With the Tunnel Worm opening a passage into the heart of the Withered Tree Fortress, Julian didn't hesitate—he stepped right in.
In the blink of an eye, he appeared in the fortress's core area. He now stood in the middle of what used to be the Serpent Empire's elite military camp. But after the battle broke out, this place had been turned into a makeshift field hospital for the wounded.
Julian's sudden arrival threw the entire area into chaos. The Serpent soldiers lying here were all badly injured—none of them were in any condition to fight him. The only other people around were healing priests.
When a few wounded Serpents still tried to attack, Julian sneered and struck them down. He didn't have time to waste. His real goal was to use the scroll Harbor had given him. That was the only way Harbor could teleport straight into the fortress and bring it down from within.
