chapter 12: The illusion

He followed Leax out of the white hall into a dazzling street. The sun was high in the air, the sky blue. The clouds were white, the tall buildings with flying ships in the sky. It was magnificent.

The chaos of the past few days almost felt unreal. The city looked the same, not a scratch to be seen. Humans are alive and talking everywhere, walking around the streets.

Xorn frowned, "How the? What sort of sorcery is this? The city looks undamaged and the same," he gasped in awe. Raising his hand to feel the heat of the sun.

"Welcome to the Normal earth." Leax said with a smile. "What do you think it's beautiful isn't it?"

Xorn's jaws fell. "It's surreal."

Leax smiled, whistling a giant flying drone flew over "Let's look." He took her hand, cautiously climbing on the drone.

It took off flying over the city, showing him everything; it was a temporary distraction. He didn't want to think about Dior right now. "How did our world become so developed in just a couple of days?"

Leax shrugge