Night was as dark as ink. Torches stood in rows along the walls of New Moon Fortress, while wolf cavalrymen kept watch, occasionally yawning.
On the battlefield, the wolf cavalrymen were flawless: brave and fearless. As long as they were fed, they were willing to risk their lives, and they were loyal enough.
In peacetime, however, the wolf cavalrymen were rather lax. They would not make any major mistakes, but expecting them to stare straight into the distance was impossible.
At that moment, in an underground space temporarily excavated ten kilometers from Moonlight Fortress, Zangge and the others were setting something up.
"Is everything ready?"
In the flickering firelight, Zangge stood beside a spell formation. This was a unique technique of the Doin Empire, mastered by the fat dwarf in the adventurer party. It was a secret; it would be very troublesome if the Doin Empire found out.
"It's ready, but you only have fifteen minutes. After that, I won't be able to pull you back. Even this much time is only possible because we're using an Elf gemstone. Otherwise, you'd have just five minutes."
The fat dwarf's hands were pressed against the ground. He was the spell formation's operator.
"Then start. Be precise, and make sure we can enter the fortress."
Zangge stepped onto the spell formation, followed closely by her younger sister Vinika and the red-haired woman.
"It's starting."
The fat dwarf crushed the gemstone in his mouth. Radiance surged across the formation on the ground. When the three of them came to their senses, they were standing between two stone houses. They had successfully infiltrated Moonlight Fortress.
Almost at the same time, inside a stone building far away, Su Xiao's eyes suddenly opened. He sat up in bed. Just moments ago, he had sensed the blood-qi mark