"Lord Lant Rost, are you there?" The prospective Zero Group member who had escaped reached an Abandoned Farmstead on the outskirts and called toward a dilapidated house. After waiting a moment without an answer, he grew anxious, though he did not dare raise his voice. He called toward the building several more times, but still received no reply.
The prospective Zero Group member was bitterly disappointed, but he did not dare linger. He soon made up his mind and fled into the distance.
This time, however, Green did not order Raven to keep following him. Instead, he had the bird land near the Abandoned Farmstead.
The Death Raven's reconnaissance had found nothing unusual about the place, but Green had a hunch that "Lant Rost," whom the prospective member had just called for, was the mysterious Necromancer who had killed Madam Rand and Sherotna.
The prospective member had clearly been in contact with Lant Rost for some time. He had come here after escaping to meet him, but for some reason, Lant Rost had failed to show.
Green leaned back in his office chair and observed the Abandoned Farmstead through Visual Synchronization. No matter how closely he looked, he could find no sign that anyone was hiding inside. A Necromancer in particular could not have been there without leaking some Death Psychic Energy.
Just then, a faint pulse of Death Psychic Energy rippled out from the Abandoned Farmstead. It grew stronger and stronger...
"He's here!" Green snapped upright in his chair, his gaze fixed on the ruined house.
As the pulse of Death Psychic Energy grew stronger, a mage wrapped head to toe in a black robe emerged from the ruined house. The moment he stepped outside, he looked toward the raven perched in a nearby tree, meeting Green's gaze through