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Reign nodded, his mind racing with possibilities. If they could find a way to penetrate the array at that point, they might be able to gain valuable intelligence about the enemy base without alerting its defenders.

"We need to be cautious," Reign said, his voice barely audible. "If we\'re discovered, we\'ll be forced to fight, and this is not the time to do so."

With utmost care, they approached the shimmering spot, their senses on high alert for any signs of danger. As they drew closer, they noticed that the shimmering was caused by a thin layer of mana, one weaker than the rest of the array.

"Irregularities always appear, an array is rarely ever perfect, especially one that covers a wide area like the one they are using." Aethion\'s voice echoed in their heads, making them all stare at the spot with glee.

They could use this when they attacked, they could break through the array more easily from this place and take the enemy by surprise.

"Could we somehow weaken it further without them knowing, to make it even easier once we do attack?" Reign asked Aethion who placed his hand on his chin before shaking his head.

"No, if the array was only responsible for defense and for making the base invisible from the outside, then it would have been feasible, but don\'t forget that there is another one after this one, one that is making it impossible for those inside the base to see what the outside looked like."

"If you so much as touch that array and change it, then the enemy will be able to notice it, and that can put the whole surprise attack in danger."

"That\'s not to mention the fact that we don\'t even know if it is another array or a grand array that is created by the fusion of multiple arrays in place here, it\'s just too risky, I strongly suggest you don\'t try anything right now."

Reign and the others nodded before they continued circling the base, trying to find any other spots that might be weaker, they did find another one, but it was high up and harder to get to compared to the previous one.

"Alright, so once the time comes, we attack from there, using everything we have to break through the array quickly," Beast said as he made sure to take notes and specify where the weaker part of the array was.

The others merely nodded before slowly making their way back to the entrance.

"The only thing left now is to hope one of their men will get out and go to that chamber, we need to find a way to better understand the mechanisms present in the two chambers, that is our way in, without knowing more about it, we won\'t be able to get back here easily."

Wolf\'s words made the others show apprehensive expressions on their faces. He was right, they did need to understand the mechanisms better as without that, they wouldn\'t be able to traverse the underground area easily and reach the base again.

They had no idea how the mechanisms functioned, nor did they know just how they managed to reach the enemy\'s base so easily, without any of them noticing them.

The machinery had shifted and activated multiple times, how did nobody notice that?

Was the enemy aware of what happened, did they perhaps leave the opening in the array on purpose, in order to tempt whoever had arrived into attacking them?

They had no idea what was going on, doing anything else here now would simply be too dangerous, they had to leave the underground, get back to the desert, and rest before going forward with their plan.

They would take over a side base, have one person stay there, and use the portal to send the enemy a \'gift\' before attacking them with full force.

They would talk to the mercenaries and take the four Tier VI leaders with them, increasing their numbers and making it easier to battle the enemy forces that were present in the base.

As they made their way back to the entrance and waited there, the group couldn\'t shake the feeling of unease that lingered in the air. The discovery of the enemy base\'s location and the potential weaknesses in their defenses had given them hope, but it also weighed heavily on their minds.

They knew that the upcoming battle would probably be their toughest yet, and if they made a mistake, then there was even a chance of them being defeated by the enemy as they had no idea how powerful their leader and head priest were.

After waiting for about an hour, there was finally a change.

From the side, they were able to notice the fog suddenly moving, splitting apart, and creating a small path that a person used to get out.

The sight of another person made Reign and the others immediately widen their eyes with some expectations as they quickly moved away from the entrance in case the person was able to sense them if they were too close.

They waited as the hooded man walked toward them, passing the group that was some 15 meters away from him and going inside the entrance, unaware that they were following him from behind. Upon reaching the end of the tunnel, he used the runes to split the wall and enter the chamber.

Laura had made sure to close the entrance after they had entered the tunnel before, as she had done with the first hidden passageway. To close it was simple, use the same runes you had used before, and the entrance would close, that was it.

Upon going into the chamber, they saw that it was still working as it had been previously when they arrived. They had to quickly get inside as the hooded man had turned around after walking for a couple of steps and used the runes to close the entrance, nearly causing some of them to be trapped inside the tunnel.

Upon closing the entrance, the hooded man started walking toward the other end of the chamber, which was where Reign and the others had come from.

The defense measures in place did nothing to stop him, there were even some security systems that seemingly scanned him when he passed by them and simply ignored him, probably because the faction had already taken over the chamber and everything inside was theirs.

Upon reaching the end, where the large tunnel should be present, the man stopped and sighed.

"I really hope we understand this place soon, simply letting the entire place function at all times and having to wait for the entrance to show itself is annoying."

"The boss should at least find a way to speed up things or shift things when we need it."

"Damned advanced machines, this is always taking so damn long."

The man started talking to himself in an annoyed voice, but to Reign and the others, his words were incredibly pleasant and nice to hear.

The enemy didn\'t have full control over the chambers.

It seemed that they had only managed to make the chambers recognize them and not attack them as they would if other people entered, but other than that, they had no control over the machinery.

It seemed that what happened after Reign and the others entered the first large chamber wasn\'t something that occurred because the enemy or the mechanisms noticed them, it was something that was constantly occurring, with the enemy not being capable enough to stop it.

This was great news to them, it meant that if they wished to come back here, they merely had to get to the first chamber again and wait before once again entering the large tunnel that would take them here.

After waiting for around 3 minutes, the wall in front of the man started to tremble before it slowly opened, showing the large tunnel again.

The man sighed and went inside, with Reign and the others following right behind him.

He was looking around the tunnel, seemingly searching for something before he nodded his head and stopped after a couple of seconds.

"This should be it, if I remember correctly."

Reign and the others had no idea what he was saying, but upon looking around like he did, they did manage to notice some symbols on the walls of the tunnel.

It seemed as if they were there to identify the different portions of the tunnel.

Some time passed, and the tunnel started moving, but this time, unlike the previous time Reign and the others had been inside, the portion of the tunnel they were in didn\'t move at all.

It seemed that this portion was one that would stay in place, allowing those who used the tunnel to travel a lot more comfortably.