Chapter 563: Seeing Gertie Again

Under the command of Lancelot, Kalalin used the teleportation scroll for the first time, bringing everyone back to the cave near the Gate of Stroddet. They were pleased to discover that the warning arrangements they had left behind when they departed were still intact, and there were no signs that the cave had been visited, indicating that Lancelot's concealment formation had indeed been effective.

Although dusk was approaching, the group still left the cave to check the situation near the portal. They returned to the little hill where they had previously lurked and peered from a distance through the snow and fog at the 'zone' beneath the mountain foot. Frost Giants loyal to Solheim and Kostcheqi were still hunting each other across the snowy plains, the scene unchanged from their last visit, as if a classic drama were being replayed again and again.