Running Away [1]

Ruyue's gaze went back and forth between Damien and the corpse on the ground, the lost look in her eyes never disappearing.

"D-did you know?" She managed to force the words out of her mouth.

Damien looked at her with a complex gaze. But ultimately, he shook his head.

"I only had a hunch that something was wrong."

He was telling the truth. From the start, he had noticed something wrong with the whole situation, he just couldn't pinpoint it.

It was for this reason why, after Ruyue left his side, he traveled through the forest and observed all the larger beast packs within it, trying to gain some information.

During this observation, he realized something odd. There was a familiar feeling about the murky mana that encased the Elder's room in the village.

He couldn't figure out the source of this familiarity, but as he continued his stay around the beasts and observed them with utmost concentration, he realized it.