Soon enough, the sun started sinking into the horizon. Jack went alone to the mountain peak. Alone in the physical sense. Cain kept an eye on him with divination magic like Arcane eye and Scrying.
The road to the peak was harsh, filled with cliffs to climb and wild monsters to make it dangerous. Mundane travelers and adventurers might see this path as a regular hard road, but Cain saw otherwise.
"This road got designed to waste time, so you reach the peak at night. It also makes sending reinforcements harder." Cain explained, and everyone nodded. They could see that being a possibility.
Farryn approached the orb Cain was watching through. "But that doesn't matter to you."
Cain looked at her smiling, "Of course, it doesn't matter. I wouldn't have sent Jack if I couldn't reach him in the blink of an eye."
Jack walked on the stone path, humming. The bushes around him rustled, cracking as the wind blew past.
