Page | 11 Chapter 1: The Road to Asura THE JOURNEY FROM Ranoa to the Kingdom of Asura usually took several months. But fortunately, we had access to the teleportation circles. Our first stop was Perugius’ floating fortress, where we could teleport ourselves and our carriage to a spot just north of the Asuran border. From there, we’d be travelling more conventionally down to our destination. “Oh wow! This is incredible, Rudeus! That town’s just a tiny speck from up here!” Eris hopped from her horse in excitement within moments of our arrival at the fortress. With her mouth wide open, she stared over the edge at the ground below, then snapped her gaze to look up at Perugius’ imposing castle. She looked more like a kid at an amusement park than a twenty-year-old woman. It was definitely cute, but I think most of us also felt a little secondhand embarrassment. Still, her obvious excitement seemed to please Perugius’ servant Sylvaril, who’d been waiting for us in front of the teleportation circle. “How do you like the view from our floating fortress Chaos Breaker, miss?” “It’s amazing!” replied Eris, with a big smile. “I’ve never seen anything like this before!” Sylvaril nodded, looking very satisfied indeed. I guess he had a soft spot for the ‘little ray of sunshine’ types. Understandable. “It’s kind of you to say so. Allow me to introduce myself—I am Sylvaril of the Void, first among the servants of Lord Perugius. It is a pleasure to make your acquaintance.”