Old Man was in Caelid, and Mohg's secret dynasty lay beneath Caelid.
Zhao Si had also arrived in Caelid, but the two happened to have no chance to cross paths.
That was because Zhao Si had taken Helena straight to Radahn's Divine Tower.
Caelid seemed to be doing fairly well.
Godrick was gradually encroaching on Caelid while maintaining stability in the surrounding regions.
He had not started a war. He was most likely undermining people's loyalties, finding ways to make the people of Caelid defect on their own.
Such methods were slow and complicated, nowhere near as straightforward as sending in troops.
But they could greatly reduce casualties without putting Redmane Castle on edge.
It really did have something of a "winning hearts is best" approach.
There was no rush anyway. He could take his time.
Jerren already had his hands full, and there was little he could do about Godrick's moves.
With a mount, getting atop the Divine Tower was all too easy for Zhao Si and Helena.
They could fly up in one go.
With Radahn's enormous size, he must have flown up too.
He could not possibly squeeze inside and climb the stairs. Besides, Radahn's Divine Tower had no stairs.
There was only some infuriating "platforming."
Something had happened before: when Godrick rode Zhao Si's flying horse to lure Radahn up the Divine Tower, Cipher had stopped him.
But that did not happen when Zhao Si ascended the Divine Tower this time. Perhaps it was because he was not in combat.
The horse landed atop the Divine Tower, where the trembling Two Fingers came into view.
There were probably several pairs of Two Fingers.
There was one atop each Divine Tower, and another in Roundtable Hold.
It was unclear whether these Two Fingers normally kept in touch,