Klaus knew who the Guardian meant by "he." The Person on the Wall was sealed inside this tower, and that skull's perception covered nearly half of Bronze City, let alone the Main Tower right beneath its nose.
Ordinary conversation could not possibly be hidden from it.
The Guardian said nothing. He tilted his head slightly, and an eyeball emerged from the black aura—larger than the others, utterly black, pupil-less, radiating an intensely malicious presence.
The eyeball spun once in midair. The next moment, a faint black gaze spread out, enveloping the lower half of the Main Tower along with the two of them, completely cutting them off from the outside world.
As the barrier settled, the atmosphere in the Main Tower grew heavier. Klaus could feel even his breathing becoming labored.
He did not waste words and went straight to the point.
"I investigated the matter you assigned me earlier. I saw the thing below with my own eyes."
Klaus spoke at an unhurried pace, explaining it sentence by sentence.
At the very bottom of The Abyss lay an enormous mass of Flesh, with every Bronze Pillar nailed into it.
The Bronze Pillars that should have suppressed it had somehow fused with it. That mass of Flesh had its own consciousness. The moment he made a move below, it noticed and became determined to kill them to silence them.
That trip down had nearly become a one-way journey.
The Guardian frowned deeply, his expression grave as he listened in silence without interrupting.
Klaus continued.
"It isn't just below. Someone also tampered with the Copper Wall in the Pipe Network Layer. It was Selina Winter. She can manipulate the Eerie Inscriptions behind the Copper Wall, which means she has something like a Key."
He looked into the Guardian's eyes.
"The Tower