In the morning, the group was greeted with both the Dullahan and Knightler, who apparently spent his night awake.
"I got your halberd ready, it is slightly heavier than the axe...But also hits harder."Obtained Harbinger!Knightler waited for Amethyst stop talking before stepping forward and briefly saluting.
"I will be staying here for now! I don't want to be a burden, it is clear that I won't be able to fight for now, so I want to at least help this Dullahan to keep making new weapons. I am sorry Aura, I know we didn't get to talk too much but you have a gate to open now, right? I will try to get in contact with Terrania about your feats."CHAPTER 11: THE GATES OF RUNDUM
With the adventurers ready to move forward, Vandertz continued to follow the path of the map, avoiding any sort of possible bifurcations that probably were created exactly to prevent people from reaching the gates. But something was clearly off, considering they were starting to hear the sound of troops marching and voices-And the moment they reached another clear path they were greeted with the sight of countless soldiers standing in guard as if they were simply waiting for the group to arrive. While there were Terrania flags raised, this obviously was no friendly welcome, considering all the soldiers were completely hiding their faces behind helmets...And the few who weren't happened to be skeletons. "Well met, mortals. I am impressed you managed to get this far, but this ends now. Hand over the key or perish, I am not going to waste my time playing little games."