High in the sky above Bastion, a beautiful island was hovering, shrouded in the veil of clouds. Illuminated by pale starlight, a white pagoda stood upon it, piercing the heaven.
Nobody noticed when the flying island started to move.
Not only because it was dark, and most of the citizens were already asleep, but also because a perfect illusory copy of the island remained in its place when it did.
Due to the attempted assassination of Changing Star, Clan Valor gained leverage over the government. They used some of that leverage to summon Saint Thane, a government Transcendent who held power over dreams and illusions, to Bastion. His task was to hide the fact that the Ivory Island had left the sky above Mirror Lake.
In truth, it was heading for Godgrave.
Before that, however, the flying island made a stop.
Oh, wow. The volume is over!
I really had a blast writing this one :] There was so much ground to cover, and so many exciting scenes to write. Hopefully, you guys enjoyed them!
I will take a day off and return with the first chapters of Volume Nine the day after tomorrow.
Cheers!