To execute tonight's grand prison heist, she first needed to survive a daytime reconnaissance mission. She simply had to sneak into the most highly guarded, dangerous section of the castle, ask a trickster fox for a map to his secret cave, and sneak back out before anyone noticed she was missing so she can start preparing for the feast.
"Just a quick stroll into the abyss," Ren muttered to herself, peering cautiously around the corner of the stone archway.
With her frying pan held at the ready like a makeshift shield, Ren crept into the dimly lit obsidian corridors.
Thanks to her recent tour with Syris, she knew exactly where the lower levels began. She navigated the labyrinth of the castle with surprising speed, sticking to the deep shadows cast by the towering stone pillars.
Eventually, she reached the narrow, unlit corridor that branched off from the main stairs.
