"Shopkeeper... mm." When Angel walked toward Toby, Grewu, some distance away, saw him and instinctively called out softly. But the moment the words left its mouth, it immediately covered its own mouth.
Grewu could not be sure whether the core inside the current shopkeeper truly belonged to the shopkeeper himself, or whether he had already been possessed by that powerful being.
If that powerful being noticed it because of its call, Grewu would not even have a place to cry its grievances.
Angel naturally heard Grewu's call, but he did not respond. He had noticed earlier that both Grewu and Bobota looked at him with fear in their eyes. Angel still did not know what change had occurred in his right eye, so to be safe, he did not look their way. He even manipulated a wisp of wind to let his fringe fall over his eyes.
Angel quickly walked over to Toby's side.
Earlier, when that person had fought the Lord of No Flame, he had deliberately avoided this area. Thus, Angel spotted Toby at once, lying on the reddish-brown ground.
From the outside, Toby did not appear to be injured.
Angel carefully cradled Toby in his hands. The warm body heat reaching his palms, along with that slow but steady heartbeat, all proved that Toby's condition was actually even better than expected.
Once he confirmed that Toby was unharmed, Angel finally let out a breath of relief.
Though Grewu was cowed by the will of the Abyss, that did not stop it from secretly watching Angel.
Looking at Toby, whom the shopkeeper solemnly held in his palm, doubt flashed through Grewu's heart. Given how much the shopkeeper valued Toby, was there a great possibility that the shopkeeper was still the shopkeeper? That he had not been possessed