Chapter 398 (Teaser)
"An intruder?" Diana tilted her head at the unexpected question but answered, "As far as I know, the Mantra circuit only reacts if there's a direct threat to the city or the nest. That's why we can cultivate those mutated crops here with no issues."
"I figured as much," Ian muttered under his breath, almost like a sigh, and downed the entire drink in his glass in one go.
Setting the glass down with a thud, he glanced at Diana, whose expression twisted slightly as though she'd just witnessed him drink poison.
"Follow me. I need to confirm this myself."
"Where to?"
Ian didn't answer. Instead, he turned abruptly, grabbed the scabbard of Truesilver Steel Sword leaning against the wall, and headed straight for the door.
Diana, puzzled, followed him, pressing for answers. "Ian. What exactly are you trying to confirm? Where are we going?"
Fastening the scabbard to his belt as he walked, Ian stepped into the staircase and replied curtly, "The sewer entrance we used to get in. Probably."
"Probably?"
"Yeah. There's an intruder."
Diana's already narrowed eyes behind her mask thinned further.
Her swamp-colored pupils instinctively darted toward the underground city. However, the cityscape looked no different from usual.
Sticking closer to Ian, she whispered, "At this distance, you sensed an intruder?"
"You should know by now—I've got good instincts," Ian said without looking back, quickening his pace as he descended the stairs.
Of course, that wasn't the whole truth.
—Yeah,...
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