Ling An elegantly raised a paw and recalled Sorrowful Cry into the Tacet Field within the Gourd.
Flying himself was out of the question. He would just have to ride Sorrowful Cry instead.
After all, summoning a Tacet Discord of Sorrowful Cry's caliber in the outside world would not cause too much of a disturbance.
Most people would simply assume it was an Echo he had subdued.
If he descended in person, however, the shock would be on an entirely different scale.
The pavilion stood on a snow-covered slope directly opposite the ring-shaped ruins.
Ling An looked up and saw a chessboard inside the pavilion.
"I didn't expect you to arrive so quickly." Changli's voice came from behind them.
She approached Ling An and Tide Sis with graceful steps and a gentle smile.
"How did you know we'd arrived?"
Changli smiled beautifully, looking at Ling An with a slight arch of her brow. "With such a commotion, I think it would have been difficult not to know."
She knew whose subordinate Sorrowful Cry was.
Ling An glanced at her, was just about to look away, then looked back again.
Realizing something was amiss, he quickly said, "Really? I thought I'd kept things pretty low-key."
Naturally, Changli had caught every bit of his reaction. She teased, "Patroller Ling An, is there something dirty on me?"
Feeling the pressure of Tide Sis's gaze, Ling An explained calmly, "Nothing. I forgot to turn off automatic target detection again."
"Automatic target detection?" Changli asked in confusion.
"Yes. I'm a naturally vigilant cat. Everyone knows a Resonator's Resonance Mark reacts during combat. As a Tacet Discord, it's perfectly reasonable for me to keep a lock on Resonance Marks at all times, right?"
Tide Sis was about to speak when she suddenly felt a stirring in