"I don't remember..."
"But every few days, Grandpa Village Chief takes people out to the mountain at night. They probably go to that cave."
Monet's words made Dunn and his two companions brighten. There was very likely something strange about that cave.
Transcendent intelligence could not awaken out of nowhere. Even if Monet had an innate talent for it, it would still take stimulation from something with powerful mystical properties to awaken it.
Late at night, Dunn and the others sat quietly in the house. It was pitch-black inside, with only a sliver of moonlight coming through the window. Dunn's Observation Haki remained firmly locked onto the Village Chief's location.
With rain as heavy as it had been over the past few days, the Village Chief certainly would not have gone up the mountain. Even if he really was a second-tier Classholder, going up in those conditions would still have been dangerous.
And if, as Monet said, the Village Chief went up the mountain every few days, then he would most likely go tonight.
Monet leaned against Annie, cautiously stealing glances at Dunn. With her innate transcendent intelligence and the hardships she had endured over the years, Monet's willpower stat was already fairly high.
After spending so much time around Dunn, she had gradually become able to withstand the Fear Aura's power and was no longer quite so afraid of him.
After a long while, Dunn suddenly spoke softly. "They've left! We should get ready to move too."
Then Dunn looked at Monet, making her shrink back as she was stealing a glance at him. "Are we really taking her?"
At that, Monet immediately clung tightly to Annie. Although she understood that Annie's kindness toward her was not entirely genuine, this was the first time in so many years