Chapter 349: Through the layers (2)
"Where is he?"
Jonathan grimaced when he heard the icy voice behind him. How he wished to ignore her but the stories about her fury tested his guts. He turned slowly toward Elize.
"He went to scout the area," he replied sheepishly but hurried to explain himself. "I tried to stop him. But he wouldn’t listen. I offered troops..."
"They would be an obstacle rather than a help," she said, dismissively, attracting frowns from the unit stationed around the mud dome.
Jonathan noticed their displeasure, as he was sure she did too, chuckling dryly. If his men believed they could intimidate Lady Elize with their stare then they would be in for a surprise.
"What about these spikes and spears," Elize asked. As expected she didn’t even spare the troops a glance. In fact, now that he paid more attention to it, she barely glanced at him. Him. He was one of the top twenty most powerful people inside Wrixia and certainly in the top hundred powerhouses around the world. Oh, how he wished to treat her in a similar way but he couldn’t.
"I think it was a trap, meant to kill weaker opponents and confuse stronger opponents. Their objective should be something else. What, I can’t tell yet. Perhaps, the truth lies there," he said, pointing at the massive columns of smoke filling the skies.
Unlike Hex, the experienced Jonathan noticed the strangeness of the situation at once. Such smoke should have been visible from ways out. Yet, they only noticed when they were close to it.
The air should have smelled like ashes, and the wind should have been hot, but neither of those two things were the case.