Mount Auldas, Dark Curtain Headquarters.
Sabocas's Spatial Magic array led to Dark Curtain Headquarters, but when Han Shuo and his party appeared there, they discovered that the headquarters was not as secure as they had imagined.
Mount Auldas, the most heavily defended location in Osen City, had fallen into turmoil from within. Most of its stringent defensive measures had been destroyed. A group of Dark Curtain higher-ups who favored First Prince Charles had destroyed the defensive positions within Dark Curtain, harboring ulterior purposes.
Of the eleven Dark Curtain higher-ups at the previous council meeting, apart from the Three Giants, who firmly trusted the judgment of the two Elders, five had secretly pledged allegiance to First Prince Charles. At this critical moment, they had undermined their own side, not only secretly destroying Dark Curtain's internal defensive positions but also joining forces with the imperial army to attack Dark Curtain.
The sudden internal upheaval had turned even the heavily fortified Mount Auldas into a battlefield. When Han Shuo and his party entered Dark Curtain Headquarters through the Magic Teleportation Array, the shouts and screams ringing in their ears proved that the situation here was no better.
"Some people have betrayed us. Perhaps they thought Emias and the other two had occupied those positions a little too long, and felt they could take their places." Ahead of Han Shuo and the others, space split open as though slashed by a sharp weapon. Sabocas, the Spatial Department Saint Archmage, stepped out, speaking with a troubled expression.
Nourished by demonic essence, the wounds on Han Shuo's body continued to shrink and close slowly. His Xuan Demons roamed the various passages of Dark Curtain Headquarters, gradually conveying the situation there to his mind.
An army of five thousand was stationed at the foot of Mount Auldas,