Bone Carver Fell into Deep Thought
Lars Graham, codenamed "Bone Carver," fell into deep thought.
He had been crouching beneath Iver's dormitory, waiting for nearly half a week.
Every evening, he would go there and wait, remaining in stealth until dawn. But Iver still had not returned by daybreak... At first, Lars waited another half a day, but then he began to feel sleepy and went back to rest.
After all, he was already very old, and his physical strength and energy had clearly begun to fail him.
Old Lars had reached the point where, unless he took up a profession in the Path of Twilight as a secondary path, he could no longer go on living.
Even using spiritual potions to cure the illnesses in his body was useless. His entire body, even his soul, had already begun to age irreversibly... This was also related to the damage to his soul caused by his failed advancement when he was young.
But after Lars had set up his ambush, Iver seemed to have triggered some sort of instinct and simply never came back. Thus, Old Lars could only squat there every day until dawn before leaving on schedule.
--And today, Iver had finally returned.
There was just one small problem.
Grand Arbitrator Meg had returned with him.
As a transcendent of three Paths, Lars still held an advantage over other Fifth-Level transcendents despite his age. Even among Fifth-Level transcendents, the gap in strength between individuals could be immense.
If he were facing the Grand Guardian, Lars was at least confident that he could retreat unscathed. If he was lucky, he might even be able to launch a highly effective counterattack--the possibility of killing him in return was slim, unless the Grand Guardian failed to ride his mount.
But the Grand