A New Base

The leaves filling my view suddenly parted, and beyond them stretched a wide-open sky.

"Wow."

Yuna let out an exclamation.

At the top of the slope was a broad, gentle plateau, too wide to believe it was on a mountainside.

I had an instant feeling we'd found the high-ground base we'd been searching for.

"Mr. Woojin, over there─."

Seoyun called to me too, pointing upward.

A naturally formed rock overhang cast a broad shadow across the plateau.

It could withstand even the most torrential rain.

"I think we've found a high-ground base."...