Richard controlled his consciousness and drifted out of the house.
Seeing the short, stout man turn into an alley in the distance, he began to ponder. According to what the old man in the house had said, the Sika Kingdom had dug more than one tunnel, which meant there was clearly a second one. He had better find that second passage too. Otherwise, if he only told Soren about the first passage, the Alliance might think they had nothing to worry about and focus entirely on the enemy at the front, only for the Sika army to use the second secret passage to attack from behind at the most critical moment, causing even greater losses.
So where was the second passage? Since this entire village had been established by Sika Kingdom infiltrators gathering together, and the village chief—the old man in the house—was apparently some hidden baron, the second passage should logically be near the village as well. That would make it easier for the old man to monitor it and for the villagers to receive people, conceal traces, and cover things up.
With that thought, Richard glanced at the ground beneath his consciousness and, without wasting words, plunged straight down.
Like an exceptionally skilled dirt diver, he effortlessly broke into the earth without sending up a single speck of soil. He sank deep into the ground and began searching in every direction.
East, south, west, north...
Forward, backward, left, right...
He searched continuously. Thanks to the relatively small area, he made a discovery after a little over ten minutes and found the hidden second passage.
This passage was clearly much narrower than the first, only around three meters wide and less than one and a half meters high. People had to bend over to pass through it. The floor