By sunrise, the divine gate had been gone for seven hours.
The square still had not emptied.
White stone marked the place where the opening had stood. Diviners occupied the nearest circle while soldiers held back everyone who believed touching the stone would reveal the dungeon's location. Guild tents filled streets that had been cleared for an invasion and now served as offices for arguments about rewards.
The people returned by the challenge carried no captured dungeon core.
They carried maps.
Captain Ressa Kale stood in the municipal archive with more of them than any table had been built to hold.
Fey Nights covered the first layer. Early drawings showed a single path and several monster positions. Later versions included every occupied camp, stream crossing, burned clearing, and hidden route discovered during the week.
The Orc Highlands required three tables.
Level Three filled a wall.
