About half a day after Anvis left, two figures in mage robes silently appeared amid the ruins of the house, which had been 'burned' down to nothing but its frame.
Though its name contained the word flames, Necromantic Flames could only use negative energy and souls as fuel. Once the power stored in that ring was exhausted, the cold flames went out with it.
"Dark Crow's aura is here. It's faint, but there's no mistake—he must have stayed here before. As for those people, they were taken care of by some kind of Illusion Magic trap. No other Mana traces were detected."
The person on the left crouched down, picked up a handful of strangely pale ash from the ground, and reached that conclusion after examining it with Magic.
"The aura's final direction seems to point toward the border of the Silver Moon Kingdom."
"It seems he hasn't lost all his power, or at least, he can still use it somehow."
The mage on the right nodded, unsurprised by this.
"Although he has lost his former power, as long as his memories and knowledge remain, he cannot have completely lost the ability to resist."
"Deploy more personnel and hunt him down more intensely. Prolonged flight will quickly drain his power, and he won't have time to set traps.
"Send as many Low-Rank Professionals as possible to their deaths. Exhaust his remaining strength too, in case he lashes out with one final counterattack before he dies."
Having settled on their plan, the two Spellcasters vanished once more.
At the same time, news of the item Dark Crow had possessed drew even more people to the Moen Kingdom, hoping to try their luck and see if they could find the target.
After all, according to the reward, as long as one found