Chapter 526 All Along The Watchtower (1/2)

Chapter 526 All Along The Watchtower

It only took a moment for Daniel to realize that these two connected toere different fro rock he had seen in the stone forest The biggest indication of that was the fact that their wider base, instead of being planted into the sandstone like a sword pierced into the ground, was covered froround If seen separately from the rest of the stone forest, one would describe these ters as extree has seen better days” Dawn muttered to the others as Daniel walked past her and around the closest tower, at the bottoround-level entrance hidden in between two large boulders A few inches above ground, he also noticed the presence of a tripwire trigger,

In the past few days, Daniel had been forced to rediscover his mortality Specifically, the notions that had allowed him to survive before his life as a cultivator-Notions that he was used to rely on, like awareness to danger, which had been nuh speed recovery, his observation skills, which he had given up for his system's ability to indicate a path to success, andhe previously had in abundance, and that now had taken back control over his life

All these notions had become obsolete the moment he had reached a certain level of cultivation, But now that he had been stripped of virtually all of his power, and many of his systeain rely on his dulled instincts, which at thishin of civilization that they had encountered ever since they had come to this planet

”Stay there And keep an eye out, this place was visited recently” Said Daniel to the others before stepping over the tripwire, and into the tower's dark entrance

Once inside the tower, Daniel found himself in a relatively empty room, which only contained a few boxeselse These boxes were all identical, and left on the far edge of the roo that the e The only other point of interest within this rooular door fraht of stairs that had been directly carved into the stones that for up the stairs right away, Daniel decided to inspect the broken boxes in the hope to find some clues, but with little success It was only after several minutes that he was able to find, hidden in between two relatively intact crates, a small rocket in the shape of a paper-covered cylinder, and i of its fuse remained, which explained why it had been left unused

With nothing left to see on the bottoan the climb of the five-hundred feet tohich becaet

From the very moment Daniel had spotted these two connected towers, his first thought had been that, if there was ever a natural construction that was made to be used as a watchtower, that would have been the two coluht that had fored within the stone forest, as well as how, due to being significantly taller than any other peak, these toould allow a full view of the horizon to whoht the nal rocket at the botto this place's story

A watchtoas usually inhabited by scouts, so forces, while the rest spread in the surrounding area to make sure no one would try to sneak from the tower's blind spots What Daniel found odd as he cli h room for half a dozen people to live in, he had yet to see any sign that this toas once inhabited

Paired with the presence of a single defective signal rocket, the lack of furniture could only mean that who to be attacked, and had prepared to abandon the watchtower right as they would spot the enenal their arrival to the forces to which they belonged

Unfortunately, knowing this did nothing but deepen Daniel's confusion As based on the state of the traps that Daniel had carefully avoided, as well as the state of the few ee, this battle could not have happened o In his mind he could not help but wonder what sort of army that could be spotted froerous and inhospitable desert

Unable to find an explanation, Daniel kept cliht of stairs until finally, he reached the top of the tohere the claustrophobic ascending path expanded into a sht that cae which united the ters

Daniel gave a quick look at his surrounding, and immediately realized that the place he was currently in was not only an abandoned watchtower, but a currently used hideout, as shown by the poor camp bed placed by the deeper and darker side of the room, the still warm campfire built in the middle of the room, and the many animal remains scattered around the floor Some of which were dry and clean, while some others had bits and pieces ofin the room, however, were the uncountable onal lines, cut in the middle by a horizontal one These marks covered the entire wall, and were clearly used to keep count of either ti to discover Daniel decided to head towards the second tower, so he left the s opposite to the stairs, and stepped into the wooden bridge, which, to his surprise, was in better condition that he would have guessed

Whilesure not to step onto any rotten plank, Daniel walked the few dozen meters that separated the ters, and a couple of minutes later, he reached the room on the opposite side

Due to the current position of the sun, whose rays were shi+ning directly into the door to the first room, the second one was completely dark Thankfully, Daniel was still in possession of Saha's ht into the rooretted ihly the sa decorated with the bare minimum necessary for a camp, it was filled with humanoid skulls and severed heads, which, when exa in co teeth and a s to rip both of a huine how s would have been when they were still alive

Seeing how sorey-colored flesh covering the these monsters had only been a matter of luck, or because the owner of this hideout had siardless, he had no intention to reh to find out, so he left the second rooe, he looked down in search of his companions