Flat Escardos was doing his utmost to conceal his presence, all to protect the teleportation array's coordinates.
He prayed that no one would discover this place. As long as he held on for another ten-odd minutes and Earth received the coordinates, everyone would have a chance of being saved.
However, what he feared most came to pass. A figure was walking toward his location.
Flat Escardos was unwilling to accept it. He had still been discovered. Next, he would be prepared to defend this place with his life.
Just as Flat Escardos was about to launch a preemptive sneak attack, another voice rang out. There was a second person.
If there had only been one person, he might have succeeded in ambushing them. But if there were two, even if his attack succeeded, he would still be exposed.
Flat Escardos abandoned the idea of attacking and decided to observe the situation first.
"What are you doing here alone, Trhvm? Instead of properly waiting for the ritual to begin? Lord Crimson Moon will be angry with you." The second person to arrive spoke to the first.
That sentence contained a great deal of information, and the voice was unforgettable to Flat Escardos. It belonged to the Fourteenth True Ancestor, Van-Fem.
Back when he had been by his teacher's side, he had encountered Van-Fem by chance.
Van-Fem's bearing and methods had earned his admiration. If Van-Fem had not been a True Ancestor, he truly would have wanted to be friends with him.
And Van-Fem's words revealed that the other person was the Seventeenth Ancestor, the White-Winged King Trhvm.
Fortunately, he had not attacked just now. Otherwise, he would probably already have been killed.
Trhvm said, "Where I go is none of your business. What are you doing here?"
Van-Fem said, "I saw