Juan spread the map wide open.

The north of the vertically long map was dark, like it was marked with black ink. That was a location that had now been encroached upon by the Crack, and no one remembered what it used to look like before. However, the countless mountains extending from the Crack indicated that it originally used to be rugged terrain.

The huge mountain range which began from the Crack was divided into two. They were the ‘Walls of Nulvin’ toward the north and the ‘Dilver mountains’ toward the west.

And in the huge plain that was snuggled by the surrounding mountain ranges was the holy city of Torra, the Capital of the Empire.

The advancing mountain ranges and river streams became blurred as they met the Eastern sea and the Southern desert. The land that was divided into rivers and small mountain ranges was separated from the Capital by the four sides surrounding it.

But the holy city of Torra was not the center of the empire on the map. Rather, it was slightly to the west. At the center of the empire was the Magic Tower. To be precise, the Magic Tower was bound to be at the center.

Placing a compass where the Magic Tower was located on the map and picking a spot that was located at the extreme end of the empire to draw a circle would result in a line that was defined as ‘the boundary.’

The empire was defined by this boundary, and therefore the empire’s territory formed a perfect circle with the Magic...