The moment my hand touched the door, the system didn't hesitate.
[WOULD YOU LIKE TO ENTER THE HUNDRED-FLOOR TOWER?]
No dramatic pause. No second-guessing.
"Yes."
The word left my mouth before my brain could even try to be cautious about it. My whole body was already leaning forward anyway, like it had been waiting for this.
Then...
We were gone.
[WELCOME TO THE FIRST FLOOR SAFEZONE.
I blinked.
Once.
Twice.
…and didn't move.
"What am I seeing…?" I muttered under my breath.
Because this?
This wasn't what I expected.
Not even close.
It looked like Galdosh.
Not exactly, but close enough to mess with my head. Streets lined with stalls, small shops with wooden signs, inns tucked into corners like they'd always been there. People walking around like this wasn't the inside of some mysterious, probably-dangerous tower.
A SafeZone, sure.
But this felt… lived in.
No one from Zethara moved.
Not a single step.
