Pavan could not hide his perplexed feeling when looking at the huge structure that surrounded the top of the Loen Basin in a circular form. Pavan used to come to the Loen Basin quite often, since it was a place Barth Baltic frequently visited when he wanted to think in silence. However, he had never seen such a structure before.

Hela curiously looked at the structure built on the top of the basin.

“What the hell is that? Is that a castle? No, I think it’s made of steel… I’ve never heard of a castle that’s built out of steel before.”

“Me neither, master. There was no such thing here until just a few weeks ago. At the same time, it’s not something that can be built in just a day or two, is it?”

“Then that can only mean one thing,” Hela said as she kicked her horse to ride faster. “It must be Dismas messing with us using some kind of a trick.”

Pavan was startled and quickly caught up with Hela as she suddenly rode ahead on her horse. He bit his lips; he was worried about her going so far from the other soldiers behind them. Despite his personal feelings about Hela, any chance of her dying or getting hurt had to be avoided at all costs.

“Slow down, master!”

As Pavan rode his horse up the slope, he was able to see Hela wandering around the huge steel wall. She was looking around in amazement at the enormous size of the steel structure.

“I wouldn’t say that it’s perfectly built, but it’s still pretty solid. Steel...