What?!
For a moment, I just stare at Eris in confusion.
She just said we've arrived at Lake Vanessa, but—
Where the hell is the lake?!
All I see below us is a vast, rocky expanse, scattered with pebbles and jagged stones.
No shimmering water. No gentle waves.
Just land.
But then—
Something catches my eye.
A massive fish, nearly the size of a boat, is… floating?
No—hovering.
It glides effortlessly through the air, its translucent fins rippling like liquid silk as it moves in slow, graceful arcs.
And it's not alone.
A whole school of flying fish drifts just above the ground, their smooth, icy scales reflecting the light like glass.
Nearby, clusters of giant ice frogs sit in perfect stillness, their round, crystal-like bodies pulsing faintly with a strange, inner glow.
But what's even weirder—
They're levitating.
Just… sitting there, suspended in midair, as if some unseen magic is holding them up.
I blink, completely perplexed. "What the hell is going on?"
Then—
