He paused. "It used to be a city before the System, a big one. It had many skyscrapers. The Church took them over immediately since they help to see around."
"They fortified the entire city," the man said. "They used mana-dampening stone for the walls. Although I don't know where they found it or how they understood how to use it. We heard the guards say: It's impregnable."
"Nothing is impregnable," Jake said.
The survivor ignored him, keeping his eyes on Reidar.
"What do they do there?" Reidar asked.
The man hesitated, his eyes darting to the other survivors as if looking for support. One of the women nodded at him, and he continued.
"It's a staging ground," the man said. "Redwater... this place was for research. For the experiments. Ashwick is for the soldiers."
He took a breath, and for a second his memory went back to the horrors he saw. "That's where the orders come from. That's where they launch the raids."
