Angel's words did not draw Frod's attention, but Meng Lu, the city lord behind him, suddenly had a sharp glint flash through her eyes. "Does Lord Angel mean that you're preparing to expand beyond the city?"
As the city lord, Meng Lu actually knew very little about the world beyond the city. But she knew one thing: although the Sin-Hunting Group often went to the Sin Demon Laboratory outside the city, they did not truly know what lay beyond it.
And now, as Tisen's superior and the master of the new world, he had personally said that he would send members of the Sin-Hunting Group deep into the heartland of the foreign races. Wasn't that already a clear sign that he intended to send the Sin-Hunting Group beyond the city?!
At that thought, waves churned in Meng Lu's heart. Ordinary residents were all filled with curiosity about what lay outside Firstheart City; how could she be any different? Yet though her emotions rose and fell like surging tides, her expression remained calm. She still stood one meter behind Frod without saying a word.
"Only the little ones came?" Frod repeated Angel's words in a low voice. "My lord, didn't the Vine Demoness come?"
The Vine Demoness? Meng Lu kept her expression composed, but quietly pricked up her ears. She wanted to know what lay beyond the city, and naturally held great interest in the foreign races outside it.
"The Vine Demoness is stationed at the Mother Tree, directing her people in building their city, so she didn't come." Angel paused. "However, once these little ones carry news of Firstheart City back, I'm afraid the Vine Demoness will make her move."
Frod nodded. Naturally, he understood Angel's meaning. But Meng Lu, standing behind Frod, was left with a head full of