With a flash of blinding light, Kent felt an intense pressure closing in from all sides, his senses momentarily overwhelmed by the distortion of space.
In the next heartbeat, the sensation vanished, and he found himself standing on solid ground once more. Blinking rapidly, he took in his surroundings. Before him, in the distance, loomed a stone castle, its imposing structure a stark contrast to the barren land that stretched for miles around.
Following Jia's lead, the group stepped out of the teleportation formation, their eyes fixed on the castle entrance.
This desolate stronghold, situated on the eastern side of the Blue Planet, was one of the last bastions of the Wizard Association in these empty lands. The landscape was bleak, devoid of any greenery, a sea of cracked earth under a pale sky.
