Chapter 425: The Final Stretch
After almost all of our army had advanced through the lost continent, we reached a hill where we could see the massive castle in its entirety, and the size of the structure only got more prominent the closer we got.
Vespera had a few of her spiders nearby, and since she could see everything the little ones did, she told me about the massive space inside the castle beforehand. Still, my brain couldn’t imagine the size until I saw it for myself.
"It’s basically the size of a mountain..." Vespera commented, explaining that she had found four different entrances at the bottom. However, the gigantic doors seemed to be sealed.
There were absolutely no devils wandering outside the castle walls, but Vespera could sense an overwhelming amount of demonic energy coming from within.
The castle’s base was broad, but the top was very thin, making it look as if the structure had an antenna, which gave me a bad feeling, although I couldn’t tell why.
At that moment, I had to wait for the other soldier groups to reach their positions closer to the castle. We were still a little over 50km away from getting to our destination, so we still had quite a trek.
After helping the soldiers build a camp behind a small hill where we could oversee the perimeter around us, I walked around for a bit to talk to them, realizing that I had people from all over the world with me.
Jackson and Karla were part of the few thousands that followed me, and when I noticed they were keeping their distance from the other soldiers, I approached them to ask if there was something wrong.
Most of the time, Jackson was a pretty sociable person, and he got along well with knights and soldiers in the past. Karla was a bit more serious, but she was still kind and polite. Seeing the soldiers eating and having a relatively good time at the camp, I wondered what made them so apprehensive.