Angel saw that Sanders did not bring up the matter of Time Thief again, and quietly breathed a small sigh of relief.
"Mentor, when Lord Vifit came earlier, was he asking about the changes in the Eternal Night Kingdom?" Angel asked.
Sanders nodded. Vifit had mentioned before that he had asked Angel the same question, but Angel had not answered. Sanders approved of that as well. The moment Angel answered, Vifit would inevitably spot something amiss. Refusing to answer had been the best choice.
"Judging by Lord Vifit's reaction earlier, he seemed quite satisfied with your answer, Mentor." Angel asked curiously, "How did you answer him?"
"The only things he wanted to know were two questions: whether the changes in the Eternal Night Kingdom would spread to Western Mosa, and what lay behind those changes."
The answer to the first question was yes—they would spread, and quickly. The answer to the second was the Nightmare Realm.
That had been Sanders' answer. If he added too many embellishments, Vifit might not have believed him. By laying out the most shocking facts—facts that were also the truth—Vifit would instead fill in the gaps himself.
As for Sanders revealing that the Nightmare Realm lay behind the Eternal Night Kingdom, that was only natural.
The Wizarding World had discovered several Rainbow Dragonfly nests, and behind every nest was a stable planar passage. Though no wizard might be able to reach the Nightmare Realm through those unmarked passages, once they were discovered, as long as prophecy wizards investigated them, clues would eventually surface.
What was more, the answer "Nightmare Realm" also fit Lapuye's prophecy in Frost Moon Confidential—
More terrifying than the shadow of a Demon God.
If the Bottomless Abyss was filled with danger, demanding caution at every step, then the Nightmare Realm was