Boundary Beyond the World

"If he were really an ordinary person, how could he have had the strength to obtain that Seven-Petaled Polo Sha and leave the altar where Polo Sha was cultivated in an instant?"

"Use your brains!! If it weren't for the contract, I'd even suspect that one of you had colluded with another race!"

With a stern shout, furious anger wrapped in murderous coldness made the people around him shudder almost simultaneously.

"Even without the contract, based on the understanding we gained from being born and growing up together, we would never do such a thing." The person who had taken out the Abyss Measuring Sand earlier shook his head and sighed softly.

"Hmph!"

"It's best that you know that, so I won't have to teach you a lesson one by one!"

Frowning, the man held a small glazed jade cup in his palm. Within its deep, refined dark purple depths, countless brilliant morning stars burst forth.

"There isn't much time left before that lord awakens. Before then, regardless of the price, even if the few of us must take turns blocking the sources of the Source of Black Mist, we must seal them completely. There absolutely cannot be any leaks! Do you understand?!"

"Mm."

"Of course."

Two resolute voices answered. When no third voice came for a long while, he frowned and looked in that direction.

The black-robed man who had been arguing with the other two earlier was clearly hesitant. Yet, seemingly sensing the unusual gazes upon him, he hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"Since we need to use the Elf race's strength, why did we drive them to such extremes? Now that the Elf race has completely washed their hands of this, won't things become even more troublesome?"

"If it's for that lord's return, we only need