Chapter 58: The lake
Kaedros didn’t like the sound of that, but what was he supposed to say? So instead, he shifted uncomfortably, eyes narrowing as the tension between the two thickened.
Thalso gave a slow nod. "Of course, you’ll do as you wish. I’m only trying to make you understand how weak they are."
"I know how weak they are!" she snapped, pointing directly at Kaedros. "Even with his true strength hidden, he’s still a weak kitten."
Kael and Taria both glanced at Kaedros but said nothing, watching the argument unfold.
Taria thought. ’...they must mean his secret parh, the Sorcerer one, maybe, while Kael was thinking, I knew it. He’s hiding his real rank..’
Kaedros, however, was just surprised.
The Keeper had also seen through his illusion. How powerful are these people? From what he’d gathered, they didn’t use the standard mana cultivation method.
He tried comparing them to the highest-level beings he knew.
The strongest Kaedros had ever encountered was the Dragon queen, his mother, back in the City, rumored to be at rank ten.
But when it came to Thalso, Kaedros genuinely didn’t know where to place him.
He couldn’t even measure him. He didn’t try.
"...I’ll send my subordinates to fight them," she said with a casual wave of her hand. "They’ll be happy to have something to do."