Wait a Moment

"Looks like you pulled it off."

Before long, Ban Yue arrived at the auditorium with a rescue team. The professionals laid out stretchers, medical kits, and testing equipment in orderly fashion.

The once-empty auditorium was quickly divided into a temporary treatment area, a registration area... The people who had awakened from the cocoons still looked bewildered.

"Ms. Zhao works fast."

Watching the team at work, Wise couldn't help saying so.

Less than a day had passed since they had agreed on a plan at the Tea Immortal, yet Zhao had already secured approval for the rescue and assembled a professional team.

Was this what he should expect from Black Branch's ace, the undefeated legend?

"Master Ban Yue, why are you the only one here? Where's Ms. Zhao?"

"Ms. Zhao said she had another task." Ban Yue raised an arm and pointed toward another exit from the auditorium—an Ether Rift. "Go after her. Leave this place to me."

"Got it, Master Ban Yue!"

Wise nodded and turned toward the Ether Rift. Lucia, Mato, and Yidhari were already waiting for him there.

"Proxy, ready? That might lead straight to the mind reader's home!" Lucia stroked her chin, looking unusually solemn.

Wise said, "Wherever it leads, we can't ignore the threat Sarah and the Praise Society pose!"

Mato said, "Then let's go! We'll catch whoever's behind all this!"

The four crossed the Ether Rift and found themselves somewhere unfamiliar. The entire area was dim, with barely enough light to make out the outlines of their surroundings.

"Is this part of the Lemnian Hollow too?"

Lucia looked around in amazement.

As a Night Demon Messenger, Lucia had seen just as many strange things in the Hollows as Yidhari and Wise had.

"Fairy, can you check where we are?"

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