Elydes

Chapter 293 - Brewing Shadows

Kai forcefully shut the notebook and stored it in his ring.

Everyone had poured their mind over the plan—Valela included. It was foolish to believe he would catch a detail they all missed, yet his mind couldn’t stop brooding over it.

It’s as solid as it’s gonna get.

The pervading cold of his bedroom welcomed him back to Limgrell. Kai stretched his sore legs, casting a miniature storm to shower before wearing some clothes.

It’ll soon be over.

Whether they located the missing people or failed, Kea had agreed that staying longer would be too dangerous.

He had pushed his body and skills to the limit to reach the gates before they shut for the night. As the mists appeared over the sloping hills around the lake, whispers had started brewing in the back of his mind, more insistent with every stride.

The warnings had spiked when the guards questioned him at the western gate. If they had shown outright hostility, he would have written it off as mistrust of an outsider, but they had let him through with barely a question—someone had taken notice of his absence.