The night air hung thick over Nocture. A thin fog began to drift in from the north, shrouding the hills and rocky slopes that served as the natural boundary between the city and the outside world. Behind the near-motionless fog, dark shadows crept like an underground current silent and well-trained.
Twelve hooded figures moved between large stones and clusters of dead shrubs. None of them spoke. Communication was done through hand signals and internal crystal wave comms accessible only via Central Military devices. They were part of the Covert Conquest Unit, one of the best infiltration teams under the Central Military Headquarters formed for hit-and-run missions, high-value target eliminations, and the destruction of strategic structures behind enemy lines.
