[Ruvian's POV]
Despite being ordered to remain inside the eastern observation keep, Ruvian and Calyra had already slipped beyond Frostgrave Fortress.
Instead, the two of them were now suspended high above the northern field, several hundred meters in the air while frigid winds tore violently around them.
Far below, Frostgrave Fortress stretched across the northern land like an immense stone bulwark, its towers crowded with soldiers making final preparations for the coming stampede.
Beyond it sprawled the northern wilderness.
From this height, Ruvian could clearly make out the dark patches scattered across the northern plains where the Nightbloom Spawners had taken root.
Calyra remained beside him, a translucent blue [Magic Barrier] spread beneath their feet like a floating platform, supporting both of them high above the plains.
