Neo entered the cave. Its downward slope was gentle, but it ran deep, and the interior was pitch-black.
Wind blew out from within from time to time, which meant there was more than one entrance below. If this was a cage, then it was riddled with holes.
After proceeding a short distance with some caution, Neo stopped and looked down. A dark green gleam swirled in his eyes, like a bat's.
What lay underfoot had originally been an anthill. The ants here were larger than those in the outside world, so their nest resembled an ice cream sundae the size of a human head.
Compared with the hard earth and rock walls around it, it was undoubtedly soft, and slightly damp, so a bootprint had been left where someone stepped on it.
Neo crouched down, studied the print, and smiled.
"Military boots from the Order Knights Corps."
He reached out and prodded it gently. It was still somewhat soft, indicating that the print was recent.
If he kept things simple, disregarding Knight Order members who had fled here or come on special missions for a stroll, and disregarding enthusiasts who had deliberately copied the Order Knights Corps' uniforms and come here specifically for a walk...
Then the only Knight Order member known to have come to the Underworld recently was Regiment Commander Daan.
"He sent us to kill someone, yet he came here himself not long ago. Sigh..."
Neo sighed. In fact, even before this, he and Kallen had known that their target would not be straightforward, that her identity would be rather special.
From the looks of things, her identity might be even more complicated than they had anticipated.
So it was better not to learn too much about the apostate's identity. They should simply treat this as an