"Oh? So you're saying that August's body had already been taken over by you before?" Timaria nodded lightly.
"Mm, you can understand it that way." Li then asked, "How did you end up here, Timaria?"
Timaria frowned deeply. "I'm not entirely sure either. At the time, we had just passed through that barrier."
"As soon as I crossed the barrier, I saw that enormous city in the distance. I was pretty surprised at first, and then I saw a huge number of undead surrounding the city. I was surprised, sure, but all I could think was, what did their fight have to do with me..." Timaria said nonchalantly.
Li could only smile wryly. That did fit Timaria's values. She had absolutely no interest in that sort of war. Perhaps even if the City of Origin had been breached, she would have found it completely irrelevant.
"So you don't know what happened either?" Timaria asked, tilting her head.
Naturally, Li would not tell her the specifics. After all, saying such things aloud would sound rather alarmist. Existences like Supreme Gods were still far beyond the reach of ordinary people.
When Li asked how Timaria had spent the past few days, she merely gave a perfunctory answer. When she woke up, she had already been on that small island—the location of the underground passage's exit. Only three days had passed since then.
She had entered the cave once along the way, but she had not triggered the giant crab. And when she saw the pool, Timaria had not thought that she could swim through it to reach the other side.
Moreover, the water's color looked rather strange, so Timaria had not dared to drink from it or bathe in it. Until today, when she suddenly sensed people fighting below the island, she