The carriage rolled beneath the wall.
For several seconds, black stone surrounded them on both sides as they crossed through a passage thick enough to contain guardrooms and defensive positions inside the wall itself. Another gate waited at the far end, creating a space where anyone attempting to force their way through could easily be trapped.
Then they emerged into the fortress.
The scale became much clearer from inside.
Barracks lined wide stone roads, training fields stretched between heavy buildings, and storage halls large enough to supply thousands stood beneath reinforced roofs. Trafalgar spotted armouries, healer stations, enclosed arenas, and structures covered in mana arrays whose purpose he couldn't immediately identify.
There were soldiers everywhere.
