The Long Night Is Coming (Continued)

His subordinates had already prepared his clothes. He changed back into his full Black Scripture gear, while his subordinates deftly packed the nun's outfit he had taken off into a black bag.

"Boss, you really went all out," Divine Chain said admiringly.

"I only wanted to observe those adventurers up close." The God-kin Captain rubbed his throat.

Not only had his build and appearance changed, even his voice was different from before.

"So? Are those adamantite-ranked adventurers strong?"

"Some of them were easy to gauge, while others weren't—the captain of Blue Rose has hero-class strength. She should be close to Divine Chant."

Divine Chant was also a member of the Black Scripture. That was an extremely high assessment.

"That masked girl, and the two from Jet-Black Hero—I couldn't tell how deep they were." He spoke simply. "However, judging by their accomplishments as adventurers, they are at least 'hero-class' or 'transcendent-class.'"

"...So strong."

Before this, the only pure-blooded human to receive a "transcendent-class" assessment from him had been Fluder Paradyne of the Baharuth Empire.

"Then what about those two from the Dragon Kingdom?" Divine Chain asked, but the Captain did not answer directly.

The God-kin Captain looked at his hand before speaking.

"My disguise was discovered."

"What?" Divine Chain's expression shifted slightly.

With that man's almost inhumanly beautiful looks, cross-dressing, and false voice, someone had actually seen through him?

"No one else noticed me, but the female swordsman named Lia fixed her eyes on me the instant she entered the room. I felt killing intent." The God-kin Captain spoke softly.

"She seemed to have discovered me through 'intuition' alone. Beast-like intuition. And that killing intent was also... extremely strong..."

He had not used words like "adamantite," "hero," or "transcendent" to assess her. He had simply said, "extremely strong."

That meant he