An hour passed, and when they were about done, Lee Shin-Woo looked over the map he'd made with Dana and Seira's help and nodded.

"Mm. This looks about right."

"You're quite good at drawing too, Hero."

Because it'd been decades since Dana or Seira had last been to the capital, there was no guarantee their knowledge would still apply. However, hearing their explanation was enough to give Lee Shin-Woo a concrete idea of how he should proceed from now on.

"The layout’s a lot simpler than Bayran, where there were traps everywhere. All we need to know is where the fortifications are, where the troops are stationed, and where the palace is... Oh. The source of darkness is beneath the palace? He pretty much does leave it right next to him!"

"Dana told you that already. That the source of darkness couldn't be moved. The Emperor just moved right next to it."

How valuable must it be for an emperor to do such a thing?

"He wanted to monopolize it. It's a treasure that made the underground, which was originally nothing more than a slightly large prison, into an Empire, so...the Emperor wouldn’t want to leave its side."

"Ah, as I...