Chapter 96: The Bronze Mirror Reflects the Past, and Xena Is Heartbroken

"My name is Corbin, chief engineer of the Vermilion Pass fortifications." Out on the heaving sea rose the Imperial Barrier, solemn and immense. It stretched for a thousand miles and stood five hundred meters tall, a giant dragon coiled along the surf. Over the central gate, the name Vermilion Pass had been brushed in bold, sweeping strokes. Within the Barrier lay the vast heartland of Chiton. Beyond it, Centifathom Waves reared and stacked, towering walls of water. Silhouettes moved atop the surges-a...