Well, he spoke with great gusto, but he had no plans to rush in without confirming the situation with his own eyes.
Artemia's warning gave him a rough idea of the situation he'd face once he made it past the checkpoint, but it was nothing more than a brief overview.
Their strength level, their combat ability; he wouldn't be able to perfectly quantify all of it in a short span of time, but he only needed enough to confirm his course of action.
'Firstly, the checkpoint.'
It was already difficult to make it past such a large number of guards without being noticed.
Atlas wasn't particularly skilled at espionage or stealth-related tasks. In fact, he was quite literally the opposite of a good assassin.
'No matter. It is still possible in this environment.'
The nameless forest was relatively open. Most of the environment that led to it was a flat plain, but that didn't mean it was completely uniform.