Chapter 573: Steps

The structure of Gorgiad Fortress was not complex; on one side, near the cliff, stood the main tower, approximately eighty feet tall, which, along with walls on three other sides, enclosed a large square. At two corners of the walls stood tall towers, and the group was currently in one of them. Several giants, now zombies with javelins stuck in their bodies, were staggering out from another tower, seeming to indicate the guards inside had been dealt with.

In the center of the fortress square was a large hole with a radius of ten feet, surrounded by piles of broken bodies—some fresh and some long deceased. Another area filled with numerous corpses was on the east side of the square, which should have been a teleportation portal, but it had been destroyed. Dangerous magical energy still lingered around the collapsed pillars, with harmless flashes of lightning and sparks occasionally bursting into the air.