Richard's controlled consciousness abruptly stopped and looked to both sides. He saw that this was a subterranean passage several meters wide. Judging from the numerous traces within it, it seemed to have been used recently.
Without a doubt, this was the tunnel the Sika Kingdom army had used to infiltrate the Soma Alliance! That made what came next much simpler.
Richard did not hesitate. After confirming the direction, he moved along the tunnel toward the exit.
Before long, he reached the end. Passing through the concealment at the exit, Richard emerged aboveground. He scanned the surroundings, suspicion rising in his heart.
The reason was simple: this exit was more than ten li north of Blue Water Mountain, six or seven li beyond even the area he had expanded into.
Not far to the north were farmlands, and a little farther north stood a small village with a population of over a hundred.
This was far too unreasonable, completely illogical.
If the Sika Kingdom army had truly emerged from this tunnel, there was no way the villagers would not have noticed them.
But the facts proved that the Sika Kingdom army really had come out from here.
Then this village...
Suspicious, Richard looked toward the village beneath the night sky. He then saw someone at the village entrance furtively glance several times in his direction before quickly ducking back and running into the village.
What was going on? Richard's suspicion deepened. If he had not repeatedly proven through previous out-of-body experiences that no one could see his consciousness, he would truly have suspected that the other party had spotted it.
Things were getting stranger and stranger.
When something is abnormal, there must be something behind it.
With a thought, Richard's consciousness streaked toward the village, catching up to the person who