[center][h2]Southern District[/h2][/center]
[center][h3]Wayland Keep[/h3][/center]

[center][@Xaltwind][/center]

Vanessa and Iskah infiltrate Wayland Keep, with the small conjured insect guiding the latter towards its master all the way. The keep was a spacious castle with most of its residents being fully-armored Lot Knights. Despite being in their homebase and in a state of relative relaxation, all the knights the two monsters saw were wearing helmets. Vanessa would notice that each knight seemingly has his own unique helmet. Iskah wanted to explain more about the Lot Knights to her Dark Mage companion, but their stealth required silence.

The wards inside Wayland Keep were surprisingly simple and easy for Vanessa to bypass, disable or modify them. A little too easy, in fact. Perhaps these wards and detectors served another purpose other than keeping out monsters? Iskah was no mage, and so was of little help in this regard and completely dependent on Vanessa for these 'obstacles'.

The two monsters soon reach Aun's position. They were in the keep's rather huge mess hall, sunlight shining from the windows but the ceiling chandeliers were lit still, but only Aun and a handful of other knights were present. Aun, like the other knights, was wearing his helm - a maned Corinthian helmet - that completely concealed his head. If it wasn't for his energy signature, he would have been completely unrecognizable.

"[color=burlywood]...So is everything clear?[/color]" One of the seven Lot Knights present said, addressing the rest of the six. He wore a brown cowl that concealed his head into shadow and he spoke with an accent like those from the snowy steppes.

One of the knights raised his hand, a knight with [url=https://i.pinimg.com/736x/da/4c/3f/da4c3feb2bfe93233ba02b5f37a229c2.jpg]a unique helmet reminiscent of those Caliphates in the East[/url]. "[color=goldenrod]So it's just us three? Me, Dreams and Inky? No spellcaster on us?[/color]" Iskah perked up at the mention of 'Inky', Aun's name in the order.

"[color=burlywood]We have no reason to believe the enemy forces near there have any heavy spellcasters. Still, Sir Inky is capable of handling anything magical should the situation arise.[/color]" The cowled knight replied.

"[color=lightskyblue]Ohhh, this is gonna be like those times there were three of us, Dance.[/color]" The knight named Dreams immediately began to reminisce about the aforementioned times. While the conversation wasn't exactly over. This knight had [url=https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71DCMzErptL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg]a simpler helmet, yet still unique[/url] in the room.

Aun, meanwhile, stayed silent as he contemplated the mission given to him. Iskah, too, was silent, wanting to hear more about this mission. Vanessa can join in listening in too, the Lot Knights in this meeting seem oblivious to the two monsters' presence. But so far, it appeared Aun the Incubus Knight would be going somewhere if he wasn't nabbed today.