Linsey: These two are clearly arguing about the wizard's graveyard. Rota, let's keep moving closer.
Rota: What if they discover our identities?
Linsey: If we're discovered, attack immediately. Our goal is to kill the enemy completely—don't give them any extra chance to react!
Rota: Understood.
Linsey and Rota discussed their plan through the Friend Channel.
After all, if they could hear the other side arguing through the sound of wind in the tunnel, they could not rule out the possibility that the enemy could also hear their whispered conversation.
The two continued feeling their way forward through the pitch-black underground tunnel.
The arguing carried on the wind grew louder and louder, while a faint glimmer of light began flickering at the end of the dark, damp tunnel.
Rota: Commander, based on the shape of the illuminated area, I can determine that the light source is a campfire.
Linsey: Even powerful Awakened can adapt to darkness. But as long as they can make light, people still prefer to illuminate their surroundings. It's human nature.
They continued forward, following the firelight.
Before long, seven red dots appeared on the map.
An orange-red campfire burned quietly on the ground.
Yet there was no firewood nearby or beneath the flames to fuel it. The fire was burning directly on the ground out of thin air, clearly a creation of a Source Material Skill.
As for the seven people.
With a single glance, Linsey immediately discerned their strength.
The Source Material reactions on all of them belonged to Seventh Stage powerhouses. Based on a detailed analysis of their Source Material Attributes, four of the seven were believers, while three were Revivalists reborn from death.
The Revivalists stood close to the tunnel walls, while the believers gathered nearer the campfire. One of them had even taken