Jinwu couldnât help but squint his eyes, staring into the distance. He saw three silhouettes. He recognized one person, considering Nathan used him before against this person.
Yes, that person was none other than Bloody Fiend. He didnât see Bell Crusher or Sniper since the former was fighting Mae while the other was too far.
Jinwu hurriedly flew back to the inn, finding Nathan training with Fenrir.
"Summoner. Weâve got a situation."
Nathan gradually opened his eyes. "Have they found us?"
"Yes. They are coming to this city. I recognized Bloody Fiend, the man whose technique I broke during the fight. The other two were unknown, but their energies were familiar."
Nathan furrowed his eyebrows. "They found us so fast?"
Mae shook her head in confusion. "I donât know. However, this is highly suspicious. They must have figured out the current situation, yet theyâre trying to chase after us... Only those three..."
"Yeah. If we go all out, we might be able to do it." Nathan nodded in agreement. "Are the rest of their members hidden from plain sight?"
"Most likely." Mae nodded before turning to Jinwu.
"It might be possible. However, I havenât found anything about those two. Either they are hiding far away or theyâre entering this city another way. Nevertheless, it doesnât change the fact that these three are coming into this city. Whether they know about us being here or not is a different question."
Nathan nodded in agreement. "There was supposed to be nothing that could be used to track us. Although I have to agree if you say Iâm moving in a predictable way, but..."
"Out of all those cities, they chose this place. Is it a coincidence or..." Mae crossed her arms. "The biggest confusion is that itâs only been two days since we got away. The timing is neither too fast nor too slow.
"If itâs too fast, we can think that they have other help or maybe a marking ability. However, I have checked that thereâs no such thing on your body, Master.
"If itâs too slow, they are not so slow that I can confidently say they have no idea about you here."
"..." It didnât look good for Nathan. "An ambush? Using those three as bait? It is feasible. They may want to launch a sneak attack on our ambush."
"Anyway, Iâm going to check on them and report to you about it." Jinwu returned to his post.
Meanwhile, Nathan stood up, saying, "Looks like we have to speed up from this point on. If we end up getting caught, I will teleport us right away."
"That will be best." Mae agreed.
"There are only three cities left before we reach the empire. Itâs as if they know youâre going to the empire. Since we have a deal with the emperor, the first place they should suspect should be the imperial palace.
"After all, the emperor can protect you. Yet, for some reason, they are coming here. This is the opposite direction," added Fenrir. "My instinct is telling me something is wrong."
Nathan and Mae were stunned.
"What?" Fenrir didnât understand why they were this shocked.
"Are you Fenrir? Maybe something is wrong with you." Nathan gasped.
"Oi, are you saying Iâm dumb?" Fenrir gritted his teeth. However, his reaction was cut short when he suddenly turned around as if sensing something.
"Whatâs wrong?" Nathan asked.
Before Fenrir could answer, Jinwu suddenly returned. "Weâve got a situation. I donât know whatâs going on, but two people are suddenly approaching the city. And these two people are moving toward this inn."
"!!!" Nathanâs body shook. "What did you say?"
"No, itâs not two people. I can sense three."
"Do you mean Bloody Fiend, Sniper, and Bell Crusher, those three?"
"No. People even more dangerous than them. Most likely, the two summoners are at the crystal fusion stage. As for the last person, I donât know." Fenrir shook his head.
"Donât tell me..." Mae seemed to have realized their current situation.
"Whatâs wrong? Do you know something? Are they truly coming to this inn?" Nathan asked.
Mae frowned. "Although I donât want to believe this is true, it seems to be the case. Our opponent is much more troublesome than I imagined."
"What do you mean?"
"Iâm talking about tracking ability or some sort. Itâs not a mark that can track your position, but something that can pinpoint your location."
Fenrir added, "Do you remember, during the tropical island event, the principal sent curses from a different island?"
"Ah!" Nathan gasped. "Do you mean that kind of tracking ability is possible?"
"Thatâs possible, but I should be able to sense it." Fenrir frowned. "The biggest problem is that I couldnât sense it."
Mae raised one finger. "In that case, that leaves only one possibility. Something similar to a divination."
"Divination..." Nathan fell silent for a moment. He recalled a superstitious method. "Is it something like... whatâs the name again? Pendulum... dowsing?"
"Something like that." Mae nodded without hesitation. "This is a method that can bypass Fenrirâs instinct, no? It is locating what they want without directly linking it to that person."
Fenrir nodded. "If thatâs the case, I might not feel it."
"We need to go now." Nathan clicked his tongue.
"Itâs too late. They are already here." Fenrir looked down. He could sense the people coming inside the inn already. However, they didnât seem to be able to find him easily.
The fact they didnât destroy this building meant they were trying to keep it hidden as much as possible.
"Teleport right now, but you will get caught again soon," warned Mae.
"Even so, we have no choice. It will be dangerous if they find me. But if this continues, they will find the group through me..." Nathan looked down. When he was about to think, he suddenly heard a ringing bell.
*Deng!*
"!!!" Nathan and the others widened their eyes. After the three people entered the inn, the bell rang. The sound carried ena. The problem was that the bell continued to ring.
"This is bad. The bell is disturbing the flow of ena." Fenrir frowned. "It looks like theyâre trying to disturb the ena to prevent you from teleporting."
"What?!" Nathanâs heart skipped a beat. In just an instant, Nathan didnât expect his situation would deteriorate to this extent.