Xue Yunfeng actually preferred the current situation... The main quest was right there; it all depended on whether he could find it.
No matter what others thought, the feeling of having to stir every nerve and pay attention to every detail in order to find clues amid a tangled mess made his blood boil once again.
He watched the Old Man on the screen with satisfaction and briskly instructed the female Priest Susu standing beside him, "Tell Xiao Liuliu that the Old Man must have some connection to that Beast Lord's Hunting Master... otherwise, he wouldn't have suddenly appeared.
"An old fellow like this, if he had nothing to do with him and merely wanted to get in touch with us, would always prefer to show up afterward.
"How could he possibly come out halfway through a fight just to show his face?
"Don't worry about who he is for now. He's definitely an enemy.
"Mm... tell their people to get ready. No matter how much time gets dragged out up front, they need to be able to take them all down in one wave at the end.
"It'll be a little difficult, but Black Rose can definitely do it... even if they can't bear to use their animal companions, a final critical strike won't be a problem."
The animal companions of other families were nothing like Black Rose's; they could trigger racial resonance... but that required more than ten thousand Magical Beasts of the same bloodline.
Then, the effect could increase proportionally according to their numbers.
Even with his vast network of informants, he had no way of calculating exactly how many wild boars Black Rose had.
Although so many had gone outside Aglaia City last time, Xue Yunfeng knew very well that a substantial number of clean freaks