So Could This Be a Trick?

Pittman's yell stunned Gawain. For a moment, it actually didn't occur to him what the other party meant by signs of life, until two seconds later — he was referring to the ball.

"When Amber rebounded earlier, weak signs of life appeared inside the ball," Pittman repeated while carefully moving closer to the sphere. He took out a dried and crumpled piece of leaf. While twisting the leaf stalk, he went on. "But the signs disappeared after a split second… I've never seen such an unusual phenomenon…"

Amber rubbed her butt while staring at the rock ball in disbelief. "What the hell…? Could this thing really be alive?"

The three soldiers still stuck on the rock ball instantly looked more nervous.

Gawain, however, was more focused on suspecting the professional skills of a certain Druid. "You couldn't have sensed wrongly, could you?"