Chapter 284: Royal Army Heads North, Old Friends Meet at Night

At the start of April, thunderous rumblings hinted at the changing winds. The dry north wind transformed into the moist easterlies, blending the low-hanging water vapor into the clouds above, where the dull gray was ripe with the brewing of spring thunder.

Xiulote stood on the hillock he had visited years ago, looking up. Dark clouds hung low, the sunlight dimmed, and shadows enveloped the land, with distant thunders growling faintly. Not far away, Otapan Mountain City appeared increasingly towering and impregnable, as if touching the skies.

After years of campaigning, the king, driven by the instincts of a commander-in-chief, surveyed the sturdy ancestral mountain stronghold once again. After a while, he shook his head with a profound gaze.