It could be seen that their pride had been crushed, and their courage seemed to be gone. Even being insulted and driven like this without any dignity, they didn’t dare to resist, obeying Limgir’s every command.
Shien quietly watched all of this, his gaze towards Limgir becoming sharp.
“Hmm?”
Limgir, who was standing in place, wiping his sword with an expressionless face, seemed to sense something and turned his head, looking in Shien’s direction.
Shien’s eyes flickered, but he didn’t look away, continuing to watch, only the sharpness in his eyes diminished.
“…”
Limgir frowned, also continuing to look in Shien’s direction, seemingly lost in thought.
In the next moment, Limgir walked towards Shien.
“Clack, clack, clack, clack…”
The sound of his knight boots hitting the ground echoed clearly, bringing a sense of tension.
Limgir walked straight towards Shien.
Shien watched this scene, his expression unchanged, calm and unhurried, as if he wasn’t afraid of being discovered at all.
Limgir came to Shien, stopping less than a meter away and staring intently at him.
After many days, the two confronted each other face to face again.
The difference was that this time, Shien simply looked at Limgir calmly, while Limgir couldn’t see Shien at all, frowning in thought.
But Limgir’s eyes grew colder and colder.
Then…
“Clang!”
With a flash of sword light, Limgir swung his sword forward without hesitation.
“Thud!”
A strange sound echoed.
Limgir’s sword cleaved a tree in front of him, making it slowly fall.
“Thump!”
The sound of the tree trunk hitting the ground followed, kicking up dust.
Limgir retreated and dodged, looking at the fallen tree and the empty space in front of him, his furrowed brow relaxing.
“An illusion?”
Reaching this conclusion, Limgir turned and left.
Although the other knights were startled, they still dutifully searched the area. Finally, finding nothing, they returned to Limgir and reported.
Naturally, they still hadn’t found anything.
Limgir didn’t seem very satisfied with this.
However, since they hadn’t found anything unusual, they could only accept it.
“Let’s go back.” Limgir said with an expressionless face, “I’ll report to the High Priest.”
The knights finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Soon, led by Limgir, the knights returned behind the waterfall.
“Rumble…”
The stone wall descended, closing the entrance and restoring the waterfall, which continued to roar as it fell.
Everything returned to calm.
“Swoosh!”
Shien appeared here once again, looking at the waterfall before him, then teleported inside without hesitation.
Behind the Waterfall, Inside the Stone Wall.
This was a very complex space.
It had numerous passages connecting in all directions. Although the passages resembled mine shafts, with rock walls on all sides, magic lamps were installed on the ceiling, illuminating the entire space.
“Swoosh!”
With a faint whooshing sound, Shien teleported in, arriving in this space.
“So this is what it looks like inside?”
Shien quickly glanced around, then, with a thought, slipped into the shadows, concealing his figure.
“Clang, clang, clang, clang—”
In front of Shien, the knights led by Limgir marched forward, the metallic sound of their boots on the stone floor echoing clearly.
“Follow them.”
Shien didn’t hesitate, following behind them.