Angel flashed and arrived atop the stone carved with the old king.
After steadying himself, he swiftly tore open a magic-patterned hide scroll and set up an energy defensive force field nearby.
Though this place had practically become the only safe zone amid the raging war, it was still difficult to avoid being caught up in the art of explosions entirely. What was more, fire-element crystals continued to drip from the sky; the slightest contact with one could evolve into another grand feast of art.
Therefore, to keep the stone from being damaged and dragging the mini passage into it as well, Angel added a defensive force field as insurance.
However, Dangros interpreted Angel's actions quite differently—
It had just finished telling Angel of Kindling Hiriya's greatness. The moment Angel saw that the explosion might affect the old king's portrait, he had rushed over without hesitation to protect it.
"He... he is expressing his respect for the old king!"
After reaching that conclusion, some of Dangros's earlier anger toward Angel faded. Still, it did not want to admit that it had truly called them the wrong thing, so it merely fell silent. It held its breath, intending to wait until the new king's battle ended; when these two "suspected spies" were captured, it would put in a good word for them and spare them the death penalty.
Dangros's mind was full of thoughts, and it did not wish to speak. Yet Angel remembered something and wanted an answer from Dangros.
While secretly releasing illusion nodes to prepare a backup plan, Angel steered the conversation toward the painting on the stone.
Since he had already come to this stone, Angel wanted to take this opportunity to find out whether the fire-element creatures here knew of a route leading outside.
Perhaps because