Firin stepped out of the barracks, looking around to see the Upper Ring's roads and paths devoid, "They must be preparing the defense.", he muttered, looking around for any soldier that could point him to the Highlord. "Damn! There's not much time.", Firin cursed to himself as he dashed down the road towards the stair to the Middle Ring with an unusual haste propelling him faster than he had ever ran before. As he sprinted, the Captain caught sight of Noxx'Zus about to descend to the lower tier, "Noxx'Zus!", Firin called out, slowing his empowered sprint at the top of the stair as the Steward turned to look with wide eyes, "Captain Rai, you're awake. Are you feeling alright?", Noxx'Zus said, unable to look away from the Captain's arcane eyes. Firin nodded, his stare resolute as he walked with the Steward on his way to the plateau, "Empowered. I guess Parallax overestimated his 'perfect soldier'.", the Captain said with a confident smirk, drawing a confused glance from Noxx'Zus, "But, I'll explain everything later, there's going to be an attack and we need to prepare.", Firin said, the Steward nodding as the two of them pick up the pace, heading down to the plateau to ready the soldiers for battle.