Just before he arrived at the city's western gate, he veered right and sprinted southward, the basic stability spell allowing him to navigate through the bumpy, barren earth that had long since been cleared of its harvests near the end of the previous season.
Alistar no longer needed to rely on ice magic to surmount the walls, a change that had taken place several months back. These days he simply enhanced his leg strength with swordsman's aura and leapt upward at a run, catching himself atop the lower ledges of the parapets and pulling himself up with the tips of his fingers. Afterwards he would drop down on the other side and land at a roll, always leaving a fresh energy imprint at a random spot along the walls before hurrying off into the forest with sure-footed steps.
He arrived at the cave a short while later, wasting no time in entering its hidden confines and summoning a ball of illuminating fire.
"Who's there?" came the usual, hardly coherent rambles. "Come to take my—"
