Sanders's deduction combined the Tree Spirit's two guesses, yet compared with a one-sided conclusion, it was far more convincing.
Now that it had been confirmed that this suit of knight armor had only appeared in the ruins within the past centennial, whoever had brought it in must have used a hidden passage unknown to everyone. Otherwise, entering through the main gate would inevitably have triggered the seals.
Since there was a hidden passage in these ruins, the existence of hidden rooms was no longer anything strange.
The Tree Spirit pondered for a moment, then looked at Sanders. "I rather agree with your deduction. But the biggest problem now is, where is this hidden passage that leads outside?"
"We can try looking for the hidden passage later." Rhein was the one who spoke. When the ruins had been sealed several centuries ago, the Tree Spirit had also dragged him into searching for the so-called hidden room. Since he had doubted the existence of such a room at the time, he had not truly searched in earnest. This time, they still did not know whether a hidden room existed, but they could be certain that there was a hidden passage. Anything that had happened was bound to leave traces behind. Searching with that established fact in mind would be far easier than groping around blindly.
Rhein paused. "Let's set the hidden passage aside for now. What I'm more curious about is this outsider who entered the ruins within the past centennial. Who could it have been?"
"Barring any surprises, it should have been the owner of these ruins." Angel voiced the answer in everyone's hearts.
The Tree Spirit nodded. "Only the owner of the ruins, or someone connected to the owner, could possibly know about the hidden passage."
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