Because of Integra's appearance, the Beyonders who had only just managed to settle into an uneasy balance became wary again.
After all, three women had lived aboard the ship for a month without alerting anyone. If it had only been one person, a Dreamwalker of the Spectator pathway might have managed it, but she had also brought along two maids.
Thus, based on the simple Beyonder knowledge possessed by the official Beyonders and the Sanguine, they could think of only two possibilities—
First, this lady possessed strength at least on the level of a demigod. Not only could she hide from the Sanguine, who were exceptionally sensitive to the aura of life, but she could also hide from the demigod-level spirit world creature controlled by the Sanguine.
Second, someone had secretly cooperated with her and helped conceal them.
And this gave rise to another question—
Had this adventurer lady passed on news of the Ghost Empire or the Black Pearl?
Over the past month, the reason the four major factions had endured the elements on deck was precisely to prevent the others from sending information out by any means. Yet now, a small group had moved about freely for an entire month under their mutual surveillance. The thought alone sent chills down their spines.
"Should we notify the Church too?"
The thought had only just arisen before it was suppressed again, because it was already too late to report it now.
If this lady had already leaked the news, then their report, delayed by a month, might very well cause the Churches enormous losses. To the Punishers and the Machinery Hivemind, who did not desperately need the Ghost Empire in the first place, that was clearly not worth it.
As for the Sanguine, there was simply no need to send