Bad News

The battle had come without warning.

And ended just as abruptly as it had begun.

A few minutes later.

Linsey and Alvitte, who had ended the battle, brought the thirteen captured prisoners back to the camp.

But Kang Ding, who had warmly entertained the two of them only moments ago,

now sat inside the house, unable to remain as composed as before.

—A Righteous Walker.

The girl named Alvitte before him was a Righteous Walker, and a Sixth Stage Righteous Walker at that!

She was from the City of Law?

No!

At the banquet just now, she had asked him how to get to the City of Law.

Then was she a Righteous Walker who had returned from the outside world?

What was her purpose?

Did she want to set things right, claim dominion, or put her own ideals into practice and drive this already complicated, chaotic world even deeper into the Abyss?

Kang Ding was merely an Awakened guarding the Borderlands.

In his daily life, the most he ever thought about was the fighting between city-states and where his own future would lead.

He had never considered anything related to Righteous Walkers.

So now, with Alvitte merely standing before him, these thoughts completely occupied his mind, leaving no room for him to consider what was happening right in front of him.

"Mr. Kang Ding, do you know these people?"

Linsey interrupted his thoughts.

He pointed at the captured Awakened, especially indicating the two leaders.

"These thirteen came here with hostile intent, planning to attack the camp. The two leading them are both Fifth Stage Awakened."

"You guard the Borderlands, so you're well informed. You should know what's going on, right?"

Linsey's question finally jolted Kang Ding's mind awake.

He responded and shifted his gaze, carefully examining the two people