Chapter 49: A plan
Hearing Nalira’s words, Shaan stopped chewing for a while. Judging from the serious look on Nalira’s face when she said it, she must have known something about the Doppleshade’s presence. But what? What does Nalira want to say?
"Uhmm... I don’t understand what you’re saying at all, Lira?" Chelsie scratched her head.
"You should have heard about the rumors that spread among our mentors back in the training days, right?"
"Rumors? What rumor are-" Chelsie immediately snapped her fingers. "Wait, do you mean that some dark creatures suddenly became strong when our mentors were doing their duties?"
Nalira nodded her head slowly. " Yes, that’s right. I think that... that’s also related to the appearances of the Doppleshade in this portal," she explained. "I’ve heard information that Doppleshade is a creature of darkness that tends to be around strong creatures of darkness. Therefore, Doppleshade should appear at the full moon gate portal because there the creatures of darkness are much stronger than the ones we are fighting."
’Yes, Nalira’s words sound reasonable.
"Oh my gosh, so in other words... the increase in strength in the creatures of darkness, as our mentor said, was what indirectly attracted Doppleshade here?"
"I think so, Chelsie," Nalira said. "That’s why, after we defeated the creature that caused Noctis’ portal to open, we were supposed to return to the human world."
"But instead, we got stuck here and...." Chelsie’s voice weakened. "But why? Why is everything like this? What caused the dark creatures to suddenly grow so much stronger?"
"My guess? Someone might’ve done this on purpose... probably for a specific reason."