Although there might have been something suspicious about Exus, there was no solid evidence in the end. Besides, deciding how to handle the matter was not something they needed to do right now.
The simplest method was to tell Black Earl about it. After that, they would not need to concern themselves with it.
And barring any surprises, Black Earl should already have returned with the Bilos Family by now.
Whether he was at the Arena, however, was another matter.
The group continued toward the Arena. At their speed, they should have reached it very quickly. But after leaving the commercial district, they came across a collapsed deadwood forest.
This deadwood forest was not simply full of dead trees; it also served as a cluster of treehouses. It belonged to the Bilos Family's treehouse Travel Inn, though it catered specifically to beginner apprentices and ordinary people. Thus, its defenses were not particularly strong. At the very least, its resistance to earthquakes was several times weaker than that of the commercial district.
This led to the Shallow-Sea Strongman passing through the commercial district without its tremors damaging any buildings there. Yet when it passed through this place, even though it had not stepped on any of the deadwood treehouses, the vibrations traveling through the ground still caused many treehouses here to collapse.
Thus, after the guild district, this became the second disaster zone.
Along the way, they saw many people trapped beneath the collapsed treehouses. There were not only ordinary people, but quite a few apprentices who were unable to escape as well.
And because they had to save these people, they were forced to slow down.
Only after confirming that everyone had been rescued did Angel and the others leave the deadwood forest. That was why a journey that should