章 190: Stonemarrow Caves, Eighth Outerlayer

Albrecht strode through the moonlit streets of Rilegarthe with a quiet resolve. The silver mist still clung to the air, swirling around his boots as he walked briskly toward the towering spires of the Rilegarthe Guild. Shadows from the buildings crept along the cobblestones, flickering in the lamplight as he approached the arched entrance of the guild hall. His thoughts drifted back to a time when he stood here as a much younger man—one of the Heroes of Arcadia—before everything had changed. Back then, he had been fresh-faced and eager, but naïve to the struggles that lay ahead.