The northern wind blew across the highest terrace of the Convergence fortress, shaking the bronze frame of the Fuzaka apparatus.
Twelve senior innovators from the Central Plains worked quickly, adjusting the bronze gears and aligning the large glass lenses toward the morning sun.
Chief Tendai Mbeki of Molakwa had spent years improving the Watcher's Circle after its first trial during the final academy exams.
During that trial, the Fuzaka innovators had only managed to project the runner hare races across the Outer Nonagon of Galka using ground anchors.
Now, with Alika City back under invasion, they had expanded the system across the entire realm.
Signal spires had been installed in all five provinces, connecting the ten academies, the war college, and all Tagayia cities to the central apparatus. Through these spires, the Watcher's Eye could project images across the sky, allowing people in distant regions to see and hear the same message.
