Chapter 358: The overseeing elder
"How could they escape, Carl?"
It was a rare occasion of Jonathan losing control. He seethed. The old Transformation Stage Guardian cowered under his furious gaze. The other three trembled, trying their best to hide from Jonathan’s sight – an impossible task considering their enormous sizes.
"I don’t know, Sir," Carl stammered. "We have been stationed here the entire time and didn’t budge from our place. We even took care of bodily needs right there in the corner."
’That explains the rancid smell,’ Hex lampooned. He sneaked behind the Guardians and inspected the rooms. Jonathan was too busy berating his team to take note of him.
The first room was empty without any signs of someone breaking out of it. It was the room in which the Witchkin’s leader, the one who seemed to think she was at the same level as Elize, had been imprisoned.
A soft glow of silvery light flashed on the back of Hex’s hand.
’It’s like I suspected. There are traces of Space elements still present in this room.’
The moment he laid his eyes on the empty rooms his hunch turned to conviction. He knew those Serpents were delivered to the two ladies. The purpose remained unknown. Worse, the perpetrator remained unknown.
There were only two people Hex deemed capable of pulling the wool over the eyes of an Enlightened Knight: Jonathan, and...his mother.
’Her mastery over the Veil of Death surpassess mine. And she is the only person inside this camp who knows the value of these Serpents, aside from Elize. Plus, the freed ladies are loyal followers of hers.’
His heart sank thinking about his mother like this. He had hoped her current version to be the good and innocent girl he had read about in the diaries.