From Xia Nan's perspective, he naturally knew nothing about the twists and turns behind it all, And all he knew about Mint was that she was a somewhat suspicious Spellcaster teammate.
Before this, he had not even known she was a Beastman.
Under these circumstances, anything further—this young girl's past, the course of her thoughts after contracting Beastification Syndrome, her meeting with the Priest Renee, and her grudges with Kash and Veris—
He knew none of it.
Based on the scene currently unfolding before him, the conclusion Xia Nan could draw was that Mint was the culprit behind the unrest among the beasts in the forest, and also the target of the Association's Beastman Investigation Quest.
Perhaps she had some unknown purpose, using her outstanding disguise ability to infiltrate Sea Thorn Squad as a Spellcaster, and had kept causing trouble for them along the way.
Thinking back now, the pack of Temple Night-Stalker Wolves they had encountered before, as well as that Owlbear just now, had most likely all been lured over by her.
And after feigning death to escape, she had further used some kind of substitute ability to lure the other three members of the squad deeper in, and in the end, through that earring on her body that seemed to be a Magic Item, made Kash and Veris stab him in the back.
Oh, looking at it that way, the target Kash and the other had mentioned should be this piece of magical jewelry.
Now, only after Kash and Veris were both dead had she revealed her true form again.
Xia Nan could not understand the detailed meaning behind those vague words of hers, and the information he currently had was not enough to determine Mint's exact goal.
But that did not really matter.
All he needed