At least there was no one in the city. After all, people who could remain unmoved in the face of such intense killing intent were hardly commonplace.
Lin lowered her voice and looked at His Highness. "Aura, Old Gleia, and I will be fine even if we're discovered. But it would be bad if the enemy noticed Your Highness's presence.
"You are our ultimate trump card. You cannot be exposed so easily in a Gifted Competition like this, so I hope you can hide on the ground."
His Highness nodded. While remaining vigilant of his surroundings, he sighed and looked at Aura. "Aura, can you tell what condition Winter Beast Summer Grass is in now?"
"Since it is not a familiar, I cannot know even if it has already been defeated by the enemy."
"What about the familiars used for surveillance?"
"My deepest apologies. They have all been sent to the ground. The enemy has been acting very actively, so in order to obtain more intelligence..."
His Highness sighed. Though this could also be regarded as an accident, he adjusted his mood and gave Aura and Lin new instructions.
"I understand Lin's argument. If a participant has truly infiltrated this place, it will indeed be troublesome. However, leave this place to Old Gleia. You two are to rendezvous with the Giant Race and carry out the plan to destroy Andouward."
Aura and Lin waved goodbye, then both vanished into the darkness of the corridor.
His Highness sat down on the stairs as though exhausted, a wry smile appearing on his face.
"That girl is getting better and better at controlling the pace of a Gifted Competition. If she uses it together with the Gift she possesses, she should become a reliable controller of Gifted Competitions, shouldn't she? It seems