After successfully gaining two levels, Arro found a natural tree hollow and slept peacefully until the afternoon.
After washing up, eating, and sitting in meditation with his eyes closed for half an hour, he cautiously headed toward the Ruins.
On the road, Arro carefully climbed along the treetops, every sense in his body fully activated as he remained alert to any movement around him.
For one thing, Arro did not know whether those people had truly followed him in.
Nor did he know whether they were searching nearby or waiting in the Ruins.
Still less did he know how far their scouting range extended.
So all he could do was approach as closely as possible, stopping at the furthest treetop from which he could still observe the Ruins.
The trees around the Ruins were much shorter than those on the outskirts. They had likely been cleared in the past, only to grow back afterward.
After circling the outer perimeter of the Ruins through the giant trees, Arro's feelings became complicated.
Those people had really come in!
And they were lying in wait within the Ruins!
The matter was already clear—they were here to cause him trouble.
A misunderstanding?
Though Arro had spent the last few months pursuing "peace" and living the "calm and harmonious" life of a student, his eyes were not blind and his ears were not deaf. He had heard more or less about many things in his daily life.
Leaving aside everything else, the fact that Kaitain had trembled all over in terror upon hearing their threats was enough to show just how vicious their methods were.
A group of ruthless people had followed him and lay in wait for him. What else was there to say?
A bunch of homicidal maniacs, armed to the teeth, followed