Salvaden Arcane World

And just like that, the second Arcane Crystal Fragment was smoothly secured.

Most of the combat heroes in the territory would learn the glorious tradition of "scraping the ground clean" after following Zong Shen around for a while.

Useful or not, anything that could be taken was taken. Anything that could not be taken was either destroyed outright or hidden away for retrieval next time. Not even a needle or thread was left behind.

After finishing up, she dove toward the surface, planning to return to shore before contacting Zong Shen.

Vereesa, clad in light armor, pressed her legs together and swayed them like a fish tail. Amid streams of bubbling water, she quickly emerged from the lake.

"Phew... phew..."

She took several deep breaths, easing the pressure in her lungs.

She was still some distance from the shore. Her next task was to swim back to land.

The two [Mirror Shadow Demon Scouts] remained where they were. Since both were in the Stealth state of [Shadow Mimicry], Vereesa could not see their exact positions.

She could only tell that they were nearby from the ripples on the water.

However, once Vereesa surfaced, the two fellows voluntarily dropped their Stealth and swam toward her.

Wherever she swam, they followed.

Their black fishskin-like bodysuits clung tightly to their bodies. Combined with the trolls' slender limbs, this allowed them to swim not much slower than nimble Vereesa.

Vereesa glanced back once, then ignored them and focused on swimming toward the shore.

The lake water parted around her, leaving behind a white trail across the surface.

Several more minutes passed before Vereesa finally returned to shore. Her ponytail and hair were completely soaked through, and lake water dripped steadily from the gaps in her armor, quickly leaving clear wet stains on the muddy