"The intelligence was something I happened to overhear." Angel deliberately stressed the word "overhear." "Since I overheard it, others must know about it too."
"As for who those people might be, I'm not sure."
Lila frowned. If Angel was right, quite a few people might know about this.
But her expression soon eased slightly.
Just as she had told the Little Witch before, the key was not who knew, but who could resolve the Ether crisis.
"Then could you tell me who you overheard it from?"
Seeing Angel's gaze shift slightly, Lila immediately explained, "I'm not trying to pry into your privacy. This also concerns clues to finding the special space. After all, the people who know about this might possess clues we don't know about."
Only after hearing Lila's explanation did Angel's expression return to "normal."
After pondering for a moment, he said, "I can't tell you exactly who I heard it from. But I can tell you that person came from the Dark Round Table."
Understanding flashed through Lila's eyes.
Sure enough, the Dark Round Table knew about this too.
Although they had previously discovered that the Dark Round Table seemed to have made moves recently, they had no direct evidence proving that it knew about the special space.
But now, Angel's words became corroboration.
This was not good news. The Dark Round Table could become one of the organizing groups behind Modern City's three major competitions; it was certainly no weak organization.
More importantly, as a large organization, even if the Dark Round Table did not possess a method like the Hermit Society's "turning the Ether crisis to its own use," it might have other solutions.
For example, the Exile Art.
Although this method was ancient and could potentially bring about an extraterritorial crisis, making it a