At Your Doorstep Soon

"Here it is—the birthplace of evil foretold by the oracle."

After Anvis and Yanile finished their discussion, Yanile and his party, traveling at high speed, had also arrived outside Dragon Shadow City.

This time, aside from Yanile, the Ninth Rank leader, the other Holy Knights assigned to him by the Pope were all elite Inquisition high-ranking members of at least the Seventh Rank, each with extensive combat experience.

To avoid alerting the enemy too early, all the Holy Knights concealed their auras and wore long gray-white travelers' cloaks, making them indistinguishable from other travelers on long journeys.

"Our target is here."

Yanile spoke calmly as he looked up at the towering, weathered ancient stone walls.

After receiving confirmation, everyone behind him nodded. Three Holy Knights specially responsible for scouting stepped forward and formed a special triangular Holy Power Magic Array.

As Holy Power spread, concealed detection ripples surged from the Magic Array jointly cast by the three of them, swiftly sweeping across the entire Dragon Shadow City.

The city's inhabitants noticed nothing as the detection ripples passed over them. Only Anvis, located within the City Lord's Mansion, seemed to sense something. He turned his head slightly and glanced toward the detection array.

At the same time, when the ripples swept over the castle basement, the special protective Magic Array arranged by Anvis caused them to part like water, sliding to either side without producing any feedback whatsoever.

"There is nothing in this city that can threaten us, Sir Yanile. However, rather unusually, there are quite a few evil beings hiding here."

Once the brief scan was complete, the leader of the three Holy Knights stepped forward and solemnly reported the results to Yanile.

"That is a good thing. It means the evil mentioned in the oracle has not yet grown