>>5487747>>5488120Xil and Guang quickly get used to the silver wings.
The apparatus quickly proved its worth in long distance flight, requiring very little maintenance despite harsh shifts in temperature.
After gaining the wings, they explored the rest of Starfall layer first. While the elegant crystal structures and finely crafted objects designed to resemble animals or plants were quite beautiful, she can’t stay to admire the view for long.
The second place she went to is the first layer, the ‘Great Four’. A large city with the most diverse types of people, and most closely connected to the human world.
Giants. Serpents. Angels. Birdmen. Wardens.
While all of them have done good in the past life, they are all defined by their vices which prevent them from becoming more enlightened.
Giants are defined by their anger and the lack of restraint in expressing their emotions.
Serpents are defined by their hedonism, indulging in parties and orgies.
Angels are defined by their attachment to their previous life’s hobbies or habits. Watching plays, tasting food (despite not needing to), and other things which they have experienced in their human world.
Birdmen (in this layer) are defined by their ignorance, having biases and extreme beliefs. Unfit to be divine messengers for layers, they are tasked with maintaining the city’s infrastructure.
Wardens, large red skinned beings normally assigned to underworld duties, show up here to maintain security due to being less biased than the birdmen. They’re still prone to laziness although not as much as the angels.
It was definitely an interesting place for Xil. Being the layer most attached to worldly desires, she spent the most amount of time there compared to the others.
Xil engaged in several horse races, recreational explosives detonations, trying out the summoned armaments of the angels, drinking the many types of locally created alcohol and indulging in all of her fetishes. It was hard to let go of a city that provided near instant gratification and fulfilled all of her desires.
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