High Council

I took a closer look at the archway, noticing a faint shimmer along the border. It wasn't an actual open door to the vacuum of space, nor was it a simple telescope. It was a massive, god-tier spatial projection matrix. The Golden Ziggurat possessed the authority to monitor and observe any point on the entire planet in real time, right from this very room.

'Okay, that is ridiculously overpowered,'

I thought with a dry smirk, taking one last look at the glowing blue planet before hurrying after Alistair.

We reached the end of the long corridor.

Blocking our path was a pair of towering double gates made of polished silver and obsidian. Engraved across both doors in brilliant, glowing lapis lazuli was a breathtaking relief of a magnificent, sweeping azure dragon.

CHRRRRR...

The silver gates groaned and slid open smoothly, revealing a vast, open-air circular sanctuary that looked like it sat at the very pinnacle of the world.