Chapter 83: Crimson
Klaus blinked. He thought he heard something strange. Did he just say that he knew where a Fortress was?
"What?"
Next, it was Seraphim’s turn to express shock.
"A Fortress...? Are you serious? You actually know where one is?"
Adrian nodded. Then, after a brief pause, he quickly elaborated:
"According to my sources, the gateway to this Fracture opened a long time ago. Based on the timelines, the current lecturers at the academy completed their First Departure years back. That doesn’t align with the previous Gateway’s appearance, which leads me to believe that the last Fracture wasn’t fully conquered."
Klaus furrowed his brows.
"Wait, hold on. Are you saying that there’s a Fortress in this Fracture that was never cleared? That shouldn’t be possible. If a Fracture isn’t conquered, wouldn’t it collapse eventually?"
Adrian shook his head.
"Not necessarily. A Fracture only collapses when its core is destabilized or destroyed. If no one reached the core, or if something is maintaining it, the Fracture can persist indefinitely. If you think about it, why do you think the academy shifted the time for our departure from three months to two months. For a newly arrived departure, it would be impossible to perform such a distortion from the main plan."
Klaus’s eyes widened.