The Wicked Woman had set her sights on Ximos Hide?
Angel narrowed his eyes as a suspicion slowly surfaced in his mind.
Could it be that the Wicked Woman had given the Ancient Mystery Eye to the Demon Elephant because she wanted to seize Ximos Hide during the duel?
At first, this had merely been Angel's casual guess. But whether out of guilt or something else, the Wicked Woman had never met Angel's gaze, seemingly avoiding it on purpose.
That only deepened Angel's suspicions.
Could it be... that he had guessed right?
As Angel considered the possibility further, the more he thought about it, the more reasonable it seemed.
Based on their previous judgment, the Ancient Mystery Eye most likely belonged to the Wicked Woman. After all, she was the only wizard of the modification lineage present.
Since the rules of the duel did not restrict external means, there was nothing wrong with both sides' wizards giving their apprentices a little "help." But bringing out something like the Ancient Mystery Eye, a great killing weapon that could severely injure even an official wizard, was far too blatant.
This was practically an attempt at murder.
Even if it did not violate the rules on the arena, it was equivalent to declaring war on them off the arena.
The Wicked Woman already knew that Black Earl's avatar was here, yet she had still made such a decision. It was truly baffling. Was she not afraid of offending Black Earl?
Angel had not quite understood that question before, but now, combined with what the Wicked Woman wanted, he seemed to understand a little.
The Wicked Woman's target was not Wai, but Kael. More precisely, it was the Ximos Hide on Kael.
Judging by the circumstances of the previous duel, there was a very