Xal'atath arrived at a secluded corner outside the Royal City.
The Underground City's secret entrance was right here.
Though called a secret entrance, it was actually just tucked into a small mountain hollow.
A road had even been built to make transporting supplies easier.
As a result, quite a few people knew something was going on there.
But that was not much of a problem.
As long as the Underground City was near the Royal City, there was no way to keep this secret entrance hidden from everyone.
Not unless the Underground City was built deep in remote mountains and forests.
The secret entrance was a circular passage leading deep into the mountain.
Besides transporting supplies, it also provided ventilation.
Iron bars blocked the entrance, and soldiers had been stationed there to keep unauthorized people out.
Although quite a few people knew there was a secret here, no one came this way.
Curiosity could kill cats, and it could kill people too.
Who would gamble with their own life?
When the soldier saw Xal'atath approach, he respectfully opened the gate to let it in.
This soldier wore lavish equipment and was one of the Lordaeron Royal Family's most dependable royal guards.
Yet, cowed by overwhelming force and Shadow spells, this most dependable royal guard betrayed his master without hesitation.
Of course, this did not prove that the royal guards were particularly disloyal.
The ease with which royal guards defected also had something to do with King Terenas recently becoming neither human nor ghost.
Ever since King Terenas picked up Frostmourne, his golden hair had turned grayish-white, his face had grown pale and more wrinkled, and he looked lifeless.
King Terenas, who had still been middle-aged before, now looked as aged as an old man.
His eyes also gave off an