Sunfury Spire.
Karin stopped and looked up at the spire, which stood several dozen stories tall, and the shield emblem engraved upon it. Gradually, he sank into thought.
This spire was where the Sunfury family lived; in a sense, this was his home... unfortunately, ever since he had left Quel'Thalas for Dalaran years ago, the scenery here seemed to have grown hazy and unfamiliar.
At that thought, Karin smiled helplessly, then took a few steps into the tower...
"Halt, intruder!" An icy voice suddenly rang out ahead. "Please present your pass!"
In the darkness, Karin saw a huge Arcane Construct slowly approaching him. It was the source of the voice.
Though the Arcane Construct looked convincing enough, Karin spotted several flaws in it at a glance... clearly, its designer was not particularly skilled in construct technology.
But that raised a problem: it wanted him to show his "pass"?
Karin suddenly remembered that years ago, when he had first broken through to the first ring, he had received a letter from Kane Sunfury. Enclosed was a token-his pass to Sunfury Spire!
But so many years had passed that he had long since lost track of where he had put that not particularly important token...
Karin found himself in a quandary. Without the token, would he have to force his way in? Though this construct would pose little trouble for him, he remembered that there were still a few mages in the family stronger than he was. If he caused some misunderstanding... that would not be good.
While Karin hesitated, he suddenly saw a young elf in red robes approaching.
"Karin!" The other elf sounded rather surprised.
Karin froze, then murmured, "Oliver?"
This mage was the first friend Karin had met upon arriving in this world: Oliver Sunfury. A clover emblem was