It was quiet, empty, and lonely; even the air carried a chill and a sense of isolation from the world.
This was Deadwind Pass! The land here was exceptionally barren... there were almost no ordinary human inhabitants, and hardly any plants could grow on this cursed soil. Even insects were unwilling to make their nests here.
There was nothing but bare mountains.
Karin stood on a gray-green stone slab, gazing ahead at the Mage Tower.
It was an ancient tower, its entire structure built from thick slabs of black stone, sturdy and soaring, seemingly piercing the clouds. In fact, the tower did indeed look down upon everything, including the mountains here.
Was that Medivh's Tower-Karazhan?
Karin took a deep breath of Deadwind Pass's murky air, then walked toward the Tower.
The main entrance looked rather sinister, and it was enormous; Karin even suspected that a fully armed modified Type 59 tank could drive through it! Directly above the entrance was a broad stone balcony.
Karin hesitated for a moment, then gently knocked on the sinister door.
Something seemed to flicker on the balcony... Karin felt that he had just seen a figure appear there, only to retreat into the Tower almost immediately.
Creeeak... came the shrill sound of the door opening.
Then a gloomy voice came from behind the door, sounding somewhat aged. "May I ask, are you the new assistant?"
Though he had prepared himself, Karin could not help feeling a little frightened when he suddenly heard such an eerie voice.
He took a few seconds to compose himself a little.
"Yes!" Karin nodded, looking somewhat calm.
A stooped, scrawny figure emerged from behind the door... at first glance, he looked almost like a skeleton.
At the same time, as though he had not heard Karin at all,