The castle lay deep within Jewel City, practically on the city's edge, but owing to its towering construction, it had itself become part of the city's encircling walls.
The King's Castle, built entirely of gemstones, was the only building in the city fully illuminated at night. From afar you could see the scattered light refracting from the castle, as well as the wall that sliced those rays apart.
The wall wasn't particularly high, but behind it stretched a dense belt of trees less than twenty meters wide. Beyond that were several artificial lakes with criss-crossing roads, and nothing else around to provide cover. The patrolling guard squad and the sentinels on watch were in plain sight.
Slipping quietly across the artificial lakes wasn't hard, especially since they really weren't all that big, but thus far, no one had tried to go in.
"There are quite a few people crouched on the wall," Yan Jiayu whispered. "No one dares to go in?"
