Yeon-Hee and Seong-Il sped up. The two were planning to get rid of Joshua before his troops in the back joined him. Joshua had sworn allegiance to me, not to Yeon-Hee, so I wondered if Joshua’s current actions were considered a betrayal. It could be a reasonable choice for him to succeed me after my death.

However, going after Yeon-Hee was no different from aiming at my family. In the end he wouldn’t be able to avoid the anger of the revived emperor. If he didn’t die at the hands of Yeon-Hee and Seong-Il, then I would finish him off myself!

The strange thing was that Joshua and his attackers didn’t slow down even though he had figured out that Yeon-Hee was approaching him with a Location Seeker.

Yeon-Hee said while running as if she was in doubt, “Isn’t it weird?”

“Can you not sense anything?” Seong-Il asked in return.

She shook her head. “It’s too far. Let’s wait and see. It’s too early to judge anything.”

When the distance between the two groups narrowed, Yeon-Hee sensed someone using telepathy.

A sepulchral voice connected to her mind.

- Mary.

Yeon-Hee replied brightly.

- Hey!

Joshua asked.

- Do you think it’s possible?

Yeon-Hee then said.

- What? Oh… You must be suspicious of your ability since you saw me, right? But it’s impossible. You are far inferior to me.

Joshua huffed gloomily

- How rude. I’m asking if you could get through the ones coming from the...