"Da Vinci brought back the latest intelligence after returning from the cathedral. I learned from Coral that there's a human farm west of here. It should take about two hours to reach it." Because of Aurora's orders, Coral had been highly cooperative with Chaldea's group. Naturally, she had also asked them not to reveal that she had aided Chaldea.
"Let's go investigate tonight." The group immediately decided to check out the human farm after nightfall.
"This should be the place."
That night, they headed west from Salisbury. After roughly two hours, they arrived before a fortress. According to the intelligence and map Coral had provided, this should have been the human farm. Since humans were extremely important in this Lostbelt, its defenses were exceptionally tight.
"First, we need to determine the guard situation."
"I'll do it."
Before Shen Fei could say anything, Castoria walked over to the fortress wall and pressed her right hand against it. An invisible wave of magical energy spread from her palm into the fortress.
"This is..." Da Vinci looked at Castoria's actions in surprise.
"Based on the feedback, there are six large factories inside and around thirty small ones. The large factories have no heat sources, so they should currently be shut down. The small factories have many heat sources, holding roughly sixty humans. There are about sixteen guards spread across the four directions. The western side has the fewest guards." Castoria reported what she had detected.
"Artoria, you seem pretty practiced at this," Ritsuka immediately said. Judging from how proficient Castoria had been just now, she had clearly done this many times before.
"What do you mean, practiced? That's exaggerating. I just slammed a wave of magical energy into the wall and used the response to grasp what was inside. Merlin taught me this