Southern Continent
Sifa's intuition stirred faintly, like a leaf gently falling onto a lake's surface and sending out slight ripples.
Yet he could not sense the actual situation. It was as if someone were quietly talking about him behind his back, but he had no idea who it was.
So he did not take it to heart.
Now.
His army was entering the primeval forest on the southwestern side of the Sighing Wall mountain range.
Recently.
Besides Waliwak County's scouts.
The county had also dispatched a force to remain stationed within the forest.
Clearly, the other side was extremely cautious.
They had not let down their guard merely because they had sent out scouting parties.
Furthermore.
The Pale Empire's Beyonders primarily followed the Death Pathway.
Sequence 7 of this Pathway, the Spirit Medium, could communicate with Nature Spirits and the souls of the dead in the real world.
This made gathering intelligence quite easy.
If they did not want the Pale Empire to learn that the main army had arrived.
Then they first had to eliminate the Pale Empire's Beyonders within the forest.
This task.
Was currently being carried out by the newly established Church force.
The Blood Knights.
A wisp of dark crimson fire rose from Sifa's fingertip. It abruptly swelled, transforming into a Prayer Light Point.
This was the Prayer Light Point belonging to Alexander Satan, leader of the Blood Knights.
Through it.
Sifa could see the Blood Knights silently moving through the dense woods.
Approaching the Waliwa County army's camp within the forest.
Among the Blood Knights, Pete the Gatekeeper was relatively short, with grayish-white hair and delicately feminine features.
He suddenly stopped and cocked his head as if listening.
Then he whispered, "My little friends told me that people in the camp are gathering."
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