In a tiny shadow screened by rocks, Ased and five men and women crouched slightly, communicating with one another in a whisper so faint it was nearly inaudible. The speaker was the woman in the team. As she spoke, she traced a finger across the ground, roughly sketching the geographical map of the entire clan.
"The person on guard duty today is Rock Steel. His temperament is the steadiest of all, the sort of man who views rules as absolute. Therefore, his patrol route will strictly follow established protocol. The patrols, the guards, and the hidden pickets on every single route are guaranteed to be fixed. In other words, the gaps are fixed as well. As long as you can complete your tasks, I will be able to slip effortlessly into the Ancestral Stone's sanctuary—the ancestral hall."
Ased glanced at the other five as he spoke. This was the strategy he had laid out before the plan began, concerning how to solve the problem of entering the clan's sacrificial grounds. This was also why he needed allies.
The five nodded. They each sprang out from the shaded area, splitting off in various directions. Ased crouched quietly in place for a long while before he began to move. His speed was exceptionally swift, almost reaching the absolute limit of a Great Warrior. He flicked and twisted with incredible agility, his entire body seeming entirely devoid of weight. Meanwhile, five dark shadows came running from all directions into the fluorescent stone district, their target unmistakably t…
Chapter 158