They all removed their flying devices from their spatial bags and took to the sky without much more talking. They inspected the other unoccupied forts for nearly two hours, and found nothing. The only other kingdom occupied fort in the chain had been attacked, but after wounding two of the defenders, the queendom’s troops retreated without trying to take the now lightly defended fort.
Together, the six of them hovered in the air high in the sparse cloud cover, where they were unable to be observed or easily ambushed.
Matt’s AI had noted a slight discrepancy in the fort’s coverage. It wasn’t obvious, as the fort’s anti-flying formations weren’t active, but the designed overlap had a small gap in it. The space coincided with a valley that was closed off from a landslide on one end. If the
