In dreamless darkness, sleepiness was warm, but the instant he heard that lightly laughing female voice,
Fang Ran abruptly opened his eyes and rose from his seat, his heartstrings tightening in alarm as a thought surfaced in his mind.
An enemy?!
They caught up this quickly!?
Looking up at the roof of the train, he exchanged a glance with Osphia. The train's steady rumble along the tracks seemed to suddenly grow urgent.
"Where are we now?"
Gazing out at the darkness beyond the window and checking the time on her watch, Osphia made a swift judgment and answered quickly:
"We're almost there. In another hour, we'll arrive in Rome."
Of all times...
"Sister Cheng Zi, can you clearly determine their exact strength?"
He no longer needed to open his black eyes to confirm it. He could sense that the other party was on the train roof. Fang Ran looked at Mu Cheng, then saw her put away her handheld console and yawn as she answered:
"Mm, one person. Very strong. About the same as that Zero Knight in the National War."
About the same. That meant not quite A-rank.
Remembering Pedro's presence during the B-rank battle, Fang Ran glanced at Tang Bing and Klim, asleep with their heads resting against the seats and on the table. Then he turned to Osphia and spoke softly:
"Since she didn't attack right away, let's go up and hear what she has to say first."
Osphia nodded slightly and activated the Divine Art Coordinate with him and Mu Cheng. After an extremely short-distance teleportation that consumed little magic energy,
they slowly rose to their feet atop the roof of the train speeding across the nighttime plains. On this stage so fitting for Participants, Fang Ran immediately spotted a female figure standing opposite them amid