A Citadel in Darkness
<<Indeed, matriarch. Gao Jun Yao has been compromised and captured.>>
<<Tsk. Damn...I suppose that's the price to pay in this cold war of ours, but still...it'll be hard find such a useful pawn.>>
<<Indeed, matriarch. Indeed.>>
<<By the way, have you managed to restore more of Citadel's capabilities?>>
Floating in an ocean of endless darkness, with the only source of illumination being the geothermal vents that provided warmth and strange, almost alien sea beasts that glowed with light, was a strange floating fortress that was as big as the entirety of Blessed Willow Island. The foundations for this fortress was a massive scallop shell that was covered entirely in strange, ancient runes, and carved in such a manner to suggest that it had been modified to act as a naval vessel.