The Magic Association did not have a tenth layer.
The magic work staircase reached its top at the ninth layer.
An Su followed behind the deacon, first passing through corridor after corridor, and at the end of the corridor, he saw a new staircase, winding its way out, its end unknown.
As if unaffected by the laws of physics.
"You must proceed on your own from here, I can no longer accompany you," the deacon said to An Su.
Walking up the spiral staircase, surrounded by pale blue magic power, stepping over staircases splattered with mercury ripples, An Su felt himself getting further from the mortal world with each level crossed, as starlight laid out on the stairs, slowly circulating.
The starlight seemed familiar.
