Can Terra's Seer Also Make an Apocalypse Forecast?

Though he was said to be leading the team, Azure Tide was actually the only one accompanying him. Scott remained behind to command the defense, while Adalbert, disguised under the name Gu Ying, took Ian's written order to the alchemy workshop.

In a sense, Adalbert counted as one of the defenders left behind—although he could not use the Undead Monarch's power, if the enemy truly broke into Layan City, with him there, they would certainly be stopped, or even secretly eliminated.

—You think you're raiding a laboratory?

Wrong! You're raiding a small Subspace Labyrinth guarded by the Undead Monarch!

Ascenders were fast.

Before long, Ian and Azure Tide arrived near Loneflame Peak.

It was already autumn, and the skies around Loneflame Peak were filled with dark clouds.

From the high ground near the mouth of Loneflame Peak Gorge, they could overlook a vast mountainfolk camp from afar.

Ian had been to this region before, after all, and was quite familiar with the terrain.

At the same time, both for future development and to confirm the movements of the rebel mountainfolk, he sent several teams of scouts here every day to observe the situation.

But even so, given the terrain of the Bison Mountains, a week of patrols could not uncover every hidden route—the rebel mountainfolk forces had emerged from a narrow, concealed forest ravine. It had originally been a riverbed, but had dried up after the Great Storm six years ago, and was now lush with vegetation.

In this world, Ascenders made scouting easy, but counter-reconnaissance had evolved just as much. The youth now manipulated water mist to blur their figures, allowing them to climb high up the mountain without being discovered.

They began observing the situation.

The mountainfolk camp had been built on a platform halfway up Loneflame Peak.