Old School Striking King and Nanfeng arrived quickly.
If Xue Yunfeng had not told them to be as discreet as possible, they probably could have arrived even faster.
As for how they had kept anyone from noticing their little maneuvers, they had Hill's ingenious ideas to thank.
With everyone still keeping their own surveyed maps secret, it was possible to find a sufficiently secluded route through the underground passages that ran throughout the valley.
Besides, even if someone followed them, it would be almost impossible to tell whether they were heading to the foot of the mountain, the valley, or Hill's peak.
Most importantly, after Lathander's Quest Puppet moved to the Dawn Tower and Shar's Quest Puppet moved over to Russell's place, the peak where the Hill Mage Tower stood was no longer open to outsiders.
If Xue Yunfeng had not reacted quickly and signed a lease with Liszt before everything began... they probably would have had to look for space at Russell's Mage Tower like everyone else.
Then again, Liszt did not answer just anyone's call.
Even though many members of the Heaven-Defying Alliance had the highest possible friendship rating with Hill's faction, that did not mean Liszt, the highest-ranking Tower Spirit under Hill, would be willing to appear and deal with them.
There were plenty of Intelligent Puppets within Hill's domain.
Even when there was legitimate business to attend to, if the Undead who came was an unfamiliar "friendly" visitor, or someone Liszt had little interest in, he would simply send a puppet to handle it.
There were probably fewer than fifty Undead who could summon Liszt with a single greeting like this.
And several of those had to be former residents of Hill Town.
Thanks to Xue Yunfeng's cleverness, they could now be teleported straight into the