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This was fine. With the aberration ring, he was able to just wait for the front gate to open and walk through. There was semi-regular traffic through here, due to this being the only road through the mountains.

Lo and behold, his patience paid off. Less than an hour of sitting next to the entrance was all it took for the huge metal gates to start creaking open.

A group of soldiers came out first, not yet allowing the line of waiting vehicles to pass through. They were going to check each and every one, Raul figured, but he didn't intend to hang around and watch. He stepped softly through the small opening in the gate and made his way inside.

Wow, the place was bigger than he expected. And there were even more soldiers around that he thought there would be, too. The VMP wasn't hurting for manpower, apparently.

Hmm. It wasn't a straight shot to the other side, apparently. The only reason he'd come here was because he wanted to use the pass through the mountains, but it looked like the layout of this installation was going to make that simple goal a pain in the ass.

Which was a bit strange, he felt. This gravel road was clearly meant to accommodate motor traffic, so why did they make it wind around so many buildings and go off in weird directions?

Ah, perhaps it was for security. The place was currently serving as a military checkpoint, so they probably didn't want people trying to blow through it at top speed. A labyrinthine design definitely made it more defensible.

Unfortunately, that meant Raul ended up wandering around for quite a while just to get his bearings. And with so many soldiers around, it only got more nerve-racking as the time dragged on. Sure, they couldn't see him, but they could still hear him. Or bump into him, if he wasn't careful.