Cunlü had no intention of revealing what she had figured out... She suspected that the main reason this fellow had stepped forward of his own accord was to probe how much she knew about the Asking Sword Family.
What she was most grateful for now was that no one else knew she had some impression of those two. Old School Striking King had played with them and apparently suffered terribly, triggering some important quest, so she often talked about her teammates from back then.
Actually, she had not been so cold and haughty toward people from other families from the very beginning.
But how should she put it... The Duchess had been both her making and her undoing.
Black Rose's Wild Boar Legion really did draw attention.
Although quite a few animals in Telashir, especially in Hill's Valley, were willing to brave life and death alongside the Undead and even leave their own world, they were still a minority compared with the Undead's enormous numbers.
Of course, that did not mean they could not find animal companions in Telashir.
But very few of those animal companions were truly willing to follow the Undead out of their own world.
That included Asking Sword's embroidered crabs.
Quite a few might have followed them out, but in reality, there were only a few thousand.
There was no helping it. Ocean-dwelling magical beasts might seem to have strength in numbers, but that was only how it looked.
They were not insects. Who could compete with the Undead in numbers?
After all, magical beasts were not qualified to join the Undead from the moment they were born... However arrogant the embroidered crabs were, and however much they trusted Young Master, they could not possibly send even their young out so casually.
Only her Duchess could