Chapter 229: Beardless Dwarves
“We’re about four blocks from the center courtyard from what I can tell,” Max informed everyone after he landed back on the street after jumping off a house. “Maybe one or two more groups, and then we’ll be on the outer edges of everything.”
Fowl was grinning, waiting to hear what Max was going to say next as he shifted from side to side.
“Yes, there is a tower, but I don’t think it's the same thing as the last time. This one is wider, and as you have noticed, taller.”
“Think we’ll have to fight inside it?” Batrire asked.
“I’m not sure, but I hope not. It doesn’t look over forty or fifty yards wide and that might mean going up staircases… having to fight from beneath whatever would be above us… that’s never a good thing if I’m honest.”
Their healer nodded and frowned.
“Might as well get this over with and see what’s waiting for us in the courtyard,” Tanila said. “I’d rather not just stand around. All this metal just feels weird.”
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The metallic street opened up to the courtyard, which was once again about five hundred yards in diameter. The brick etched pattern in the street turned into a circle that all led toward the tower in the center.