Those Watched by the Demons

Chapter 651: Those Watched by the Demons

"Hm?"

Shien had only just stepped out of House Bigusle when he noticed that something seemed off around him.

No, it was not just the surroundings that were off. The entire Imperial Capital was.

Looking around, Shien discovered that aside from House Bigusle and the residences of a very small number of great noble families, every other building had suffered some degree of damage.

Some had collapsed halfway, some were missing corners, and some had been reduced directly to ruins, making the entire noble district look like some sort of construction site.

All kinds of people were moving around those buildings. Some were even using magic to carry out repairs and restoration work, creating an atmosphere of bustling post-disaster reconstruction.

There was nothing strange about that.

What was truly strange was that waves of magic power periodically swept through the air.

That was...

"Detection magic?"

Shien fell into thought.

The magic power periodically sweeping through the air was precisely the phenomenon produced when detection magic was activated.

In other words, someone was searching and scouting throughout the current Imperial Capital.

Moreover, judging by the fluctuations of that magic power, the ones casting the spells were undoubtedly experts, and there was more than one of them.

Shien had a vague feeling.

"They're looking for me, aren't they?"

It was the only reason Shien could think of.

In the current Imperial Capital, aside from himself, only the eleven missing Demonoid Larvae were worth such a large-scale magical search.

But if they were looking for the Demonoid Larvae, the magical detection should have been much more blatant.

Yet these magical fluctuations were somewhat concealed, telling Shien that the spellcasters did not actually want anyone to discover their presence.

Such sneaky behavior proved that they were not