Moonlight danced with the shadows as a child descended the stairs. Lidien glanced up, his face bathed in the moon's muted light.
As his steps echoed in the silence of the night, Alva was there... standing at the end of the hall on the first floor, waiting for Lidien to exit the Knowledge Spire.
"Master... I found a good residence where you can rest... Xyon and Mad Dog are already waiting for you to come."
Lidien glanced at her and smiled faintly.
"Lead the way."
Alva bowed, then walked ahead followed by Lidien towards the outskirts, near the southern entrance of the Central Territory.
It didn't take long before Lidien stood in front of a towering gate. As the soldier opened it, hundreds of soldiers greeted them both as they entered the residence.
Beyond the gate lay a large, moonlit grassy field. Hundreds of military tents stood in orderly rows outside the main residence wall, a small city of ambition.
