Vlad and Jormungandr moved through the newly restored streets with casual ease, their expressions calm but warm. As they passed by the many soldiers and workers tending to the city, they offered nods of acknowledgment, especially to those warriors who had fought alongside them during the brutal battle to take the Voidheart Fortress.
They returned every respectful gaze with a smile or a silent gesture of appreciation. Many of those who now looked at them with awe had once stood back-to-back with them in the fires of war.
It didn't take long under William's guidance to reach the newly constructed core tower. Towering over the rebuilt city, it pulsed with energy—more than enough to serve as the command center of the fortress now under Graecian control. Runes danced across its surface, and the hum of stabilized power echoed from within its walls.
