Hao Ren cast his eyes around and keenly sensed that the number of people present was off.
Apart from the witch who had died miserably during the Demon Hunters' earlier assault, one more person was missing.
After a brief recollection, he realized it was the male wizard who had always kept his face hidden beneath a large hood.
"Barn got separated from us when we rushed out," Madam Mary said. "We haven't seen him since leaving the cemetery. Since we weren't sure how far the Demon Hunters would pursue us, we didn't dare go back to look for him. But we left signals along the way, so he should be able to find us."
"Barn got separated?" Hao Ren frowned involuntarily. His sixth sense vaguely told him that something was wrong.
As if to confirm his intuition, Heiserana suddenly cried out belatedly from beside him, "Oh no! That guy still has my key!"
Lily failed to react for a moment. "The key?"
"The key to entering the Shadow World!" Heiserana finally grew anxious, scratching her ears, stamping her feet, and hopping around. "Weren't we passing the key around when the Demon Hunters ambushed us? The key happened to be in Barn's hands at the time... How did that useless wizard get separated from us?"
Hao Ren's sixth sense grew even stronger. The more he thought about "Barn," the more suspicious he seemed. After piling all those coincidences together, Hao Ren suddenly remembered something the wizard had blurted out earlier for no apparent reason.
"What are Roan's Night Watch Knights?" He turned to Heiserana. Although he had no definite reason, he felt that the little Bat Spirit probably knew something.
Sure enough, Heiserana was startled the instant she heard the name. "How do you know that knight order exists?"
"You really