After a brief discussion, the two of them sorted the tangled clues into two pressing questions that needed answers.
The first question, and the root of the whole affair, was what had caused Nittel's Royal City to suddenly become a dead zone, and how they should respond.
That would directly determine all their subsequent actions: whether to remain in a city that might swarm with undead again at any moment, or abandon the Spatial Node within their reach and retreat outside the city, wasting their days while waiting for the limited supplies in their Space Ring to run out.
After all, last night's battle had only been so perilous because neither of them had been prepared, leaving Renato caught completely off guard.
Without any understanding of the changes outside, their initial decision had been badly misguided. The conventional tactic of smashing through the ceiling to seize the high ground worked well on an ordinary battlefield, but here it had drawn large numbers of undead troops toward them. As a result, they had later wasted far too much time sneaking and hiding to escape the horde's attention.
Moreover, neither of them had figured out how the Death Knight had pinpointed their location. Had Renato known that beforehand, he would certainly have tried to storm the city gate and force his way out from the outset, rather than advancing slowly through narrow streets and alleys in the name of caution.
Recalling the scene, Klauthsura was the first to break the silence:
"Repeated transitions between life and death involving tens of thousands of creatures... With my current knowledge, I can't even imagine what level of power could produce such a result. But no matter how magnificent a large-scale ritual is, its workings must follow the basic principles of magic."
"Even a repeating ritual