The night had grown rather late.
Tonight, Mohande could sense that something seemed to have happened far away.
This was not intuition. It was the sensitivity to nature innate to a Sixteenth-Level Archdruid who had broken through the Fifteenth Level bottleneck.
A powerful Druid aura was spreading. It was somewhat far from him. Neither of them could sleep any longer, so they went outside and wandered nearby.
The clear water reflected an equally clear night sky.
The sky was thick with stars. This was the lake at the very rear of Rock Town's Giant Eagle Druid School.
Silence reigned around the lake.
On either side of the tranquil lake, there was only dim light, cast by the magical lamps that glowed year-round within the school. On the lake's surface were starlight and moonlight.
There was also a figure by the shore, moving slowly. It was Xuni. About a dozen steps away from Mohande, he too was staring into the distance in a daze.
Before long, however, he came back to himself and looked toward Mohande, who stood bathed in moonlight.
"Why? Have you sensed which master it is?" Xuni asked softly.
Following the sound, Mohande looked at his good friend Xuni, who stood not far away. The dark night blurred Xuni's figure, making him seem somewhat unreal.
"I can't guess... But perhaps there will be more and more Druid masters breaking through to Sixteenth Level. What are you planning to do next?" Mohande said with a soft sigh, as though the question gave him a headache.
Naturally, he meant Romon's deliberate and casual hints of recruitment.
Xuni slowly walked over. His face was somewhat weary as well; evidently, this question had cost him much thought.
"I've realized that it's hard for me to make a decision. I don't know whether