160. Unprecedented and Unmatched_3

It had already dawned.

All the crew looked at the sunrise, flooded with warm rays of sunlight that spread an unknown sense of hope, even Pahetz was stunned by the sun for a second or two before she realized and laughed and cursed at the back-talking crew,

"Then get lost and go wash up, eat breakfast, and get to work!"

"Clean the deck! Start the engines! Raise the flag!"

"A new adventure awaits us!"

...

The nascent sun severed the cold dome of the sky, lighting up half the heavens of Saint Nali, but even hotter than the sunlight was the atmosphere in front of the Golden Palace.

In front of the square of the Golden Palace, where it was still dark, myriads of masses had already gathered, jostling forward as if afraid to be a step behind.

Although the grand doors of the gallery above the Golden Palace remained tightly closed, it did not stop them from scrambling for a prime spot to wait for the grand ceremony that would take place in a while.