Princess Town lay in a sunken valley between three mountains, with several hunter's cabins built beside a lake on its outskirts.
At first glance, there was nothing remarkable about the Hunter's Cabins, but their arrangement gave Angel a faint sense of familiarity.
Abruie said, "In the past, you only had to enter these Hunter's Cabins in the right sequence. When you came out, you'd see the entrance. It still works the same way now, except that in every cabin, you have to feed a little energy into a specific spot."
Angel frowned slightly. "Your own energy?"
Abruie nodded. "Yes, but that's risky. Every wizard's energy has its own signature, so the people running Princess Town could easily spot something amiss. The safest approach is to use a Magic Crystal instead of your own energy and place it in the designated slot."
"If you don't use your own energy, opening the gate to Princess Town with a Magic Crystal alone takes at least one of lower-middle quality."
Dox nodded too, his voice edged with mockery. "I've heard about that. Supposedly, they added the rule after renaming this place Princess Town. Those cabins seem to be connected to one of the town's defensive magic arrays. They dress it up as everyone doing their part to protect Princess Town, but I'd wager they're just too stingy to supply the energy needed to keep the array running."
After hearing them out, Angel suddenly understood why the cabins' arrangement had seemed familiar.
They appeared to stand on the energy nodes of a magic array!
Whether that was truly the case, he would find out by going down.
The flying boat landed, and Angel and Dox stepped off. Abruie alone hesitated, looking as though she wanted to say something.
Angel understood what was on her mind