They both stood up and began to run again. The destination was close. Chunghuh felt the need to reconfirm the reason for coming here.

"Are you really going to the Palace of Reincarnation?"

"Yeah."

"Alone?"

"Not alone. It's the two of us."

Chunghuh still couldn't understand where his confidence was coming from.

"They are not an easy enemy. You don't know the Lord's power yet."

"…"

"It's not too late to gain more power. We can wait until we get more Awakeners."

Jaehwan had not met any 10th stage Adapters yet, but Chunghuh had. He knew how strong they were. Even if Jaehwan was strong, both of them weren't…

"We have no time."

"Time?"

"You think those Lords in the Palace will wait for us?"

If they found out that Awakeners were increasing in number, the Lords would make a move.

"They will think that we will wait until we get enough Awakeners. We should strike when they are not expecting us, when they are not yet ready."

Jaehwan was right. The current Palace should not have readied their defense. There should be some waiting to be revived, but they were probably only at the Lesser General level. Greater Generals rarely died and even if they did, they were revived instantly.

However, if things dragged on, they would change. There was a chance that the Palace of Reincarnation would bring 'living' Generals into to fight. The [Narrow Door] would allow them to travel into without dying, and the Palace was where the door was located. Jaehwan continued, "I'm not trying to fight all of them. I'll just destroy what's most important to them."

The most important things to the Palace. Chunghuh understood immediately.

"You are going to steal the [Fruits]."

Chunghuh was dumbfounded. Steal those [Fruits] again? Was it possible?

"Yeah. And there's one more thing."

One more? Chunghuh became pale.

"…Are you thinking of destroying the [Narrow Door]?"

Jaehwan nodded. "Yeah. If I destroy that, they won't be able to come into anymore."

"…Yeah, if we can destroy it, that is."

Taking all the [Fruits] and destroying the [Narrow Door] would surely block access to all the Lords of the .

"They can come by dying but… I doubt they will do that."

The was at war. They needed to save the lives of their Generals so they could always fight. No Lords would send their Generals to if there was no way to come back.

However, this was only true if Jaehwan and Chunghuh succeeded in destroying both.

"It's the best method if we can do it. But it's not easy. The Palace is at the far east end of the desert. To go there-"

"We have to go through Manticore Fortress," Jaehwan answered. "That's why we're here."

Manticore was now in front of them. There were tall walls with lion sculptures on top looking down. There were many of them.

Manticore Fortress was much bigger than Gorgon. Chunghuh's expression turned grim. They had become strong, but they were only two against a fortress. They were trying to fight an entire fortress now.

"The Golden Sky Leader won't let us go easily. What are you going to do?"

Then, they noticed guards running towards them. Jaehwan smiled. "As always."

Chunghuh laughed. "Yeah, I thought so."

And Jaehwan's stab struck out against the wall. Chunghuh's slash also struck soon after.

The guards fled as the wall was destroyed.

It was the beginning of the [War of Revival].