Chapter 136 - 131. The Fog That Creeping Closer
"There’s no way it was a coincidence, right?" Bassena muttered while staring at Zein, who looked so focused to the point that he looked angry.
That Zein, who was probably the only person in this world capable of sensing and communicating with a shard, who was a living fragment himself, got dragged inside a place with a shard.
"So do you think it was the shard who dragged you inside the dungeon?" Radia asked.
"Most likely," Zein nodded. "Since it reached out to me. Or..."
"Or?"
Zein tilted his head as he tried to recall something. "If that’s the case, it’s kind of weird, though. The power that sent us out felt like the shard’s mana wave, but the one that pulled us into the Deathzone was different, more like miasma. Like..."
The guide paused, frowning even more as he tried to figure it out. Thankfully, he wasn’t alone in this discussion. "Like something produced by the Specter?" Bassena offered a conjecture, which made the blue eyes sparkles.
"Yes," Zein snapped his fingers, which prompted Bassena to grin despite the serious atmosphere.
"Then that is weird," Radia nodded in agreement. "Why would it pull you there and put itself in danger? It’s not like it provided an elaborate trap, and the only other addition is the kamaitachi minions."
At that, they fell into silence, and either looked up at the ceiling, staring down at the floor, or gazing blankly into the air, trying to figure out this anomaly. They said nothing until one of the secretaries asked about their lunch, and they decided to just have it there.
It was after his belly felt content that Zein finally came up with something. He massaged his forehead first, however, since the possibility of his thought being true was just giving him a headache.