And that was exactly the effect Lin En wanted.
"Get up."
Lin En walked over to her and drew a deep breath, his manner earnest.
"I didn't come here to hold you responsible. I just wanted you to know that they could locate me so easily and drag me into the Spirit Realm without anyone noticing. What if it had been someone else? If they can do something like that right under your noses, it proves their infiltration has reached every corner of your organization."
Ophiel visibly trembled.
"And this time, to kill me, they even summoned their master directly. Do you want to know who it was?"
Lin En kept his eyes on her.
"It was the Great Demon of the Ninth Layer of the Spirit Realm, the Lord of Crimson. Last night, through this sword, she..."
"Descended."
Ophiel's pupils instantly widened.
Soon, Lin En told her what had happened the night before, including how he had been dragged from Gear Street into the Spirit Realm and how he had encountered the Lord of Crimson's projection.
By the time she finished listening, all color had drained from Ophiel's face, leaving her pale and shocked.
"You're saying..."
Lin En paced as he said:
"That's right. To kill me, she even went so far as to descend in person. If I hadn't outmaneuvered her in the end, she would probably have killed me already. Even so, I still nearly fell into the depths of the Spirit Realm."
Although she had investigated the site, she clearly hadn't expected anything like this to have happened.
"The Lord of Crimson?"
She murmured the name.
"Could it be..."
Lin En glanced at her. "What do you know?"
Ophiel quickly came back to her senses. Her expression grew extremely grave as she looked at