SEVER ZERO
"We have heavy armor, infinite munitions, and a mobile server node. We are abandoning Sector 8 and Sector 7. We are marching on Sector 6."
There was a brief pause on the line.
"Sector 6 is the Neon Ward," Brog, the Awakened Blacksmith, rumbled. "In the Great Machine, that corresponds to the Labyrinth of Illusions. It is a place of deception, Player. The Admin does not use brute force there. They use traps."
"I know," Ren said. The Neon Ward was the entertainment and commercial hub of Aethelgard. It was a dense, claustrophobic urban jungle of towering holographic advertisements, elevated transit rails, and narrow, twisting avenues. It was a nightmare for heavy armor.