"Come on, I'll take you and this Slime Envoy to meet the old fossils in the castle." Nili waved Arno over, signaling him to follow.
As if recalling something else, she turned to the three of Lyon's group. "You three, go back first and hand the 'goods' over to Miss Georgia. She knows how to deal with this stuff."
"Got it, Auntie." Max nodded.
"Goodbye, Uncle! And goodbye, Lord Slime!" Ella waved cheerfully.
"See you later." Lyon gave a brief farewell as well.
Lying against Arno's chest, Chen Yu raised his little gel hand and waved goodbye to them.
Then he began thinking about the goods Nili had mentioned.
Could she mean those Bloody Scrolls?
Seriously, was stealing a few scrolls worth the Stonekin traveling so far and nearly losing their lives? Their business reach was a little too broad, wasn't it?
Arno had clearly thought of the same question. He voiced his boss's doubt for him.
Without slowing her steps, Nili tilted her head and thought for a moment. "Well, we're about to meet those old folks anyway, so there's no harm in telling you."
"The Vampires have recently produced quite a few Magic Scrolls like these. Their cost is absurdly low, and they pose a great threat to us Stonekin."
"We suspect these scrolls weren't made with any traditional craft at all. They were most likely cooked up by Salazar, that old Vampire mage hiding in the shadows."
"We operated far away simply to conceal, as much as possible, that the Stonekin were behind it."
Arno found that even stranger. "But... those Vampires should be able to tell at a glance that it was the Stonekin's handiwork, right?"
At that, Nili abruptly stopped. She turned around, swept her gaze between Arno and the Slime in his arms, then