Ethan hovered in midair and gave the place a single glance. His eyes slipped past the walls and went straight to the layout inside.
The castle was packed with structures built for mining. Transport rails ran from behind the wall straight into the mountain. Lifting platforms cycled nonstop. Several energy devices shuttled workers into different tunnels like a conveyor line.
Around the mine were defensive installations too. They weren't high-level in Ethan's eyes, but they said enough—whoever owned this place had been treating this mine as a core resource for a long time.
Ethan's mouth curved slightly.
That made it even more interesting.
Then a strange aura suddenly rolled out from inside the castle.
It wasn't pure, but it was violent—like multiple kinds of power had been crudely stuffed into the same container and shaken until they bled together. A moment later, a figure rose from within the city and floated up into the air.
