"Cut the crap. Where are they?"
The woman in black froze, then narrowed her eyes slightly. "Who?"
The cloaked figure sneered. "Stop playing dumb. Don't tell me you've forgotten our original deal! Or do you intend to break the contract?"
The woman in black lost her earlier pleasant expression as well. "What exactly do you mean?"
The figure's hood lifted slightly, as though they were studying her expression. "You really don't know?"
Hearing that tone, the woman in black suddenly seemed to realize something and cried out, "They're already here?!"
That question made the figure laugh in fury. "You really are a fool! I wonder whether the one behind you regrets choosing you yet."
The woman in black wanted to lash out, but she knew this was not the time. She merely waved impatiently. "Enough of your nonsense. When did they arrive?"
"Three days ago!"
"Why didn't you tell me sooner!"
The figure ground their back teeth. "Didn't you leave your aura on the stone door in the secret passage? You didn't notice anything yourself?"
The woman in black sheepishly shrank back a little, because she truly had not noticed a thing.
The figure took a deep breath and swallowed their anger, keeping their voice as calm as possible. "But it doesn't matter. Since they haven't returned to the Merfolk Tribe, they probably haven't come out yet.
And now, you can take some people to intercept them."
The beauty in black turned to leave, but just as she reached the doorway, she abruptly stopped, as though something had occurred to her. A faint, mocking smile appeared on her face. "I keep thinking what a waste it is that someone like you doesn't practice demonic cultivation.
Oh, perhaps you don't even qualify as a person."
The cloaked figure trembled with rage