Leaving the Murktree Forest, Victor moved swiftly through the lower edges of Blueflame City, avoiding the main roads and using small alleyways.
Eventually, he reached a checkpoint at the city gates.
He walked casually beside a cart piled with wooden crates and sacks of herbs. The old merchant nodded groggily, not recognizing him.
Victor slid the unconscious body into the back of the cart under a tarp while making sure the guards were distracted.
Moments later, the gates opened.
Victor walked calmly beside the cart, pretending to be just another traveler escorting goods.
Once outside the city's barrier walls, he peeled off from the merchant path, retrieved the bound cultivator, and disappeared into the surrounding hills.
The moonlight above was pale and cold but now wasn't the time to be bothered about that.
There was a place he needed to reach.
And an answer to uncover.
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