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Somewhere, at another location in Malentansium...
Several hours had passed since Izroth and Ranazera set foot into the territory of Duke Verkesrie.
The two ran into a few monsters along their journey; however, their troubles stopped there as the monsters were quickly disposed of by Izroth.
As for the skounae, they had not come across any since they arrived in Duke Verkesrie's territory. But this was not too strange considering how far away they were from the main city in the territory.
Of course, this was not to say that their existence had gone completely undetected.
Every so often, Izroth could feel a watchful gaze eyeing him from a distance. But, whenever he tried to use his Energy Vision Sense to pinpoint its exact position, the watchful gaze vanished into thin air.