

"What's wrong?" Kiana grabbed a random person and asked, using her royal authority to force him to barely stand and not escape.

"The end of Esiocum has come!" The man broke free of Kiana's hand and ran out of the city without looking back.

The farther Kiana went, the more buildings were enveloped in flames, and black pillars of smoke rose into the sky. Every time she saw a corpse crushed in the rubble, her heart grew heavier.

Finally, she made her way to the upper floors of the city, and through the light of the fires burning everywhere, she saw the end of the world clearly.

It was a giant insect beast, wielding a pair of mantis-like scythes, harvesting life in the buildings west of the city.

Its size is incomparably huge, and every step is accompanied by the collapse of a dwelling.

The court elementals formed a city defense army, and they threw all kinds of elemental magic, but no amount of fire bombardment, ice blockade, or rock spikes could break the carapace of the giant beast.

And the giant beast, just stomping their feet is enough to make them feel broken.

Despair, hanging over Ishokon.

Kiana watched the beast trample on her home so casually, and a sense of powerlessness filled her heart.

"Venerable Yuen Alai, where have you been before? Void monsters are attacking our home, come and help us strengthen the city defenses and defend against monsters together!"

Kiana paused for a moment, looking in the direction the voice came from.

One of the Elemental Elders saw Kiana arrive, throwing a scorching fireball at the behemoth as he turned his head and shouted to her for help.

Their tenth princess, Kiana, is recognized as a magical genius throughout Ishtar, and the reason why they have been here for so long is because they are waiting for Kiana to appear.

If even Kiana can't do anything about this monster, then the end of Esseouken has really come......

"Yuen Alai? When we freed you from prison, you promised us to strengthen the city's defenses together! This is a great opportunity for you to prove yourself, as long as you protect our homeland, we elemental envoys will speak for you together, and it is not impossible to make you the crown prince......"

Puff –

Before Kiana could respond, a huge bone spur suddenly flew out of the air, piercing his old body and nailing him to the tightly knit brick wall, blood instantly staining the white wall.

It all happened so suddenly, but Kiana saw it so clearly, and it was indeliblely imprinted in her mind.

Then, following her instinctive instructions, Kiana turned and ran, scurrying like a screaming crowd towards the pee-hugging rats in the east of the city.

"What are you kidding, how can I have a way to take this monster, this empress, whoever loves to be it!"

……

"Ishooken is almost there."

The Abyss was getting closer and closer to its destination, but Jeno's mood didn't lift it at all, but grew heavier.

Because of the dragon egg he kept in the captain's room, the mark on its shell was getting brighter and brighter.

Is this an omen of some great calamity on the road ahead of us?

As the Abyss swept over a dense canopy, the calm forest in front of it was suddenly dotted with firelight.

Jeno realizes that they seem to have broken into another cave.

After seeing the huge ecological structure that was exactly the same as he remembered, Jeno confirmed that he had come to Ishokon, but what was the giant beast that was doing evil on the side of the city at night?

It's actually ...... Kogas?

It discovered this place a little earlier than Jeno!

"Kogas is destroying an ancient civilization, and Ishtar's academic magic is second to none." Ruiz frowned and looked at the scene of the disaster.

He had heard of the fall of the kingdom, but he had never heard of it. But when I saw it with my own eyes, it was shocking.

"Now we don't have to look for it everywhere, let's kill it here." Sarah was slightly excited, and manipulated the astrolabe to keep the Abyss moving towards speed.

"Stop, Sarah." Jeno pressed Sarah's hand, and his eyes fell on Esioken's city defenses, watching them go to great lengths to destroy one of Kogath's legs with a continuous blast of fire and ice.

Maybe Corgas really ate Intis and became even bigger than Jeno when he first met. But as an ancient civilization of thousands of years, the combined power of the entire civilization can only cause such a little damage to Kogas? It's too weak, right?

He looked at the tower in the center of the city, and realized that it was a magical core that controlled a giant illusion, and nothing but symbolized the role of the ruling class.

People here focus on how to hide in the world, and completely ignore how to strengthen the power of self-preservation. Treating other civilizations as nouveau riche, he refused all contacts in order to protect the comfort that would shatter at the touch.

"Born in sorrow, die in peace. They don't want to make progress themselves, and they don't even know about their own acres and thirds of land, which I don't know as a foreigner. Jeno's eyes searched around the city, eventually settling on a massive building.

"What do you want to say?" Ruiz asked.

"I think we can fish this time, so let's use Ishtar's own strength against Kogas."