There were 3 panels in total, each showing different locations.
The first was the front of the palace. Daneel had been to the place with Elanev when he had gone to collect the Prime Citizen Award. It was an aerial view, with the gate to the palace and the situation outside clearly visible.
A gargantuan beast that looked like a rhinoceros was ramming into the crimson barrier that had formed at some point around the whole palace. As he finally understood exactly what had been causing the disturbance along his way, Daneel noticed two small specks standing in the air above the beast.
Looking closer, his jaw dropped as he realized that they were actually Radagast and the pot-bellied man he had seen before.
Now that he had a human to pare with, he understood just how big the beast actually was.
It covered the whole of the large road which was in the center of the outer city. This meant that 10 men standing side by side would be needed to match just the width of this beast.
As for the height, Daneel could estimate that it was at least as tall as a 10-story building. All in all, it emanated the feeling of a force that would make anyone run in fear.
Now that he had had time to study the library and gain some knowledge, he knew that such beings were called "Magic Constructs". Just like the Firewind Dragon which had destroyed the Dwarve's Rum, this was an existence which came into being due to the effect of a spell.
There was no information regarding what level as a mage was needed to cast such a spell. In fact, one historian had written that it was impossible for any mages alive to cast such a spell. Only trinkets or formations from ancient times which were made with the purpose of protecting important locations could be used in this day and age to make entities like this appear.
Such treasures were so rare that even the Kingdom of Lanthanor did not have any as long as one did not count the Royal Palace.
Each time the horn of the rhinoceros rammed into the barrier, the whole palace seemed to shake slightly acpanied by the brightness of the crimson formation decreasing a bit.
On the second panel, a group of men in black clothes were holding a strange object in their hand and pointing it at the barrier at a certain location that seemed to be devoid of any people.
The device reminded Daneel of the battering rams used by people back on Earth to break through doors. Only, this battering ram was longer, requiring four people to hold it on each side.
Three snakes entwined around a spear-like object which was rotating at a high speed with the sharp tip impacting the barrier.
"It's a drill!
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