The environment of the extreme north of Kronosia Realm was starkly different from the verdant mountains James and the others had seen before. Instead, it was a vast expanse of white, covered in ice and snow, devoid of any living beings. However, there floated a massive palace shrouded in swirling black-and-white gas in the void of this icy world. It was far from divine. Instead, it exuded a sinister, terrifying aura that sent shivers down their spine.

James looked at the palace and furrowed hi