Silence, silence—nothing but silence.
Walking through the dim metal structure, passing dark metal walls of identical size and turning according to the still-glowing signs, the only sound was his footsteps striking the floor. The atmosphere in the air held nothing but boundless deathly silence, speaking of the depth and mystery of a magical institution.
This was the mail storage hub of the Semi-Mechanical Moon. Every magical item confiscated at the entrance to the Sleepless Watcher would be delivered into this colossal building, whose bulk and capacity could contain several mountain ranges. The structure possessed tens of millions of floors, and every floor contained hundreds of millions of storage cabinets with spatial folding effects.
These storage devices, all built upon large-scale magic arrays, automatically received mailed items, sorted them into categories, and stored them away, then waited quietly for their owners to retrieve them.
However, by this day, nearly all the metal cabinets had long since become empty. Although the sturdy Blazing Sun Alloy doors still protected the privacy and security of their internal storage spaces, those spaces were destined to contain nothing but circling air. The once bustling and noisy but now deserted mailing center was fated to remain united with silence for a long time.
Until... new guests entered it...
Clang! Clang! Clang!
The crisp sound of metal striking metal echoed through the not-too-wide corridor, its reverberations lingering for a long time. Another set of footsteps, far gentler by comparison, had become almost impossible to hear.
Without question, the professionals who had stepped into the ancient Netheril Mailing Hub at this moment could only be the Instant Kill Spear and the Whisper of Destruction, who had entered Dolush's Eye not long ago. Having just left the metal platform and arrived at the storage hub, they were preparing to retrieve