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Travelling at night time was no concern to the dracon Knight, at least not since he had returned from Herozzal and found a certain ring that assisted him in this aspect. As soon as it was fully dark he crouched down and pulled off his right glove, then took from his pocket an old simple looking gold ring which he then put onto his ring finger. Before it touched his skin he closed his eyes, then he returned the glove to his hand. Upon opening his cavernous orbs of darkness the passive magic of the ring would have taken effect. It enhanced his vision ten times what it should have been in the darkness, and wearing it during the day it enhanced his vision almost three times as much, though it gave him headaches during the day. Now that he was alone and it was night he was able to use the ring to its most effective. He did not need a torch, and he could see everything as if it were day time.
Even if he hadn’t been wearing the ring he would have been able to notice the new events that occurred in the darkening; the small lights in the sky that were steady and not twinkling, bringing him to the conclusion that they were not stars… but what else could they be? They moved around, though most of them kept a certain distance from each other. It was a puzzle that he would need to find the answer to before he reached his destination and he had plenty of time left.
He continued on his journey toward Autumnus, easily picking out the sentries which were, for the main, goblins. Though there were the occasional Orcs. When he noticed the first of the sentries who had been sitting or leaning against a rock he froze immediately and crouched, he had not noticed the fellow until he was dangerously close at hand and this meant he was slightly unprepared even with his enhanced vision. He had various ways of being able to detect these almost hidden sentries, but at that juncture he was close enough to the camp that he did not need to use such methods… at least not yet.
He crouched low next to a tree, using his cloak and cloths to blend in to the forest in the darkness whilst he watched the goings on of the camp with his enhanced sight. He was looking for anything unusual, but he was also looking for patterns and opportunities. He wanted to get to Autumnus and this camp was in his way, which left him with two options; going through the camp or going around the camp. Going around would mean he would most certainly run into more sentries and he did not believe himself to be quite lucky enough not to alert at least one of them. Going through the camp would, at this point in time, mean alerting those in the camp to his presence. However, if he waited until they slept, or even helped them along a little, he would be able to pass through the camp unnoticed and then only encounter the sentries on the other side that he would need to navigate through.
For now he contented himself to sit and wait, observing them to see which was the best course of action.
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