Especially now that both Dark and Lindsay had made it clear they intended to continue exploring, what he should have done was persuade them to help, not flee in panic. Unless there was something in the cave ahead that they could never have anticipated—something that would make the elven vice-captain a target of public condemnation.
Or perhaps there was something wrong with the elven vice-captain himself, and his escape was entirely driven by a guilty conscience!
Either possibility fell within the category of an "accident." When exploring the unknown, accidents were what one feared most.
Since the Grimms intended to head back, he was more than happy to give them a push. Within the [Forest Wolves], the Grimms appeared to possess a great sense of "adventure," but much of that spirit was actually built upon Mrs. Grimm's extraordinary ability to sense danger.
This ability was exceedingly rare and carried a hint of divinatory talent.
The reason the Grimms had remained adventurers to this day without losing their "spirit of adventure" was precisely because they possessed this means of sensing danger.
The two of them knew very well that once Mrs. Grimm ended up in a state like this, unable even to walk, the path ahead was undoubtedly a "dead end" for them!
The werewolf captain had also been teamed with them for quite some time and knew at least something about Mrs. Grimm's danger-sensing ability, so she did not blindly choose to keep venturing forward.
In theory, she and the elven vice-captain had always shared a certain tacit understanding. At critical moments, the two of them would always make the same choice.
But this time, they had unusually disagreed. Why had that disagreement arisen? Because of unequal information!
The werewolf captain had clearly realized that the elven vice-captain had been