The Empire of Shilin
Chapter 1253

"Caught" just like that?

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"The one who infiltrated the floating island's reactor was a local woman." The Atlantis guard who had been kneeling on one knee rose at Sandora's command, confusion on his face. "I ran into her face-to-face, so I saw her clearly. She was rather petite, only about two meters thirty-five, a small woman... She wore the most common white-and-gold-patterned Toria gauze dress in Atlantis, had long light-purple hair, and an Empire military emblem-like tattoo on her arm. Her appearance indicated that she was an Atlantean..."

Half my attention was focused on the phrase "a small woman"...

"How did Monster Town report it?" I glanced at Artemis. The Blonde Girl immediately nodded. "Your fox brought a portrait drawn by the monsters when she came to report. It's here."

As she spoke, she took a crumpled sheet of paper from her clothes and handed it over. I unfolded it, then was immediately shocked. "Did my sister draw this?"

Artemis: "...It really isn't easy to identify. The monsters drew it rather broadly. In any case, based on the description, the woman who appeared in Monster Town was a slim girl around one meter sixty tall. She wore a slightly antique-looking green dress common in town, looked around sixteen or seventeen by human standards, and had long straight black hair. She had one similarity to the 'intruder' who appeared in Atlantis: both had military emblem-like tattoos on their arms. Also, we can confirm that the woman in Monster Town wasn't human. She could at least teleport through space and possessed tremendous strength. The monsters witnessed both firsthand."

The mysterious woman who appeared in Monster Town and the intruder who appeared on Atlantis's floating island clearly looked different. They might have been two people, but one detail was especially concerning: both had tattoos resembling Empire military

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