Beyond the massive walls of the fortress, three hours northwest by convoy, a large assembly of elite hunters has gathered. The land, seemingly mundane with overgrown grass and scattered stones, is marked with thick yellow tape and surrounded by black off-road vehicles that hum softly in standby.
Above, a small fleet of drones hovers in the overcast sky—recording, transmitting, capturing the tense atmosphere for news broadcasts across the fortress. The footage will no doubt loop across every screen by midday: S-Class Raid Deployment Commences.
At the forefront of this group stands a figure that couldn't look more out of place.
Daelan Morne.
