Nicholas listened intently as each team shared their discoveries. The sense of being watched, the unfinished rune, the hidden workshop, the dark artifacts, and the map—all pieces of a puzzle they had yet to solve.
Nicholas looked over the notes, sketches, and artifacts each team had brought back. The pieces of the puzzle were starting to come together, but there were still too many unknowns.
"We need to piece this all together," Nicholas said, his voice calm yet authoritative. "It's clear the enemy has been operating within the town, and their plans are more intricate than we initially thought."
Lyle nodded, his expression serious. "The rune Harrison and Londar found is particularly troubling. If it's part of a larger network, it could be the key to how the enemy is able to monitor us and the townsfolk."
"A monitoring array?" Londar asked while Lyle and Nicholas both shook their heads.
