The Fat Wizard chose his words very carefully.
He did not explicitly name Colmar.
But the three young wizards all knew he had already said her name.
Compared with the others, Zheng Qing was more sensitive to the prisoner's earlier remark about "breaking free from the shackles of rules."
He was not sure whether the crows intended to break through the world's "true rules," or merely shatter the "social rules" of ethics and morality.
If it was the former, then the crows were not merely conducting a few illegal bloodline experiments in secret. They were very likely coveting Forbidden Curses. The danger level of this case would immediately rise severalfold, far beyond what a student hunting team could handle. He even had a sensitive suspicion: had he fallen into some kind of trap? Were those crows' true targets actually him?
With that thought, he instinctively looked around.
Although it was still winter, the warmth and moisture carried by the Gulf of Mexico current made the climate in this region relatively mild and humid, allowing vegetation to flourish.
Fortunately, it was close to midmonth, and the moonlight was very bright. They could almost make out their surroundings without an Illumination Spell. In the distance, oaks, beeches, and low shrubs tangled together at varying heights, their shadowy outlines impossible to distinguish clearly. The nearby rocks and meadow, however, lay fully visible, with no unusual movement in sight.
"Do you think so too?" Xiao Xiao noticed Zheng Qing's small gesture and asked in return.
Zheng Qing could not tell his companions about his even worse suspicion. He could only wave a hand with a gloomy expression, vaguely brushing it off as he prepared to finish this impromptu investigation as quickly as possible. "Though we can't rule out any possibility, that's only that guy's