Chapter 197 - EVO
***Tirnanog, Third Continent***
***Astra***
‘Do you have any idea who they could be talking about?’ Magnus asked using the UI-chat while we slowly followed the other group. Presumably, they would be taking us to their leader, but after their slip-up with one of their pets, I was on high alert. They had apologised for losing control, but I didn’t buy that for a single second.
Sicking one of their creatures on us was a test to see whether we would be easy pickings.
There was no way in hell anyone would use such a dangerous monster as a hunting dog if their control over it was not ironclad! Hunting was not a walk in the park in this world. To have anything with you that could stab you in the back if your attention slipped just a little bit was an absolute no-go. Whether it was faulty gear, untrustworthy comrades, or a murder machine that only obeyed because your attention was focused on it.
A hunter who accepted any of those conditions was a hunter who wouldn’t return from their next trip.
‘I have no clue, but I strongly assume that they weren’t talking about Nisha or Zacharias,’ I replied once I was certain that I knew the exact position of all the hunters and the closest of their pets.
‘Wouldn’t that be a surprise! Hahaha…’ Magnus chatted back. ‘No, even if they somehow flew straight to this continent after they went missing, I doubt they could have established a power base with these people.’
‘There are still a few more of Gurney’s ancients whose whereabouts aren’t certain,’ I pointed out. ‘If I remember Mary’s recount correctly, there should be two whose circumstances were unknown since before the war. Unfortunately, one of them is supposed to have ties to Thich and the other to Vier.’